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Inflexion's Reed & Mackay bolts on Concierge Travel
Deal is the fifth bolt-on acquisition by the travel agency group under the GP's tenure
Palatine's CET UK bolts on Enverity
Deal is the first bolt-on for the infrastructure and property assurance group under the GP's tenure
Carlyle sells Graze to Unilever
Deal reportedly values the UK-based healthy snack producer in the region of ТЃ150m
Q4 Barometer: European deal volume sets new annual record
Despite a slowdown in the final quarter of the year, private equity activity reached an all-time high over the course of the year
Edge invests £3.5m in Festicket
Deal comes just three months after the online event booking platform raised a $10.5m series-D
Goldman Sachs et al. in $20m series-A for Bud
Banking software developer will look to double its headcount to 140 by the end of 2019
CBPE acquires Simbec-Orion
GP acquires the life sciences research firm from Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund
Tenzing recruits Inflexion's Healy, makes two further hires
GP has hired former Inflexion TMT partner Healy, as well as Phoenix's Sims and Deloitte's Nicholson
Vala launches EIS fund with alternative fee structure
Newly launched firm will replace standard administrative fees with a performance-related model
Graphite sells Sk:n to TriSpan after 13-year holding
Deal reportedly values the UK-headquartered skincare clinic operator at around ТЃ35m
Idinvest's, Cherry Tree's Molotov in exclusivity with Altice
Deal will reportedly value the online video streaming company in the hundreds of millions of euros
HIG hires Pamplona's Noé-Nordberg as MD
New recruit will head up the firm's recently launched European mid-market division
Montagu's Maincare bolts on Anticyclone
Deal for the speech recognition software developer comes eight months after the GP's backing
Hg refinances A-Plan for second time in 19 months
GP previously secured a ТЃ170m refinancing package for the insurance brokerage in June 2017
Insight, MissionOG lead £25m round for Featurespace
Deal will support the fraud detection software firm's international expansion and product development
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Minority report
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which our Precogs envision PE's future of non-controlling stakes
BGF injects additional £10m into Frontrow
Deal comes two years after the GP invested an initial ТЃ10m in the energy services firm
Bowmark's Aston Lark bolts on Robertson Low
Irish insurance broker will help the portfolio company safeguard against Brexit uncertainty
Apollo's £3.32bn RPC take-private bid approved by directors
Development comes four months after the GP emerged as a bidder for the plastic packaging firm
Palamon promotes Arbour to partner
Arbour is promoted from associate partner, having joined the firm in 2013 as a managing director
NVM sells Lanner in trade sale to Royal HaskoningDHV
Sale of simulation software business brings to an end a nine-year holding period
Downing and Starwood in £4m round for Hubble
Deal brings the total amount raised by the online office space brokerage to ТЃ6.4m
Par invests in Amiqus Resolution
EIS fund manager typically takes part in funding rounds valued at up to ТЃ3.5m
Backed VC leads £2.5m round for Flexciton
Manufacturing AI software business is recruiting industrial optimisation and AI specialists