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Silverfleet's Whiley to succeed managing partner MacDougall
Outgoing managing partner will continue as chairperson and remain an investment committee member
PNC acquires Pirtek Europe from Halifax Group
Hydraulic hose supplier has increased its EBITDA from ТЃ2.8m to a reported ТЃ9m under Halifax's tenure
Advent's Circet bolts on KN Group
Transaction for the engineering services company comes 10 months after the GP acquired Circet
Draper Esprit leads $31m round for Fluidic Analytics
BGF, Delin, IQ and Amadeus also take part in the round for the biotechnology equipment firm
Palatine acquires CET UK from Dunedin
Acquirer draws capital from its third flagship fund, which typically writes cheques of ТЃ10-30m
Source Code, Holtzbrinck in $22m Wind Mobility round
German electric-scooter-sharing firm will expand internationally and invest in product development
Intera invests in Porvoon Huoltomiehet
Finnish property maintenance company will undertake an acquisitive growth strategy
BGF injects £3.2m into Lightfoot
Fleet-focused driving telemetry company will extend its services into the consumer space
IDI-backed Alkan acquires Seca Automatismes
Deal for the data processing and electronic equipment firm will create a group with €50m in revenues
Epiris to acquire Diamorph
Deal reportedly values the Swedish precision materials business at SEK 1.4-1.5bn
Draper Esprit leads $13m series-B for Form3
Barclays and Angel CoFund also took part in the round for the payment processing startup
Beech Tree invests in BCN Group
GP is currently investing from its ТЃ115m second fund, which invests ТЃ10-40m per deal
Vespa backs Feefo MBO
GP is currently investing from its ТЃ120m fund, which typically invests in deals valued at ТЃ10-70m
Beringea leads $10.5m round for Festicket
Booking platform for music-festival package deals is undertaking international expansion
Goldman Sachs leads $28m round for Unicaf
Online higher education company will increase its number of scholarships to more than 100,000
General Atlantic bids for Premiership Rugby - report
GP is reportedly the latest in a number of PE houses to have shown an interest in the pro league
Livingbridge hires LGT's Crackett as investment director
New recruit leaves his role as executive director at LGT after six years with the firm
Albion invests £5m in The Evewell
Women's health clinic will look to capitalise on increasing demand for fertility treatments
Cairngorm buys Arnold Laver, creates National Timber Group
Deal is the fourth acquisition in the GP's UK timber market consolidation strategy
Privet sells Vivid Toy Group to Goliath
Sale of the toymaker brings to an end a holding period of just 20 months for the vendor
Nyca leads £5m series-A for Fluidly
Octopus and Anthemis also take part in the round for the financial software developer
Montagu buys Kodak's flexographic packaging arm for <$390m
Deal represents Montagu's first US investment, according to the UK-based GP's website
Mantra closes two funds
Firm holds a final close for its secondaries-focused fund and a first close for its primary fund-of-funds
Aurelius acquires Hellanor
Deal is the firm's third primary investment of 2018 and its fourth ever Nordic investment