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Investec launches $100m venture fund
Vehicle will target UK fintech and enterprise software businesses between the seed and series-A stages
Core invests in Alpine Fire Engineers
GP is currently investing from its second fund, which typically invests ТЃ5-15m per transaction
Spice PE in $300m deal for The Craftory
GP is funding the launch of a new UK-based, consumer-goods-focused investment group
Hg to invest in Financial Express
GP invested in the financial services software and data company with capital drawn from Mercury 2
Hg reaps 4.9x on sale of JLA to Cinven
Deal brings to an end an eight-year tenure and generates a gross IRR of 26% for the vendor
ESO acquires Core Capital
Consolidated group will provide a range of equity, debt and hybrid products of up to тЌ40m
JC Flowers sells 8% stake in OneSavings for £80m
Partial divestment comes four months after the GP sold a 10% stake in the specialist lender for ТЃ95m
Silver Lake agrees to de-list Zoopla parent ZPG for £2.2bn
Proposed de-listing has unanimous backing from ZPG's board and comes four years after its ТЃ920m IPO
Bowmark promotes Masters and Mastrodonato, hires Lyceum's Keen
GP is currently deploying capital from its ТЃ375m fifth fund, which closed in January 2014
Ardian's Solina bolts on Essential Cuisine
Deal is the second UK bolt-on acquisition for the France-based food products company
BGF invests £5.5m in NWC and High Access merger
Deal will create a facilities management group with a combined turnover of ТЃ30m
Primary Capital backs SBO of ICS Learn from Par
Deal is the sixth investment made from the GP's fourth growth capital fund, which invests ТЃ10-45m
Permira acquires Corin from DeA et al.
GP draws capital from its тЌ7.5bn global fund to acquire the orthopaedic implants firm
Elaghmore acquires McPhee Mixers
Deal for the concrete mixer manufacturer is the fourth investment from the GP's ТЃ60m maiden fund
Mayfair acquires BGF-backed GCI
Deal for the UK telecoms and IT group brings to an end a six-year holding period for the vendor
Inflexion invests in management buyout of ITM
GP supports the buyout from the founder-owners of the financial services IT and software firm
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Livingbridge appoints Kahn as vice-president in Boston
New recruit leaves his role as VP of corporate development at Summit- and Bain-backed Ability
Anders Invest acquires Groku from Heritage B
Deal for the Dutch kitchen furniture manufacturer is the 11th acquisition made by the investor
Insight Venture's Kaseya and Unitrends merge
Deal will lead to a consolidated business with a broader range of IT-related products and services
Investcorp's Calligo acquires Mico Systems
Deal is the second North American acquisition by the data hosting company in seven months
Rockpool acquires Smyle
Events agency's existing management team will retain a significant minority stake following the deal
Smedvig leads £9.5m series-B for Poq
Fresh capital will enable the e-commerce app developer to open a US office and hire a new chairperson
Emeram-backed Bench enters adminstration
Fashion retailer is the latest in a series of UK-based consumer brands to face troubles