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Project A et al. in $4.2m round for Aula
Funding will enable the education-focused online communication company to pursue product development
Mercia invests in £3m round for ITL
Automotive components supplier will undertake recruitment in its commercial and operations teams
BGF invests £6.5m in Kids Planet
Deal comes 20 months after the GP invested ТЃ10m in the UK-based nursery school operator
Inflexion acquires minority stake in Huws Gray
GP invested in the builders' merchant with capital drawn from its ТЃ400m partnership capital vehicle
Charterhouse's Cooper-Vemedia buys 12 Sanofi brands for €158m
Deal is the second major bolt-on acquisition for the group since the GP acquired it in 2015
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of ТЃ1.3bn
Foresight injects £2.1m into Codeplay
Deal will fund the computing process optimisation firm's expansion into the autonomous vehicle space
Eos Venture Partners launches $100m debut insurtech fund
Vehicle has raised $30m from two insurance companies to date and will have a global remit
Lenders take control of CBPE portfolio company Sofa.com
LGT European Capital has taken over the furniture retailer after CBPE's three-year tenure
Mobeus invests £14m in Geotech
GP's buyout team led the deal for the UK-based provider of ground stabilisation services
Palatine reaps more than 3x on Westleigh sale to Countryside
Transaction values the home builder at up to ТЃ135.4m, two years after the GP invested at a ТЃ65m EV
Parkwalk and IQ inject $5.3m into Spectral Edge
UK-based image processing business will use the fresh capital to build up its R&D team
Quilvest acquires Phaidon International
Specialist STEM sector recruitment business increased its underlying EBITDA to ТЃ10.4m last year
Hg invests in TA-backed Access in £1bn EV deal
TA will retain a joint controlling stake in the business software company following the deal
Consumer uncertainty sees retail feeling the pinch
PE-backed retailers are increasingly following casual dining chains in showing signs of struggling under the downturn in UK consumer confidence
Charme acquires 80% stake in OCS
Italian financial software business will pursue an international and acquisitive growth strategy
Qiming in $12m series-A for LetsGetChecked
Healthcare self-testing company will invest in technology development and recruitment
BGF divests Decision Tech to MoneySupermarket in £40m deal
Online comparison group has made four bolt-ons since the vendor's initial investment
Holland and Dolfin sell Esdec to Gilde
Under the vendors' tenure, Esdec has invested in a new R&D facility and international sales activity
Value Creation, ABN Amro divest Ion-IP to Proximus
Sale of IT security business brings to an end a 10-year holding period for the vendors
Ampersand invests in MedPharm
UK-headquartered provider of drug-related products and devices will look to expand internationally
LDC reaps 2.5x on £95m sale of Capital Economics to Phoenix
Acquisition of the macroeconomic data and research company is the sixth deal from Phoenix's 2016 fund
Charterhouse acquires 3i-backed SLR
Deal brings to an end a 10-year holding period for 3i, during which the company doubled its EBITDA
3i sells Scandlines to First State and Hermes in €1.7bn deal
Vendor reinvests for a 35% stake in the Danish-German ferry operator after an 11-year holding