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Inflexion sells down £42m On The Beach stake
GP retains a 2.9% stake in the UK travel retailer, which currently has a market cap of ТЃ496m
CCI invests in pharmacy group Sam McCauley Chemists
Deal is the eighth investment made from Carlyle and Cardinal Capital's Ireland-focused vehicle
Mobeus holds £140m close for first institutional fund
Firm launched the vehicle in response to regulatory changes affecting VCT fund managers
Notion holds final close for third fund on $140m
UK-based VC has also held an $80m first close for its new follow-on funding vehicle
Apax acquires Safetykleen from Warburg Pincus
Deal could reportedly value the industrial cleaning business at up to 12x EBITDA
Oakley reaches €750m hard-cap
GP is understood to have asked investors for approval to raise the vehicle's hard-cap further
Advent in exclusivity over IPH acquisition from PAI
Following the proposed deal, IPH would merge with UK-based Advent portfolio company Brammer
H2 acquires Search Consultancy Group
Recruitment business will look to expand across the UK and make bolt-on acquisitions
ADM Capital holds $100m first close
Agriculture-focused vehicle will make buyout and growth capital investments in Europe and Australasia
Epiris sells TechInsights to Oakley in final exit from Axio
Final "major realisation" from data and analytics group represents 5x multiple overall and 76% IRR
Ares sells Hillarys to Hunter Douglas in £300m deal
Vendor had previously taken part in a refinancing for the company and reportedly acquired it in 2016
Exponent's Photobox to bid for Cimpress's Albelli
Vendor is understood to have appointed Oakley to find a buyer, with three Dutch PE firms in the fray
PSP Investment launches London-based European office
Canadian firm's European PE operations will be overseen by managing director Simon Marc
Tikehau invests £80m in IT and web hosting firm Claranet
Company recently expanded into Italy, on top of acquiring Brazilian and Dutch competitors
YFM holds £45m final close for maiden buyout fund
GP launched the fund shortly after regulatory changes to the types of deals permissible to VCTs
Spintop leads €2m round for cleaning platform Freska
Investment comes a year after the home cleaning platform acquired Norwegian competitor Freska
Bestport invests in Nu-Heat MBO
Underfloor heating company's founding directors will retire following completion of the deal
UK clarifies permitted relationships between LPs and GPs
Changes to limited partnership act could render UK-domiciled funds more attractive to investors that have not previously invested in such funds
Highland and Grafton in $40m round for Starleaf
Cloud-based video conferencing company to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region
Livingbridge backs online fashion company In The Style
UK-based womenswear retailer will expand into the Australian and American markets
HIG sells Brand Addition to Elysian
Acquirer takes a majority stake in the merchandising company, with HSBC and Beechbrook providing debt
Q1 Barometer: Fall in buyouts sees aggregate value drop 30%
Early-stage and expansion deals up, while buyout volumes and values drop
EMK closes maiden fund on £575m hard-cap
Fund was launched eight months ago by Bregal co-founder Edmund Lazarus and ex-Oakley Capital partner Mark Joseph
RCapital invests in Cluttons
Chartered surveyor has suffered from difficult trading conditions and legacy issues