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Inflexion collects £500m in double fundraise
Inflexion has closed its Enterprise Fund IV and its Supplemental Fund IV on £250m each
Rutland’s Walstead picks up Let’s Print
Rutland-backed Walstead expands further into Europe with the €175m acquisition of Let's Print
NorthEdge’s Accrol eyes AIM listing
Listing would mark the first IPO of a NorthEdge-backed company
Foresight invests £1.9m in Agar Scientific
Stanstead-based Agar manufactures electron microscopy products
LDC takes minority stake in Giacom
LDC acquires a significant minority stake in the company through a management buyout
Pollen Street backs 1st Stop
Deal marks the second investment for Pollen Street's third fund, which held a first close on £120m
August holds first close for fourth fund
August Equity has reached a first close for its newly launched fourth fund, unquote" has learned
DC promotes three
DC Advisory has promoted Neale Marvin, François Prioux and Benoît Thébault to managing directors
Mobeus hires BGF’s Hindocha
Hindocha joins from BGF, where he spent three years originating deals
Deal-by-deal emerges as contender to fund-based investing
LP appetite for co-investment has led to the increasing popularity of the deal-by-deal approach; we assess two GPs that have employed both strategies
Maven invests £2.5m in The GP Service
Established last year by independent pharmacists, GP Service offers online medical services
GM&C leads £3m investment in Blueberry Therapeutics
Blueberry Therapeutics is developing a new treatment for acute wounds
Bestport generates 2.8x on Dot Net sale
Bestport Ventures has sold Vega Technologies, the parent company of Dot Net Solutions, to New Signature
Hamilton Lane promotes Sipp and Hope
Sipp joined the placement agent in 2006 and has been part of the fund investment team
Carlyle Cardinal invests in Learning Pool
Deal marks the first investment for Carlyle Cardinal in Northern Ireland
Foresight expands Nottingham and Manchester teams
Mike Quinn joins from RSM while Matthew Pomroy joins from Mazars
Disruption case study: Apperio
Real-time legal fees tracking platform Apperio is trying to disintermediate PE legal services market
Social IV reaches €19m first close
Dutch social impact fund attracted commitments from EIF, family offices and high-net-worths
Invest Europe CEO Höppner to depart
Invest Europe CEO Dörte Höppner departs after five years at the association's helm
Liautaud named managing partner at Balderton
Liautaud joined Balderton in 2008 as general partner after selling his company Business Objects
BGF appoints Caird’s Barker
Barker joins from Caird Capital, where he was an investment director
MMC leads £1.8m series-A for StoryStream
Fresh funding will be used for product development and sales efforts
LDC in £12m Vital Ingredient deal
Fresh funding will be used to double the company's retail outlets within the next three years
Sunamp raises £3.2m from Highland Venture et al.
Scottish company has developed heat batteries used for energy storage