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Altor picks up Infotheek
Altor has prior experience of the IT reselling market through its investment in Dustin
Comment: The shifting debt landscape
Christopher McLean of Grant Thornton discusses the impact of the changing debt market on private equity
Atlantic Bridge III holds first close
Vehicle has collected commitments from EIF, AIB as well as Enterprise Ireland
Albion holds early close after raising £36m
VCT manager was initially expecting to raise £25m by September
Iterum Therapeutics raises $40m
Newly created company has also been granted global licensing rights for a new antibiotic
UniCredit and Anthemis set up fintech partnership
The partnership sees UniCredit committing €200m, to be invested in fintech startups
Spring Ventures backs £10m HFH MBO
Spring Ventures also underwrote the debt for the deal
Endeavour Medtech Growth closes on €250m
Endeavour Vision's decision to focus purely on medtech investments helped it secure new investors
Mirriad Advertising raises $15m
The company has developed technology to mitigate the rise of ad blocking
Notion leads £1.7m round for Apperio
Apperio was set up by former CMS lawyer and private equity practitioner Nicholas d’Adhemar
Synova scores 3x on TLG exit
Synova acquired TLG in an off-market deal in July 2008
YFM and Octopus exit Callstream
Investment duo first backed the company in 2010, when it was known as Bluebell Telecoms
Benelux: New investments slow down while large exits abound
New investments in the Benelux region have been subdued, but a number of large exits have bumped up Q1's figures
Riverside invests in Guestline
Following the deal, Riverside will support Guestline's organic and acquisitive growth
Insight sells Jagex to Shandong
Shandong has paid $300m for the business despite suffering losses of $55m in 2015
Inflexion picks up Global Reach
Following the management buyout, Global Reach will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy
Bowmark merges its property services businesses
The two companies, Leaders and Romans, will continue to operate separately following the deal
Endless’s Enact backs Kesslers
Deal marks fourth transaction for Endless's SME-focused Enact fund
UK buyout activity suffers deepest decline since 2009
The volume of buyouts witnessed so far for the first quarter of 2016 is the lowest on record since 2009
LendInvest receives £17m series-B from Atomico
LendInvest provides loans for property developers and landlords
Student lender Future Finance raises £119m from Blackstone et al.
Future Finance provides lending for students who need additional funds on top of their government loans
Clearwater expands into France and Germany
Clearwater has merged with @visory in Germany and Easton Corporate Finance in France
NVM exits Control Risks
NVM first backed the company in 2011, when it acquired a significant minority stake
Westbridge’s Energist buys troubled Chromogenex
Chromogenex's products focus on non-invasive fat reduction processes