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Deal in Focus: Disruptive travel firms are hot Tiqets for VCs
An in-depth look at Capital Mills' investment in mobile ticketing company Tiqets
EQT invests in Touhula
Touhula operates 80 pre-schools and daycare centres throughout Finland
OpenGate acquires B&M
Deal completion comes after US buyout house OpenGate secured exclusivity in November last year
Sovereign’s Outcomes First buys Options Group
Newly-combined company will provide care for 700 children and young adults
Foresight hires Alvarez for Manchester office
Alvarez joins from Deloitte's Manchester practice, where she worked on distressed situations
Bains joins LDC Birmingham
Bains joins from Global Leisure Partners, where he was a managing director
Tiqets raises $4m series-A
Fresh funding will be used to develop the company's offering in new cities
Phoenix hits first close on £250m
Phoenix is targeting £500m for its fourth fund, which was formally launched last year
Comment: The gender diversity issue
On International Women's Day, Grant Thornton's Mo Merali says more needs to be done on boosting diversity
Bregal Freshstream invests in Taziker
Deal is second for Bregal Freshsteam since launching its €600m debut fund
KWM’s Aller joins MJ Hudson to open Paris office
Aller joins MJ Hudson after 14 years at King & Wood Mallesons
NorthEdge hits £300m hard-cap
The GP's second fund was fully allocated at launch and closed on its hard-cap
Foresight’s Procam acquires Take 2
Deal is Procam's fourth bolt-on since Foresight backed the company's MBO in May 2013
Livingbridge invests in BoilerJuice
As part of the deal, former Tastecard boss Ian Ronald has joined the company as CEO
The perfect LP base: Diversification or concentration?
Part one of our LP selection series assesses how diversified an LP base should be, and why
Maven scores 2.1x on Dantec Hose trade sale
Since Maven invested in 2011, the company has expanded geographically
Multiples Heatmap Q3 update: prices heat up in France, CEE
Download the latest instalment of our ongoing project tracking average multiples paid by private equity
Global Founders Capital and Index invest in Pets Deli
GFC has partnered with Index and Project A to invest in the natural pet food producer
User Replay raises $4.7m from Longwall et al.
The Reading-based company will use the proceeds to expand in the US and accelerate product innovation
Octopus sells Vision Direct
Octopus had been invested in the company since 2009 and supported several bolt-ons
17Capital hires Wunscher, promotes three
17Capital's Owen James has been named investment director, having joined in July last year
Beringea's Hope joins Mobeus
Hope was chief investment officer at Beringea for 11 years prior to his move to Mobeus
Volatility impacts listed private equity
Discounts to NAV for listed players are beginning to widen as volatility and uncertainty take their toll on the markets
Graphite’s City & County buys ICCM
Graphite's homecare service has acquired ICCM from Livingbridge