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Index in €40m series-B for Alan
Latest round for the French digital health insurance firm comes 10 months after its €23m series-A
True rescues portfolio company TyresOnTheDrive
GP previously invested in the tyre e-commerce business, which entered administration in January
RCapital backs AirHop MBO
Trampoline parks operator is to open five new sites in Germany and two in the UK
Synova hires Sovereign's Jain, appoints two more
Jain joins as an investment director, while the GP also hires Alantra's Mullally and HSBC's Bullman
Iris leads €20m series-B for Virtuo
Balderton and Raise also take part in the round, which will fund the car rental firm's UK expansion
Panoramic backs management buy-in of PCS
GP is currently investing from its second fund, which writes equity cheques of £1-5m
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Dual speed ahead
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team navigates the bifurcation in private equity fundraising
Baird promotes three to managing director
Ballantine, Luen and Sun are promoted from their director roles in the industrial and TMT teams
Palatine backs management buyout of SMP Partners
Isle of Man-based financial advisory business will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy
Softbank funding round values OakNorth at $2.8bn
Firm has led a $440m capital injection for the UK-based digital lender to fund its US expansion
UK activity taking hit in 2018 despite mid-market resilience
Buyouts valued at more than £500m fell by 56% in aggregate value terms in 2018, and by 43% in terms of volume
Aquiline's ClearCourse acquires APT Solutions
Deal is the buy-and-build platform's fourth acquisition within just six months of its foundation
Inflexion's Reed & Mackay bolts on Concierge Travel
Deal is the fifth bolt-on acquisition by the travel agency group under the GP's tenure
Palatine's CET UK bolts on Enverity
Deal is the first bolt-on for the infrastructure and property assurance group under the GP's tenure
Carlyle sells Graze to Unilever
Deal reportedly values the UK-based healthy snack producer in the region of £150m
Q4 Barometer: European deal volume sets new annual record
Despite a slowdown in the final quarter of the year, private equity activity reached an all-time high over the course of the year
Edge invests £3.5m in Festicket
Deal comes just three months after the online event booking platform raised a $10.5m series-D
Goldman Sachs et al. in $20m series-A for Bud
Banking software developer will look to double its headcount to 140 by the end of 2019
CBPE acquires Simbec-Orion
GP acquires the life sciences research firm from Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund
Tenzing recruits Inflexion's Healy, makes two further hires
GP has hired former Inflexion TMT partner Healy, as well as Phoenix's Sims and Deloitte's Nicholson
Vala launches EIS fund with alternative fee structure
Newly launched firm will replace standard administrative fees with a performance-related model
Graphite sells Sk:n to TriSpan after 13-year holding
Deal reportedly values the UK-headquartered skincare clinic operator at around £35m
Q&A: 3i’s Alan Giddins and Isabelle Hemington
Managing partner and senior associate speak to Unquote about ongoing growth in the travel sector and the firm's approach to investing in the space
Idinvest's, Cherry Tree's Molotov in exclusivity with Altice
Deal will reportedly value the online video streaming company in the hundreds of millions of euros