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HIG hires Pamplona's Noé-Nordberg as MD
New recruit will head up the firm's recently launched European mid-market division
Montagu's Maincare bolts on Anticyclone
Deal for the speech recognition software developer comes eight months after the GP's backing
Hg refinances A-Plan for second time in 19 months
GP previously secured a £170m refinancing package for the insurance brokerage in June 2017
Cairngorm-backed MJ Wilson acquires SIL
Deal forms part of the GP's plans to create a full-service maintenance, repair and overhaul group
Insight, MissionOG lead £25m round for Featurespace
Deal will support the fraud detection software firm's international expansion and product development
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Minority report
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which our Precogs envision PE's future of non-controlling stakes
BGF injects additional £10m into Frontrow
Deal comes two years after the GP invested an initial £10m in the energy services firm
Bowmark's Aston Lark bolts on Robertson Low
Irish insurance broker will help the portfolio company safeguard against Brexit uncertainty
Apollo's £3.32bn RPC take-private bid approved by directors
Development comes four months after the GP emerged as a bidder for the plastic packaging firm
Palamon promotes Arbour to partner
Arbour is promoted from associate partner, having joined the firm in 2013 as a managing director
NVM sells Lanner in trade sale to Royal HaskoningDHV
Sale of simulation software business brings to an end a nine-year holding period
Downing and Starwood in £4m round for Hubble
Deal brings the total amount raised by the online office space brokerage to £6.4m
Par invests in Amiqus Resolution
EIS fund manager typically takes part in funding rounds valued at up to £3.5m
Backed VC leads £2.5m round for Flexciton
Manufacturing AI software business is recruiting industrial optimisation and AI specialists
Endless's Go Plant acquires assets from Gulliver's
Deal for the embattled truck rental company comes shortly after it entered into administration
Beringea leads £6.5m funding round for Exonar
Downing Ventures and Amadeus also take part in the round for the data management business
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: High-water marks and PE larks
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, wherein the team discusses the 2019 Annual Buyout Review, Nordic PE's record year and more
Mayfair holds £650m final close for second fund
Total committed is more than 150% of the amount raised by the firm's maiden vehicle
BGF invests in BioCity
Life sciences business incubator will expand its provision of accelerator programmes
Northzone in £26m series-B round for MarketInvoice
UK-based invoice finance company will build up its team and expand its business loans division
Lonsdale acquires majority stake in CC&A
Deal is the eighth to be made from Lonsdale's debut fund, which writes equity cheques of £10-15m
Apposite's Swanton Care bolts on Courtyard Care
Acquisition of the specialist childcare company comes 18 months after the GP's primary investment
Circularity invests in ZigZag
E-commerce software company will look to accelerate the international roll-out of its software
FRP appoints AlixPartners' Cox as partner
New recruit leaves AlixPartners after four years, during which he co-founded its debt advisory arm