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DBay to acquire Harvey Nash in £98.7m deal
Proposed take-private of the recruitment business has received unanimous board member approval
BC to acquire VetPartners from August
Proposed deal for the veterinary business would come three years after the vendor founded the group
Connection leads £8.1m investment in £20.5m Mode MBO
GP led the deal for the printing company with capital provided by its private investor clients
YFM invests £4.5m in CPMS
Deal for the rail infrastructure company is the seventh investment made by the GP's Buyout Fund I
Dawn leads $20m series-B for Quantexa
Albion Ventures and HSBC also took part in the round, which will fund internaitonal expansion
Equistone-backed ITG bolts on Connect Group
Acquisition of the tech-focused marketing agency comes 10 months after the GP invested in ITG
NVM invests £3m in The Climbing Hangar
Indoor climbing centre operator will look to open new sites and invest in new facilities
Risk Capital makes 5x on sale of Neilson to LDC
Sale of the holiday provider brings an end to a five-year holding period for the vendor
Paine Schwartz sells Meadow Foods to Exponent
Divestment of the dairy group brings to an end a holding period of just two years for the vendor
Cinven agrees to acquire ALE from Axa for €925m
Deal comes weeks after the GP transferred another life insurance business into its sixth fund
Equistone sells Apogee to HP for £380m
Sale of the office printing equipment supplier brings to an end a holding period of just two years
LocalGlobe and Pentech lead £1.9m round for FloodFlash
Insurtech company will launch its product in October and double its headcount within six months
Cobe acquires Façades & Glazing Solutions from Saint-Gobain
GP carves out the facade installation and glass replacing divisions of Saint-Gobain's Glassolutions
BGF injects further £10m into Coppergreen
Investment in the holiday park operator also includes an additional £15.3m HSBC debt facility
Q2 Barometer: European private equity hot streak continues
Average European PE deal value hit a post-crisis peak in Q2, while quarterly volume reached the highest level on record
Exponent acquires Dennis Publishing
Deal reportedly values the UK-based publishing company in the £150-200m size bracket
BGF injects £6.3m into Molson
Construction equipment company will pursue bolt-on opportunities and open a national parts centre
Pemberton targets €2.5bn for second European debt fund
Vehicle's 2016-vintage €1.2bn predecessor is now understood to be fully deployed
Apax Partners acquires Three Hills-backed Genius Sports
Sports data company will pursue an international acquisitive growth strategy under the GP's tenure
Circularity leads €37m series-A for Grover
Consumer electronics rental platform undertakes international expansion and invests in marketing
Balderton leads $10m series-A for HealX
Drug repurposing company will more than double its headcount and invest in product development
Exponent-backed Enva bolts on GP Green Recycling
Transaction comes 15 months after the buyout house acquired Enva in a £219m all-equity deal
Stripes Group invests $40m in GlobalWebIndex
Deal will enable the UK-based digital market research company to pursue international expansion
Endless to carve out Menzies Distribution for £74.5m
Acquisition of the final-mile logistics company would mark the GP's first investment of 2018