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Oakley sells Damovo to Eli for up to €140m
Sale of the IT business will generate a 5.4x return for the vendor, equivalent to a 57% IRR
NVM leads £2m round for Newcells Biotech
NVM provides £1.5m towards the round, while Northstar contributes the remaining £500,000
RCapital acquires Havelock from administrators
Acquisition of shopfitting company will safeguard 300 jobs and Havelock's manufacturing sites
Investec sells Investigo to BCI
Sale of the professional-services-focused recruitment firm brings to an end a five-year tenure
Centerbridge, Reservoir acquire minority stake in Amedeo
Deal will finance the acquisition of the US management subsidiary of Intrepid Aviation Holdings
Cairngorm acquires Rembrand to merge with Thornbridge
Acquisition of the Scottish timber processing and distribution firm is the group's second bolt-on
Epiris appoints Brent as investment manager
Appointment comes shortly after the newly independent GP promoted Wilson and Wood to partners
ECI reaps 3.6x from Great Rail Journeys sale to Duke Street
Deal ends a five-year holding period of the luxury rail holiday provider for ECI
MMC, Frontline, LocalGlobe in £16m round for Signal Media
Media monitoring software company has quadrupled its turnover since its 2016 series-A
LDC invests £10m in Linley & Simpson
Yorkshire estate agent will undertake an acquisitive growth strategy following the GP's investment
Highland Europe holds €463m final close
Tech-focused fund will be equally deployed across France, Germany, the UK and the rest of Europe
Beringea exits Chargemaster in trade sale to BP
Transaction reportedly values the electric vehicle charging company at around £130m
Livingbridge sells Portman stake in SBO to Core Equity
GP sells its minority stake in the dentistry business after a four-year holding period
Bregal launches €40m ESG-dedicated fund
Bregal Sustainable Development Fund will provide loans on favourable terms to portfolio companies
Sofinnova and 5AM lead £28m series-A for NodThera
UK drug discovery company will bring its leading drug candidate to the clinical trial stage
3i promotes Crane to partner amid appointments wave
GP hires Rothschild's Howard as director and makes four further senior European PE promotions
LDC agrees sale of LearnDirect to DTS
Transaction comes two years after the portfolio company sold a division to PSI Services
BGF injects £3m into DevOpsGroup
Investment will fund the acquisition of Wales-based IT skills training business AgileSnap
Epiris promotes Wilson and Wood to partner
Team members have been with the newly independent fund manager for five and six years, respectively
LDC divests Validus-IVC in trade sale to Verisk
Sale of motor-insurance-related business brings to an end a five-year tenure for the vendor
Epidarex and Sixth Element in $10m round for Adorx
Cancer drug discovery company will ramp up its research activities following the round
EQT in $28m series-B for Beamery
Microsoft's corporate venture arm also took part in the round for the recruitment software firm
Syncona leads £88.4m series-B for Freeline
Gene therapy company will undertake clinical trials and look to bring its therapies to market
BC- and GIC-backed Acuris bolts on SparkSpread
US-based energy trade publication is the company's first acquisition since GIC invested last year