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Universal Partners and Parkwalk in £15m round for Yasa
Electric and hybrid motor manufacturer will open a new manufacturing facility in Oxford
August sells Active Assistance to Montreux Capital
Divestment of the specialist healthcare provider follows an eight-year holding period
Epiris acquires Portals from De La Rue for £68m
Deal for the substrate manufacturer is the first investment made by the GP as an independent manager
Palamon acquires Thomas International
Psychometric assessments company generated pro-forma EBITDA of £9m in 2017 on a £40m turnover
Augmentum to launch £125m listed fund
New fintech-dedicated vehicle will acquire the GP's stakes in five portfolio companies
NorthEdge reaps 3.5x on £70m sale of DW3 to Masonite
Divestment of the window and door manufacturer results in a 59% IRR following a 40-month tenure
Parkwalk leads £6m series-A for Bodle Technologies
Low-powered video display producer will use the funding to scale up its operations
Endless's Bright Blue Foods buys Greencore's cakes division
Deal will see the consolidated cakes and desserts business double in size with a turnover of £140m
Gilde leads €40m series-C for Fire1
Deal for the remote monitoring medical devices business is the GP's first Irish investment
BGF injects £6.4m into Northern Escalator Installations
Escalator installation, repair and removal business will expand its range of services
Insight and Eight Roads in $28m round for Duco
VCs have invested in the data management platform alongside corporate backer NEX Group
Chiltern divests Vantage to Exponent-backed Enra
Deal comes 20 months after the vendor acquired a significant minority stake in the mortgage broker
European PE in 2018: beware the bullet
unquote” brings together a group of leading practitioners to analyse industry developments during 2017 and discuss emerging trends heading into 2018
European PE in 2017: fundraising tailwinds and growing leverage
Industry professionals look back on a resilient year for private equity during a period of turbulent geopolitics
Maven invests £1.95m in E-Safe Global
Deal comes two years after the GP made a £450,000 investment in the cyberbullying detection business
Foresight injects £3.5m into Nano Interactive
Investment in the advertising technology firm is the GP's seventh VCT deal in 12 months
Tenzing invests in buyout of Converge TS
Acquisition of the cloud-based IT business is the GP's second investment from its maiden fund
Piper invests in Neom Organics
GP acquires a minority stake in the UK-headquartered skincare and fragrances brand
BGF injects £10m into DB Food
Funding will be directed towards the group's low-fat meat and protein division Muscle Food
Connection Capital in £13.3m Tempcover MBO
GP invests £7.5m in the transaction for the online temporary insurance provider
Bowmark sells LBR to Levine Leichtman
Secondary buyout of the legal publishing company brings to an end a five-year holding period
Fly Ventures closes maiden fund on $41m
German VC will use AI to source European companies in the automation software segment
CapVest's Valeo buys Raisio's confectionery brands for €100m
Acquisition of Big Bear, Nimbus and Candy Plus is the ninth bolt-on made by the group
Riverside invests in Alter Pharma
GP is currently investing from its fifth fund, which targets businesses with EBITDA of €5-15m