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Apollo's Watches of Switzerland announces intention to float
Earlier reports suggested the IPO could value the luxury watch retail group at up to £800m
Graphite's ICR acquires MMC-backed Sky-Futures
Deal for the drone inspection company brings to an end a three-year holding period for MMC
Active and Gresham House in funding round for TravelLocal
Online holiday-booking platform will invest in its international marketing activity
Livingbridge hires PwC's McGee as investment manager
Healthcare and technology specialist leaves his role as manager on PwC's corporate finance team
Bowmark-backed Instant bolts on Incendium
Deal comes 11 months after the GP acquired Instant from MML Capital Partners and management
TPG, Insight in $500m round for Kaseya
Funding round will support the acquisition of ID Agent and reportedly values Kaseya at $1.75bn
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Karmic balance sheets
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses recent developments in the impact investment space
BC-backed VetPartners acquires Clyde Veterinary Group
Bolt-on comes nine months after the GP bought VetPartners in a deal reportedly worth around £700m
Insight and DST lead $230m series-A for Checkout.com
GIC, Blossom, Endeavour Catalyst and others also took part in the round for the e-payments firm
Apollo's Watches of Switzerland mulls IPO
UK-based luxury watch retail group could reportedly have a market cap of up to £800m
DC promotes six to managing director
Promotions include two members of the Paris-based team and four in DC's London office
LDC invests £20m in SGI carve-out from Kiwa
Environmental testing and consultancy business will pursue an international acquisitive strategy
Phoenix to acquire Mobius Life from Souter, Manfield
GP is investing in the financial services firm with capital drawn from its 2016 vehicle
Inflexion closes £1bn double-fundraise
GP is also raising capital for Inflexion Strategic Capital fund, with commitments from NYSTRS and IMRF
Aliter-backed Ipsum bolts on Stormport Professional Services
Deal is fourth acquisition for the utilities and infrastructure consolidation platform
Five Seasons et al. in €17.4m round for Butternut Box
Fresh dog food company will look to expand its sales activity into continental Europe
Summit leads $33m round for A Cloud Guru
IT training platform intends to increase its headcount and invest in product development
Mayfair promotes Curwen and Hoballah
Team members are promoted to the roles of managing director and director resptively
Concentric leads $15m series-B round for Wheely
Ride-hailing company is due to roll out its platform in new cities, with a Paris launch in 2019
Smaller buyouts escalate in UK industrials sector
PE-backed buyout investments in both the industrial engineering and the construction and materials spaces have soared in the past year
Bowmark's OIEG bolts on Oxford International College
Deal comes five years after the GP acquired a minority stake in the independent school group
LDV leads $3.1m funding round for Synthesia
AI lip-synching video platform launched in 2018 and has clients including the BBC and BuzzFeed
Gresham House invests £4.5m in Diaceutics IPO
Deal comes a year after the pharmaceutical data analytics company raised $5m of mezzanine
Bowmark sells Care Fertility to Silverfleet
Earlier reports suggested the fertility clinic group could attract bids of around 8x its £11m EBITDA