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Foresight invests £1m in Alpkit
Foresight draws capital from its £39m Nottingham-focused fund, which is backed by local pensions
Index, Balderton et al. invest $7m in Credit Benchmark
Credit Benchmark has now raised $34m and provides aggregated ratings for 22,000 institutions
Blackstone acquires NEC from LDC
Transaction reportedly values the Birmingham-based exhibitions organiser at more than £800m
Next Investors leads funding round for Hentsū
Next Investors, the growth equity arm of Credit Suisse Asset Management, closed a $261m fund in July
Blackstone close to £800m deal for LDC's NEC
NEC operates five venues in Birmingham, including the National Exhibition Centre, which plays host to Crufts
Permira-backed Corin acquires Global Orthopaedic Technology
First bolt-on after Permira acquired Corin in a secondary buyout earlier this year
Volpi's Version 1 bolts on Presidion
Version 1 has completed nine bolt-ons and says it has a strong acquisitions pipeline into 2019
Highland invests £20m in powdered food maker Huel
Highland is currently investing its Europe-focused third fund, which closed in June on €463m
Earlybird leads $4.4m series-A for online legal marketplace Lexoo
Lexoo said the traditional law firm model incentivises overcharging and short-termism
LDC hires six and announces promotions
Lee Donaldson joins from RBS' structured finance team and Delores Noriega joins from JP Morgan
Mobeus backs Preservica with £7.5m series-B
Preservica's revenue has been boosted by greater demand for data compliance services
Advent-backed Laird sells off CVS division
Advent wholly acquired the UK-based manufacturer in a take-private deal earlier this year
European buyout value reaches post-crisis high
Deal value has been boosted by a spike in €1bn+ deals and strong activity in Southern Europe
Swiss crypto bank SEBA raises CHF 100m
Black River Asset Management, Summer Capital and a host of other investors took part in the round
Battery Ventures carves out UK-based TTP Labtech
TTP Labtech will ramp up its Cambridge-based biotech business through strategic acquisitions
Grafton capital backs AI software firm Softomotive
Softomotive, which focuses on automating business processes, will move from Greece to London
Inflexion nets 50% IRR on quick Outdoor Plus exit
Outdoor Plus proved to be a success for Inflexion's minority-stake-focused Partnership Capital fund
HitecVision-backed Verus bolts on Cieco
Cieco was acquired using equity from HitecVision, Verus's cash reserves and extra debt from Nedbank
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AGIC sells Gimatic for €370m
Industrial automation supplier Gimatic is sold to Barnes Group, an industrial manufacturer
Inflexion hires Elliot as partner, hires four
Derek Elliot joins as a partner after previously establishing Darwin Private Equity
VC firms invest $37m in Blippar
Company's accounts show the firm is making increasingly large losses, up to £34.4m in 2017
Synova sells 4Ways to ECI, earns 6x
Synova backed the MBO of 4Ways in 2015 and has helped to scale the firm's operations
Pollen Street backs Irish property auction house BidX1
BidX1 has already kicked off plans to expand into South Africa, Spain and Greece