Katharine Hidalgo
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Global Founders, Rocket et al. in £21m round for Knoma
Knoma says it will initially focus on the UK market, and plans to expand globally in the coming years
Limerston-backed Arch Sciences acquires Apex Scientific
Formerly called Crawford Scientific, Limerston acquired the company in October 2017 from Maven
BC-backed VetPartners acquires Hyperthyroid Cat Centre
BC acquired VetPartners from Ares Management, Credit Group and August Equity for around £700m
Nordic Capital, Carlyle bid for Octopus-backed Calastone
Trade bidders are also competing in the process, while Motive Partners was bidding, but is no longer involved
General Catalyst et al. in £240m round for $2bn+ Cazoo
Online used car marketplace Cazoo has generated £100m in revenues to date in 2020
Hg closes Saturn 2, Mercury 3 and Genesis 9 on hard-caps
Proskauer provided legal advice and Rede Partners acted as placement agent for the three funds
Elysian III closes on £325m hard-cap
In conjunction with the fund close, the firm has announced the promotion of Jack Jacovou to partner
GP Profile: Searchlight sees opportunity in volatility
Following an interim close for Searchlight Capital Partners' latest fund on $3.1bn, founding partner Oliver Haarmann details the firm's strategy
Palatine invests in NRG
Following the investment, the company will follow a buy-and-build strategy and develop its services
Hg invests $1.5bn in Hyperion at $5bn valuation
Hyperion's management team and employees will remain the largest shareholder group in the company
Livingbridge sells Mobysoft to ECI
Livingbridge began preparations to exit the company in July 2020, in a GCA Altium-led auction process
Chiltern-backed Hanmere acquires Plasmech
Hanmere will continue to seek further acquisition opportunities following this transaction
Notion leads $12m series-A for Acin
Fitch Ventures, the venture arm of Fitch Group, has also invested, as well as several angel investors
Inflexion-backed Ocorian acquires Newgate
Newgate Compliance is a London-based compliance consultancy and hosted regulatory service
BC-backed Côte acquired by Partners Group
Former Wagamama CEO Jane Holbrook joins the French-style dining chain's board as chair
Pelican invests £5m in YourParkingSpace
Typical investments from Pelican are in companies with sustainable profits greater than £1m
BGF invests £6.8m in Appnovation
Both CBGF and BGF made initial investments in Appnovation in July 2019 totalling £8.8m
Mayfair-, Hoxton-backed SuperAwesome sold to trade
SuperAwesome reported revenues of £21m in 2018, as well as an operating loss of £5.5m
Phoenix-backed Sygnature acquires XenoGesis
Previously, Sygnature has acquired two in-vivo pharmacology clinical research organisations
Clarks in refinancing provided by LionRock - report
A deal would see Clarks raise an investment in exchange for a dilution of the Clark family's holding
Beech Tree invests in Transparity
Transparity is expected to generate £13m in revenues in 2020 and plans to grow to £21m next year
LGPS hires Ian Brown as head of private markets
Ian Brown was previously head of the leveraged finance execution team at UBS
Goodwin hires team of five partners
Lawyers were originally part of a team hired from Kirkland & Ellis's London office in April 2016
Tenzing acquires three payroll companies to form PSSG
Tenzing I closed on £200m in January 2017 and makes investments in companies valued at up to £75m