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Eight Roads-backed Picsolve enters administration
Deloitte has been appointed to find a buyer for the whole company or for a part of it
ING Ventures leads £4m bridge funding for Countingup
Triple Point, CVentures and Big Start Ventures also co-invest in the funding round
HLM and Illumina lead $71m round for LetsGetChecked
In mid-March, the company offered its coronavirus test to Irish healthcare authorities
Towerbrook to inject €100m in BC-backed CarTrawler in debt-for-equity swap
CarTrawler has €120m of its TLB and €25m of revolving credit facility debt outstanding
ECI makes two senior promotions
Firm has promtoed Steve Tudge to the position of non-executive chairman, effective October 2020
BGF releases 2019 results, reports operating profit of £133m
BGF invested more than £200m in 45 new companies and provided a further £144m in follow-on funding
EQT Ventures leads $12m series-A for Peanut
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, engagement on London-based Peanut has increased by 30%
Investors participate in N26 $100m series-D extension
N26 will continue to invest in growing its presence across 24 European markets and the US
Andera hires Argos Wityu's Jay
Andera is currently deploying a series of funds, including BioDiscovery V and Winch Capital 4
Dawn Capital appoints Inflexion's Brown
Hannah Brown is joining from her position as assistant director at Inflexion Private Equity
FTV leads £78m round in Bought By Many
Based in London, and founded in 2012, Bought By Many is a pet insurance broker based in London
ICG-backed Pageant Media acquires Eurekahedge for $8m
Mizuho Bank, which acquired the company in 2011, paid three times the amount it is selling it for
Aurelius's Bertram to make wholesale division insolvent, sells Wordery
Bertram temporarily closed Bertram Books as of 1 April due to uncertainty caused by the pandemic
Palatine-backed SMP acquires RBC Corporate Services Hong Kong
Palatine acquired financial advisory service SMP in 2019, drawing equity from Palatine III
VGC appoints Read as director
Alex Read joins from Alantra, where he spent three years as an origination associate
Nesta and Downing lead £2m round for Empiribox
Nesta education lead Manish Miglani and Downing portfolio director Mike Kennedy join the board
NB et al. buy minority stake in Castik-backed Waterlogic
In January 2020, BCI acquired a minority stake, which the three new incoming investors will share
IDIA et al. invest €15m in Amarenco
Amarenco also purchases Macquarie Capital's shares in their solar project joint venture
NPIF allocates £23.7m to Maven
Regions the fund invests in include Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside
Elysian III eyes first close in June
LPs in Elysian II include Hamilton Lane, Morgan Stanley and West Yorkshire Pension Fund
Stirling Square hires two
Stirling Square is currently investing from its fourth-generation fund, which closed on €950m
MVM invests $14m in MDxHealth
MVM is drawing equity from MVM Fund V, which held a first close on £150m in November 2018
VCs in $80m series-B for Compass Pathways
Compass intends to use the funds to expand upon its lead programme in psilocybin therapy
Synova-backed Fairstone acquires domestic IFA firms
Synova committed £25m to the development of Fairstone in 2016, drawing equity from Synova III