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Nordic Capital launches $2bn take-over for Advanz
Advanz Pharma initially hired Jefferies to advise on a sale process in October 2020
Foresight sells FFX to H2 for 4.3x return
H2 focuses on mid-sized companies in the UK, Ireland and the Benelux region
Tenzing invests in MetaCompliance
MetaCompliance generated £6m in revenues in the year ending on 31 March 2020
Lonsdale sells GYG for a 3x return
GYG had a market capitalisation of £35.7m at the time of publication
Limerston-backed Prism acquires Repose
GP bought Prism via its debut fund, Limerston Capital Partners I, which closed in 2017 on £220m
LDC appoints Scales as investment director
Prior to joining LDC, he spent eight years at Rothschild & Co, as a member of its corporate finance team
Octopus to launch £100m healthcare-focused fund
In conjunction with the announcement, the firm has hired an investment team from TenX Health
Carlyle acquires Jagex
Carlyle is expected to pay more than $530m, the purchase price of the business in 2020
Permira-backed Dr Martens to publish IPO prospectus
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are the joint global co-ordinators on the listing
ICG hires Bridge Valley's life sciences investment team
Allan Marchington, who will become head of ICG life sciences, says the team has a strong pipeline
Pantheon promotes four to partner
Petra Bukovec is a member of Pantheon's secondaries team and is based in London
Eight Roads promotes Cornet to partner
Principal Lucile Cornet joined Eight Roads Ventures as an associate in 2016
BGF invests £4m in CSN
For the year ending on 31 March 2020, the company generated £1.6m in EBITDA, from revenues of £27.1m
Lightspeed leads $20m Wintermute series-B
Lightspeed led the company's series-A funding round in June 2020, following another round in January
Baird sells Prescient to BDC
In November 2020, the vendor requested another set of indicative offers from seven or eight bidders
TA sells ITRS to Montagu
Montagu Private Equity acquires companies with enterprise values of €200m-1bn
Stirling Square acquires Consensus
Colchester-based Consensus is a provider of specialist residential care and supported living services
Eurazeo et al. in $180m round for $1bn-valued PPro
Funding will go towards PPro's global expansion and support the development of its technology
Connection sells Carter to trade for 4x return
In addition to the original investment, Connection participated in two further funding rounds
Carlyle-backed Hurst Point acquires Hawksmoor
Hurst Point Group was established in 2019 to facilitate investment by Carlyle in UK wealth management
Livingbridge sells Broadstone to ICG
Broadstone generated EBITDA of £646,000 from revenues of £9.5m in the year ending on 30 June 2019
Foresight opens office in Luxembourg
Luxembourg office will be led by Adela Baho and Jasper Jansen, who have each joined as directors
Star Capital acquires Rail Operations
Neil Bennett, previously of Beacon Rail Leasing, will be appointed executive chairman of the company
Mobeus invests in Northern Bloc
Paul Keen, previously CFO of ETC Venues, will join the board as a non-executive director