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CBPE X nears final close towards £525m target
CBPE X is likely to target UK-based companies with enterprise values of ТЃ25-150m
Inflexion-backed Alcumus acquires Banyard and ContractorCheck
Management teams of Banyard and ContractorCheck have not retained stakes in the companies
Equistone-backed FirstPort to merge with Mainstay
Hampshire-based FirstPort recorded a turnover of ТЃ28.9m for the year-ending in December 2018
VentureWave holds first close of Impact Ireland fund
Ireland-based VentureWave both supports buyouts and provides venture investments
GCP takes minority in CubeLogic
CubeLogic's management team completed a buy back from parent company OpenLink in 2016
Harper to lead HIG's London small-cap buyout team
Prior to joining HIG, John Harper was a partner at Inflexion Private Equity and previously worked at LDC
SEP-backed Dotmatics acquires BioBright
SEP invested in Dotmatics, a provider of data analysis software for laboratories, in October 2017
Carlyle exits Eggplant for $330m
The Carlyle Group acquired Eggplant from venture capital firm Seraphim in January 2016
IVP leads $40m series-A for Hopin
Founded in 2019, the London-based company has hosted thousands of virtual events
Baudon to remain Invest Europe chair, EBRD's Fossemalle named chair-elect
Fossemalle has been the director in charge of equity funds at the EBRD since 2009
WestBridge invests £9.6m in BHSC
BHSC reported revenue of ТЃ14.5m and an operating profit of ТЃ2m for the 2019 financial year
BDC invests in Matrix
Equity for the investment was drawn from Bridgepoint Development Capital III, which closed on ТЃ600m
Apiary-backed Conn3ct acquires ICR
Apiary supported the acquisition with fresh equity from its debut fund, which closed on ТЃ200m
Lonsdale-backed CRSG acquires Acclimatise
Lonsdale acquired CRSG in December 2018, drawing equity from Lonsdale Capital Partners
Tenzing closes second fund on £400m
Fund had a target of ТЃ350m with a hard-cap of ТЃ400m and was raised in nine weeks
BGF invests in Bayfields
Founded in 2004, the business now has 19 practices and intends to grow to 40 sites
ICG acquires Workhuman minority at $1.2bn valuation
Balderton Cpaital, Atlas Venture and Benchmark are early investors in the HR platform
RJD to invest up to £12.75m in Improve
Improve most recently reported revenue and adjusted EBITDA of ТЃ10.1m and ТЃ1.7m respectively
Piper to launch next fund in 2021
Managing partner Chris Curry told Unquote the fund is expected to target ТЃ150-175m
VCs in £25m round for Cazoo at valuation of $1bn
Since launching in December 2019, the online car retailer has generated ТЃ20m in revenues
HSBC contributes $7m to Privitar's series-C
Warburg Pincus led an $80m series-C funding round for the data privacy company in April 2020
Coatue leads $150m Checkout series-B with $5.5bn valuation
US-based late-stage investor Coatue has previously taken stakes in companies such as Instacart
August-backed Code acquires Isopharm
Based in Sheffield and founded in 1999, the dental training company employs 50 people
Inflexion acquires Rosemont for £156m
Inflexion has worked on a number of other carve-outs, including Ocorian, THE and Marley