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From PE darling to hard-hit sector: gyms face uncertain post-covid future
As gyms and fitness clubs across Europe gear up to welcome back consumers, Unquote explores their tricky path out of lockdown
Eurazeo-backed Planet acquires 3C Payment
Planet is said to pay between the high millions and low tens-of-millions-of-euros on an acquisition
Inflexion-backed ONP invests £1.5m in Lavatech
Founded in 2013, Lavatech is the developer of legal app InCase and is based in Manchester
SoftBank in $19.5m in Splyt series-B
SoftBank vice-president Daichi Nozaki will join the company's board of directors
EQT sells credit business to Bridgepoint
There were five or six bidders in the early stages of the sale auction, including Schroders
Hoxton closes second fund on almost $100m
Hoxton Ventures II has a 30% carry rate with a 2.5% management fee and no hurdle
KKR to acquire Roompot from PAI
At the beginning of 2020, PAI hired Rothschild to sell the company for an expected valuation of €1bn
Seventure, Vostok lead $10m round for TransferGo
Venture capital firms Hard Yaka, Revo Capital and Bootstrap Europe also participate
Corten closes debut fund on €392m
Corten began raising in January 2019, thus avoiding potential delays in the current market
VCs invest £60m in Monzo for £1.24bn valuation
Online bank's previous ТЃ113m funding round valued the company at ТЃ2bn in June 2019
Livingbridge invests in Chill Insurance
Financing for the acquisition of the insurance broker has been provider by Pemberton
IQ appoints Hirtzel as general partner
Hirtzel previously served as chief operating officer of Kreos Capital after working at PA Consulting
Zamo invests in SASC
Zamo Capital I, the firm's debut fund, has made its first investment in investment manager SASC
LDC takes minority stake in Connect Health
For the year ending on 30 June 2019, Connect Health reported revenue of ТЃ31.2m, up from ТЃ25.4m
Foresite et al. in $41.5m series-A for Bit Bio
Foresite is currently investing from its fourth-generation fund, which closed on $668m in 2018
NB closes Euro Crossroads 2018 fund on €260m
LPs in previous Crossroads vehicles include the Iowa State University Foundation and WSI Investments
Blackstone Life Sciences invests $337m in Medtronic's diabetes arm
Medtronic, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a medical technology, services and products company
Astanor leads series-A round for Hyris
Neos Medica, IDB Holding т the holding company controlling Indena т and Pi Campus also participate
LDC-backed Linley & Simpson acquires Link Agency, Dawson Wake
Previous acquisitions were financed by Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking
Livingbridge invests in TitanHQ
Investment in the cloud security company is made through Livingbridge's Enterprise 3 fund
Bridgepoint-backed Fat Face in debt-to-equity swap – report
Deal would reduce Fat Face's present ТЃ120m borrowing levels via a debt-for-equity swap
BBB appoints Lewis La Torre as interim CEO
In October 2019, Keith Morgan announced that he would be standing down from the role of CEO
Maven invests in Redwigwam
Steve Harris joins as MD for technology and operations while Dawn Paine becomes marketing director
BGF invests €10.5m in Edgescan
BGF's investment is the first external capital or financing received by the company to date