Articles by Katharine Hidalgo
Active Partners closes third fund on £100m
Active Partners closed its predecessor fund, Active ECF, on $40m in September 2016
IK takes minority stake in EDH
Existing investors Quilvest Capital Partners and Amin Khiari retain stakes in the group
MTIP et al. exit Blueprint Genetics to trade
Listed, US-based diagnostic information service Quest Diagnostics has acquired Blueprint
VCs in €20m series-B for PDCLine
In 2016, Belgian VC Meusinvest, Spinventure and several business angels invested €4m in the company
Clearwater opens Leeds office, appoints Goldsack
Newly appointed partner Richard Goldsack previously worked at Grant Thornton and EY
Advent completes £4bn acquisition of Cobham
Advent drew equity from its $17.5bn Advent IX vehicle, which writes equity tickets of $100m-1bn
Stripes leads $150m round for Snyk at $1bn+ valuation
Investors such as Coatue, Tiger Global, BoldStart and Salesforce Ventures also participated
Blossom closes Fund II on $185m
Portfolio companies include UK-based Duffel, Swiss company Frontify and Ireland-based Tines
Mayfair hires Price from Lloyds Bank
Price led the strategic debt finance and capital structure advisory teams at Lloyds
Former Ireland-based Carlyle team launches debut Melior fund
Melior Equity Partners' debut fund is targeting тЌ200m, according to press reports
LDC exits Keoghs
Keoghs CEO John Whittle and the management team will continue to lead the business
Maven and GAM lead £6.4m round for Coniq
Coniq offers a CRM and loyalty platform for shopping malls, outlets and retail brands
EQT to float Musti
Musti generated EBITDA of тЌ34.3m from revenues of тЌ246.6m for the year ending in September 2019
Inflexion acquires Marston minority stake
Marston is a judicial services group, which recovers funds on behalf of taxpayers and businesses
Pantheon Global Secondary Fund VI to close in 2020
Pantheon's latest vehicle, Global Secondary Fund VI, is expected to hold a final close in 2020, Unquote understands.
Pantheon promotes Wong and Vainio to partner
Pantheon offers regional primary fund programmes, secondaries, and co-investment
MML acquires Arrow from GCP
CVC Credit has provided a ТЃ70m acquisition facility to the business support service
Atomico promotes Haivas to partner
VC is currently investing from Atomico IV, which closed on $765m in February 2017
MTIP leads $21m series-B for Oviva
New investor Earlybird and existing investors Albion VC, F-Prime and Partech also participate
Lexington closes ninth fund on $14bn
Vehicle is now the largest secondaries fund ever raised, with Ardian aiming to top it
Inflexion-backed Bollington acquires Ashgrove
Since 2012, Ashgrove has acquired five insurance businesses in the north-west of England
Ethos acquires Pet Mate
Unquote understands the entry multiple for the company was 4-8x the company's ТЃ2m EBITDA
Felix closes third fund on $300m
In conjunction with the fund close, the firm has also hired two advisers and a new CFO
G Square closes third fund on €500m
Investors in the fund include Adams Street Partners, Banca March, Cresta and Goodgrower