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Inspirit closes debut fund on £50m
Inspirit Fund I closed on its hard-cap and is currently being deployed by the firm
VCs in £10m round for Uncapped
Accelerator Seedcamp also invested in the round, as well as several angel investors
Head of global PE to leave Aberdeen Standard Investments
McDonald led the global private equity business as part of the private markets division
YFM, Comhar invest £4.5m in PanIntelligence
YFM is investing ТЃ3.5m for a minority stake, alongside an additional investment of ТЃ1m by Comhar
Mobeus invests £13m in Access Partnership
Mobeus's investment will enable the consultancy to expand its services geographically
Lonsdale-backed CRSG acquires Swegon Hire UK
Vendor of the company is Sweden-based Swegon Group, which generates тЌ500m in revenues
Octopus, Downing and C4 in $21.8m round for Trouva
Fresh capital from the investment will be used for overseas expansion and software development
Ardenton acquires Pebbles
Headquartered in Leeds and Dunfermline, Pebbles provides residential care and education
Inflexion-backed Kynetec bolts on Kleffmann
Inflexion provided fresh equity for the acquisition from its Inflexion Buyout Fund IV
EV Private Equity-backed EWT acquires IKM
EV Private Equity is currently investing from Energy Ventures IV, which closed on тЌ247m in 2011
PPM Oost invests in Protifarm
PPM Oost is a development agency created by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate
Silver Lake invests $500m in City Football Group
City Football Group, valued at $4.8bn, owns football clubs including Manchester City FC
Apax acquires Destiny in SBO
Destiny founders retain almost 30% of shares in the company in the secondary buyout transaction
Balderton leads €21m round for Detectify
Existing investors Paua Ventures, Inventure and Insight Venture Partners also participated
Silverfleet-backed Microgen merges with Touchstone
Silverfleet has backed the merger drawing equity from its European Development Fund
LDC invests £30m in Croud
Fresh capital will also go towards further global expansion and expansion of its range of services
Adcuram-backed Vitrulan acquires Ahlstrom-Munksjö business
Vitrulan has acquired the business for its broader product range and to expand internationally
Inflexion invests in Ridgewall, backs acquisition of QDos
QDos is Ridgewall's fourth acquisition in the past year and was backed by Inflexion
Macquarie acquires Biocow stake
BioCow uses anaerobic digestion to create energy from agricultural waste
Bridges invests in AgilityEco
Bridges drew equity from its Evergreen fund, which held a final close on ТЃ50m in July 2018
August Equity targeting early-2020 close for fifth fund
August Equity Partner IV closed on ТЃ224m in April 2017 and recently made its 10th acquisition
Cinven, Astorg to acquire LGC for £3bn
Advent International, Bain, Blackstone and Carlyle were among the bidders in the process
August acquires dentistry software developer Code
Deal is the 10th investment from August Equity Partners IV, which closed on ТЃ224m in 2017
Mid-market stays loyal to English limited partnership
Luxembourg structures may have their proponents, but the Brexit drama does not seem to have dented the appeal of the English partnership