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VCs in £27m series-A for MiroBio
Advent Life Sciences, SR One, Oxford Science Innovation and Samsara Biocapital have invested
HarbourVest, Hamilton Lane in Bridgepoint Europe IV restructuring
Bridgepoint Europe IV, which closed on тЌ4.8bn in 2008, still holds a number of assets
ECI takes minority stake in KBA
ECI Partners has taken a minority stake in corporate services provider KB Associates
LDC exits FCBI to Thomson Reuters
LDC backed the business events operator that will now become a part of Reuters News
Inflexion to acquire Pharmaspectra
Inflexion Private Equity has taken a majority stake, drawing equity from its ТЃ250m fund
Notion Capital IV holds first close on £75m
Notion Capital has also announced its intention to raise a second growth opportunities fund
Ocorian hires two
Kristina Rowe joins from State Street and Jamie Riley previously worked at Intertrust
KKR-backed KnowBe4 acquires Twist and Shout
KKR's KnowBe4 generates more than $100m in revenue and is valued at $1bn
LDC acquires ELE from Albion and Maven
Albion and Maven valued their stakes in ELE at more than 4x and 5x original cost, respectively
Thrive leads $30m series-B for Pitch
BlueYard Capital, Index Ventures and Slack Fund have previously invested in the company
Bamboo appoints Milligan as head of diversity
Katherine Milligan previously held roles at the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
VCs invest $100m in Rapyd
VCs including Target Global, Tiger Global and General Catalyst have invested in the fintech
Battery-backed PST to acquire SST
Battery Ventures-backed PST has made more than seven bolt-on acquisitions since 2017
Radial to acquire Knorr-Bremse' Powertech business
Radial Capital Partners has agreed to acquire the loss-making Powertech division of Knorr-Bremse
KKR-backed SoftwareOne to float
SoftwareOne is expected to float on the Six Swiss Exchange in the first quarter of 2019
Phoenix-backed Just Childcare secures £50m financing package
Ares Management and the Royal Bank of Scotland will provide the financing package
Atomico leads $22m series-A in Kheiron
Exor Seeds, Greycroft, Hoxton Ventures and Connect Ventures also invested in the company's series-A
VCs in $56m series-C for Kandou
Nine VCs have invested in a series-C funding round for semiconductors company Kandou
Xenon acquires Metricfire
San Francisco-based Xenon Partners has acquired Dublin-based data monitoring company Metricfire
CataCap to acquire AerFin
CataCap has acquired aerospace services company AerFin alongside management and Schroder Adveq
Edge, Par Equity et al. exit DeltaDNA
Edge Performance VCT sells its stake in DeltaDNA to trade buyer Unity Technologies
Investors exit Trainline in £285m placing
KKR, Index Ventures, Ares and Alven Capital have each sold 50% of their shares in the company
Blumberg et al. in $60m series-B for Wunder Mobility
Blumberg first invested in the transport services software company in 2018
Lovell Minnick, Pantheon to acquire Charles Taylor in £261m deal
US-based Lovell Minnick has made an offer for listed insurance services business Charles Taylor