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BGF acquires minority stake in Cornwall Insight
BGF is having a quieter year with 23 deals completed so far in 2017
AIB backs TransferMate with €30m investment
Firms have agreed a strategic partnership to help AIB business customers
Palatine hires portfolio operations director
Gareth Wilson will be focused on improving the performance of portfolio companies
Cairngorm secures majority stake in Thornbridge Sawmills
Deal is the first for the Cairngorm Capital II fund, which closed in April 2017
Inflexion merges insurance brokers Bollington and Wilsons
New company Bollington Wilson Group is expected to generate gross written premiums of around ТЃ120m
CCMP sells Pure Gym to Leonard Green in £600m deal
Pure Gym's revenues have increased fivefold over CCMP's four-year ownership
TransferWise in $280m series-E
Deal values the London-based money transfer service at $1.6bn
Preservation Capital backs Ascent Underwriting
New financial-services-focused firm Preservation Capital Partners inks its first deal
Q3 Barometer: Market pauses for breath
European dealflow slows down compared with previous quarter but remains at historically elevated level
Capiton backs wind turbine engineering firm BWTS
Capiton aims to boost the companyтs growth domestically and internationally
Idinvest, Temasek back $111m Secret Escapes series-D
Idinvest is increasing its minority stake after first investing 18 months ago
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Applic'Etains
Deal will be Activa's fourth bolt-on for the label manufacturing group, which it formed in 2015
Lyceum-backed Briefing Media bolts on Urner Barry
Deal is the second add-on for Briefing Media since Lyceum's buyout of the firm in 2015
Partech promotes Francois-Poncet, hires BAML's Huberson
Both will help manage Partech's Growth fund, which has made eight investments so far
Ardian exits TimeOne
Company was created in 2016 by merging two of Ardian's portfolio companies
Artificial intelligence offers smart opportunities for PE
Once the domain of early-stage VC investors, the AI segment is now attracting the attention of private equity buyers
Accel and Index take part in $385m Deliveroo round
Latest funding round values the delivery company at around $2bn
Nextech, Syncona in $80m Autolus series-C
Company, launched just three years ago, has now raised a total of $150m
Inflexion in Xtrac buyout
Investment will support the expansion of Xtrac's factory and extra hires
Ping An leads £34m series-A for 10x Future Technologies
London-based banking-related technology business was founded by former Barclay's CEO Anthony Jenkins
Society Generale Capital Partners and Galiena exit Scaff'holding
The company has changed hands a number of times since being spun-off by Groupe Fabricom in 2002
NextStage sells GreenFlex to Total
Portfolio company's revenues have climbed from €65m in 2012 to an expected €350m in 2017
Downing VCTs back Empiribox
Empiribox supplies around 150 UK primary schools with equipment, lesson plans and training
EdRip takes minority stake in La Vie Saine
Deal is the sixth completed by Rothschild's €165m Cabestan Capital II fund