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LDC buys CitySprint for £175m
Dunedin has supported 21 bolt-on acquisitions for CitySprint over the past five years
AQ Metrics raises $3.25m
Dublin-based AQ Metrics' first funding round attracted international investors
Comment: Pricing heats up for energy information
Plural's Easton explains why PE is flocking to energy information businesses despite falling oil prices
Deal in Focus: Electra repaints Daler-Rowney's fortunes
A look back at how Electra turned Daler-Rowney around from being its worst performing asset
ECI scores 5x on sale of Citation to HgCapital
ECI backed Citation's management buy-in in 2012, with revenues doubling since then
Bridgepoint's ITG picks up Creator
Deal marks second bolt-on for ITG since being backed by BDC in April 2014 for ТЃ28m
MML's Optionis buys pub accountant ARC
Deal marks sixth bolt-on for Optionis since being purchased by MML in 2014
Q4 Barometer: Record value in 2015 despite end-of-year dip
Fewer deals but higher aggregate value in 2015 meant the average deal value jumped by a whopping 53%
Apax-backed Ascential in £800m London IPO
Apax and GMG acquired the business for ТЃ1bn in 2008 when it was known as Emap
MML's Iqarus buys C-Chec
MML acquired Iqarus in 2015 from former parent Capita
Beringea scores 12x on Monica Vinader partial exit
Piper invested ТЃ14m while US firm Winona Capital supplied ТЃ6m
Receipt Bank raises $10m from Kennet
Receipt Bank was established in 2011 after the founder acquired Receipt Farm
Baird sells Alpha FMC to Dunedin
Baird acquired a minority stake in Alpha in October 2013 in a transaction worth ТЃ28m
Albion leads £1.65m investment in InCrowd
Albion was joined by Sky and several angel investors in the funding round
Electra sells Daler-Rowney to Fila for €80.8m
Electra first backed fine art materials company in 2011 with ТЃ26m investment
Comment: Green economy opportunities
Colin Johnson of Grant Thornton believes opportunities do exist for PE in the renewables space as long as care is taken
Maven backs £11m EE Smith MBO
Maven invested via its Maven Investor Partners fund rather than through its VCT vehicles
MML's Lomond acquires John Shepherd
MML first backed the Scottish property asset management company in August 2014
Permira sells Creganna for $895m
All-cash transaction with TE Connectivity awards Permira a 3.4x return multiple
BGF invests £2m in Castleton
Fresh funding supports AIM-listed company's acquisition of Kypera
Synova scores 16x on Kinapse sale
Synova first backed the company in 2012, with sales growing since from ТЃ6.5m to ТЃ27.5m
BGF Ventures leads $6.5m round in Tapdaq
Tapdaq first received $1.4m in seed funding from Balderton et al. in September 2014
Kester scores 3x on Garrets sale
Kester first backed the marine catering business in 2012 in a deal thought to be worth ТЃ17m
Ardian picks up $940m PE portfolio from USS
Transaction marks one of Ardian's largest purchases from a UK pension fund