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VCs invest £60m in Monzo for £1.24bn valuation
Online bank's previous ТЃ113m funding round valued the company at ТЃ2bn in June 2019
Ardian-backed Gantner buys Contidata
Deal expands the contactless payment company's product portfolio to the catering sector
Square buys VC-backed payment app Verse
Verse joins the Cash App division at Square and continues to operate as an independent business
Livingbridge invests in Chill Insurance
Financing for the acquisition of the insurance broker has been provider by Pemberton
Gradiente buys three companies, creates Argos Surface
GP deploys capital from Gradiente II, which held a final close on its €135m hard-cap in 2019
Main Capital-backed Alfa acquires Joliv
GP plans to merge Joliv and previously acquired e-health business Alfa
83North leads $30m series-B for Wandelbots
Existing investors Paua Ventures, EQT Ventures and Atlantic Labs also back the robotics company
Compass Partners' Rodenstock completes €75m capital increase
Compass had put the opthalmology business up for sale earlier in 2020, but delayed the process
IQ appoints Hirtzel as general partner
Hirtzel previously served as chief operating officer of Kreos Capital after working at PA Consulting
Asabys, BPI France, Ysios in €30m series-A for Ona Therapeutics
Company intends to use the financing to complete the pre-clinical trial of its lead candidate drug
Zamo invests in SASC
Zamo Capital I, the firm's debut fund, has made its first investment in investment manager SASC
Tesi et al. in $40m series-B round for Swappie
Company has so far raised $48m and saw a fivefold increase in revenues during the lockdown period
LDC takes minority stake in Connect Health
For the year ending on 30 June 2019, Connect Health reported revenue of ТЃ31.2m, up from ТЃ25.4m
EI-backed Anwim acquires EMila
Enterprise Investors acquired a significant minority stake in the company for €23.3m in November 2018
German government to buy stake in Dievini Hopp's Curevac
State-backed KfW joins Dievini Hopp in the messenger RNA drug developer's shareholder base
Foresite et al. in $41.5m series-A for Bit Bio
Foresite is currently investing from its fourth-generation fund, which closed on $668m in 2018
Bain Capital, FSI to bid for Serie A – report
Bain Capital makes a €3.4bn preliminary offer for a 25% stake in Serie A, while FSI shows interest
Guernsey Finance launches fast-track applications for managers
Scheme aims to allow fund managers with funds not registered in whitelisted jurisdictions to migrate
Ubi Banca buys stake in Green Arrow Capital
This is the first financial investor that has entered the capital of the firm, owned by its founding partners
NB closes Euro Crossroads 2018 fund on €260m
LPs in previous Crossroads vehicles include the Iowa State University Foundation and WSI Investments
Vast majority of LPs satisfied with GP transparency – survey
Coller Capital's PE Barometer also reported LP concerns about forward-looking EBITDA add-backs
Xenon-backed Impresoft bolts on Progel
Following the deal, Progel's founders will stay on with the business and reinvest in the combined group
Blackstone Life Sciences invests $337m in Medtronic's diabetes arm
Medtronic, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a medical technology, services and products company
LEA Partners sells Bellin to trade
Sale to Nasdaq-listed Coupa marks the first exit from the GP's LEA Mittelstandspartner Fund