UK / Ireland
YFM acquires PMT
Professional Music Technology is a music products retailer generating more than ТЃ40m in revenue
Epiris exits TI Media in £140m deal
Epiris makes its first realisation from its ТЃ821m vehicle after just two years at the helm of the magazine and digital publisher
Downing leads £4.3m series-A for FundamentalVR
Existing investor Tern, as well as Epic Private Equity and Brighteyes Ventures, also invested
Ropes & Gray promotes Todd to private equity partner
Law firm has made new appointments in its New York, Boston, Chicago and London offices
Goldman Sachs-backed Aston Lark acquires Protean
Aston Lark finances the deal using a ТЃ160m acquisition loan provided by Ares
Maven leads £4m round for Relative Insight
British Business Bank's Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund also participates in the round
Softbank invests $655m in Greensill
General Atlantic first invested in the company in 2018, while Softbank first invested in May 2019
Kings Park acquires Otter Falls and Clawford Lakes
Kings Park Capital has acquired the two holiday parks to form Lakeshore Leisure Group
Vitruvian buys Sykes from Livingbridge
Livingbridge acquired the Chester-based independent holiday cottage rental agency in 2015
PHD invests in AMC
PHD Equity Partners has acquired its sixth investment from its second-generation fund
LocalGlobe, Oxford Capital lead $5m round for Zamna
International Airlines Group also takes part in the round alongside Seedcamp and the London Co-Investment Fund
Index leads $30m series-B for Duffel
Index Ventures first invested in the travel software company in 2018, alongside Blossom
Rothschild & Co acquires Livingstone's UK business
Livingstone will be part of the Rothschild & Co group and will be run separately by its current partners
Vance recapitalises Eirtech
Neuberger Berman has provided debt and an equity co-investment for aviation services firm Eirtech
Northzone leads $60m round for Pollen
Existing investors Draper Esprit, Backed and Kindred Capital also participated in the round
CCI exits Abtran in management buy-back
Abtran was majority owned by the joint venture of The Carlyle Group and Cardinal Capital
GP Profile: Stirling Square Capital Partners
Head of investor relations Monteiro de Barros discusses co-investing from day one and the benefits of staying small
Lux, Obvious Ventures lead €11.5m series-A for LabGenius
Fresh capital will be used to initiate an internal asset development programme
Carlyle closes fifth Europe Partners fund on €6.4bn
Fund invests in European upper-mid-market companies across a wide range of sectors
Exponent close to buying KPMG pensions advisory business – report
KPMG has been exploring the potential sale of its pensions advisory business since June 2019
Livingbridge-backed Broadstone acquires BBS
Broadstone makes its fourth bolt-on of 2019 with the workplace pensions services company
Souter exits furniture company CCF
Management and a private investor have acquired the company from Souter Investments
Exponent-backed SHL to acquire Aspiring Minds
Exponent acquired psychometric testing and interviewing services company SHL in 2018
Northzone leads $15m series-A for Disperse
Existing investors Kindred Capital and Frontline Ventures also participate in the round