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Ardenton buys greetings cards business Budget Trading
GP plans to further boost the company's expansion into new geographies within the UK
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: European tour
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team examines the key takeaways from IPEM and SuperReturn
WestBridge invests £9.8m in Apem MBO
Deal for the UK environmental consultancy is structured as a combination of equity and loan notes
Bridges closes SGF IV on £80m
Impact-focused fund manager launched the buyout vehickle two and a half years ago
Point72 Ventures invests in PolyAI
Point72 joins Sands Capital Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and Passion Capital as an investor
Apiary supports MBO of Bertram Nursery Group
Deal for the nursery group marks an exit for Rockpool, which previously provided mezzanine funding
Index leads $6.5m series-A for Josh Wood Colour
Founder and CEO Josh Wood is global colour creative director at hair salon chain Redken
Connected Capital leads $10m funding round for ChannelSight
Existing investors Nauta Capital, Enterprise Ireland and Act Venture Capital also take part
RDCP gears up to launch second fund
RDCP Healthcare Opportunities Fund II will target ТЃ50m, to deploy in healthcare assets
Playfair Capital announces $32m second seed fund
Investments will focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning, B2B SaaS and marketplaces
Permira-backed Corin boosts US presence with Omni bolt-on
Omni, which makes robotics-assisted medial equipment, is Corin's second bolt-on under Permira
Draper Esprit leads $10m round for Hadean
Aster and London Venture Partners also took part in the round for the operating system developer
Towerbrook's ICS secures refinancing package
Transaction comes almost five years after the GP acquired the business in an SBO from Blackstone
Maven leads £7m round in electric vehicle specialist Avid
Avidтs previous backers NVM Private Equity and Downing Ventures also take part in the investment
Beechbrook holds first close on £128m
Fund was launched in August with a target size of ТЃ250m and a ТЃ300m hard-cap
Investindustrial acquires Morgan
Buyout of the sports car maker comes five months after the IPO of portfolio company Aston Martin
One Equity buys GKN subsidiary from Melrose
Melrose also announced the sale of a minority stake in French aerospace company Sabca
Volpi hires Arma's Berggren
Berggren will source and execute deals across Europe, with a focus on the Nordic region
Synova generates 4x return on Meritsoft sale to Cognizant
Sale of financial software company brings to an end a holding period of three and a half years
Causeway supports MBO of GTI from Exponent
Deal for the recruitment business brings to an end a 13-year holding period for the vendor
Synova backs Chatsworth Schools platform
Initial deal comprises five schools in south-east England, with plans to expand internationally
CH&Co in exclusive sale talks with Equistone – report
Talks for the MML-backed catering and hospitality firm are reportedly based on ТЃ22m run-rate EBITDA
Summit exits Acturis in Astorg-backed deal
Sale of insurance-related software business brings to an end a nine-year holding period
VC-backed energy software firm Limejump sold to Shell
Magnesium Capital, Passion Capital and Starkraft Ventures have been backing the startup in recent years