UK / Ireland
Northzone in £26m series-B round for MarketInvoice
UK-based invoice finance company will build up its team and expand its business loans division
Lonsdale acquires majority stake in CC&A
Deal is the eighth to be made from Lonsdale's debut fund, which writes equity cheques of ТЃ10-15m
Investec hires DC Advisory's Arrowsmith
In his new role, Jonathan Arrowsmith will lead the firm's investment banking advisory offering
Equistone makes new hire and seven promotions
Promotions and appointments take place across offices in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK
Draper Esprit buys stakes in Earlybird funds
Draper Esprit will fund the acquisitions by issuing up to ТЃ100m in new shares on the AIM segment of the London stock exchange
Octopus leads £4.5m SimplyCook series-A
Based in London and backed by several VCs, SimplyCook creates and delivers recipe kits
Apposite's Swanton Care bolts on Courtyard Care
Acquisition of the specialist childcare company comes 18 months after the GP's primary investment
Circularity invests in ZigZag
E-commerce software company will look to accelerate the international roll-out of its software
Aliter promotes three
UK-based firm fills the positions of head of legal, investment manager and investment director
FRP appoints AlixPartners' Cox as partner
New recruit leaves AlixPartners after four years, during which he co-founded its debt advisory arm
Albion leads $6.5m series-A for Avora
Existing investor Crane also took part in the round for the data analytics software company
BGF exits Jumpstart via trade sale to Visiativ
Sale of the GP's minority stake in the tax consultancy comes five years after its initial investment
BGF-backed Hawk Group enters into administration
Development comes three years after the GP invested ТЃ8m in the construction equipment business
WestBridge promotes Whittard to director
Company also promotes Minton to investment manager after joining nine months previously
Bowmark hires LDC's Adcock
Adcock will be responsible for developing the portfolio management and value creation functions
Beringea leads £9m round for AccessPay
Deal brings the total amount raised by the corporate payments processing software firm to ТЃ13m
Horizon's Sabio bolts on Callware
Deal is the fourth bolt-on made by the enterprise software company since Lyceum acquired it in 2016
L Catterton partially exits Steiner via $900m Elemis sale
Sale of the skincare brand to L'Occitane is worth marginally less than the original deal for its parent
Inflexion opens Boston office
GP chooses the same city as its rival UK mid-market player Livingbridge for its US base
Coller backs $1bn secondaries deal for Investcorp
Investcorp will transfer six deals that were completed on a deal-by-deal basis into a new vehicle
Gresham House acquires minority stake in Rockfish
Fish and chips restaurant chain aims to increase the number of Rockfish-branded restaurants to 16
Beechbrook backs Shuttercraft MBO
UK-based blind and shutter manufacturer has recently opened a new branch in Oxford
Goldman Sachs leads $8m series-A for Immersive Labs
Several smaller unnamed private investors also take part in the latest funding round
Alantra promotes Peacock to partner
Prior to joining Catalyst, Peacock was finance manager at snacks manufacturer United Biscuits