UK / Ireland
Cairngorm buys Arnold Laver, creates National Timber Group
Deal is the fourth acquisition in the GP's UK timber market consolidation strategy
Privet sells Vivid Toy Group to Goliath
Sale of the toymaker brings to an end a holding period of just 20 months for the vendor
Nyca leads £5m series-A for Fluidly
Octopus and Anthemis also take part in the round for the financial software developer
Q&A: Inverleith's Paul Skipworth
Unquote speaks to managing partner Skipworth about fundraising process and deploying capital in the embattled UK consumer space
Triago appoints Lemon as partner
New recruit joins the firm after leaving his role as partner at Agilitas in March 2018
Hg Capital Trust sells Atlas to Riverside's Mintra
Deal represents the second add-on for Riverside's Mintra, following the acquisition of OCS HR
Northzone, Balderton inject £20m into Nested
Online estate agent has concurrently raised ТЃ100m in debt as it pursues nationwide expansion
Inverleith acquires Montezuma's
Chocolate manufacturer's founders will retain a minority stake in the company as part of the deal
ECI invests in Moneypenny
Reports value the deal for the outsourced customer services business at more than ТЃ100m
Kernel Capital leads €2.25m funding round for Nova Leah
Company plans to use the fresh capital to scale up its team and develop its products
P2P lender Zopa raises £60m
Zopa is in the process of obtaining a banking licence, which will allow it to launch a banking unit
Livingbridge sells VCT business to Gresham House for £30m
Livingbridge steps away from the VCT space in order to focus on its core private equity activities
Mubadala acquires minority stake in Hyperoptic
Fibre-optic broadband provider looks to invest ТЃ500m in the expansion of its network
August invests in Charterhouse Voice and Data
GP is currently investing from its ТЃ224m fourth fund, which writes equity cheques of ТЃ20-25m
Bridges hires Landers to advisory team
Landers will focus on advising family offices and high-net-worth clients on impact investing
Lakestar, Jungle Ventures lead $29.5m series-A for Engineer.ai
Softbank's venture capital fund DeepCore also takes part in the latest investment
Mercia in Arc funding round
Jaguar Land Rover's corporate venture arm InMotion led the round for the electric motorcycle startup
MML invests in Sheridan Insurances
GP draws capital from its 2013-vintage, Ireland-dedicated fund to support the transaction
BGF-backed RSK bolts on CAN
Deal for the structural engineering business comes two years after BGF's initial investment
UK sub-£100m buyout volume rebounds
Dealflow for transactions in the lower price range hit a post-crisis quarterly peak in Q3
Livonia Partners leads $5.2m series-A for Scoro
Previous backers Inventure and Tera Ventures also take part in the funding round
Foresight invests £2.5m in Cimteq
Deal for the Welsh software developer was made from Foresight Regional Investment Fund
Elysian's Key Travel bolts on Raptim
Acquisition is the first add-on since the GP acquired the travel agency six months ago
Bain in exclusive talks to buy BWA Water additives
Sale of Manchester-based chemicals company BWA was embarked upon in early May 2018