UK / Ireland
Connection hires Caird's Coupland
Asset manager Connection Capital hires Coupland as portfolio manager for PE team
Downing injects £7m into Anker
Deal is the GP's second investment in the shipping industry in seven months
Marlborough hires Lloyds' Welsh to lead fund finance efforts
Welsh leaves his role in Lloyds' financial sponsors division after 14 years at the company
Limerston's AdviserPlus acquires Succeed, backs Elementsuite
Deals for the HR software businesses come two years after the GP acquired AdviserPlus
Finncap acquires Cavendish Corporate Finance
Deal is the latest in a series of consolidation plays in the financial services advisory space
Palatine-backed Verdant bolts-on Queensberry Bay Holiday Park
Deal is Verdant's fifth bolt-on since Palatine's buyout in 2016 with more planned for next year
Notion Capital et al. back Futrli in £4m round
Startup intends to use the funds to continue to innovate its platform and expand operations
Accel et al. divest Blue Vision to Lyft
Augmented reality developer will be integrated into Lyft's self-driving development division
Amadeus Capital appoints two new UK-based partners
Kingsbury and Hirsch will join the firm's team of early-stage venture capital investors in the UK
Maven backs Acton Banks in MBO
Deal includes an investment of ТЃ9.65m from Maven in addition to investment from senior management
Caledonia sells Choice Care to Icon for £152.5m
Sale of the care group generated a 1.9x return for the vendor following a five-year holding
Rockpool backs TrustedHousesitters
Deal sees Rockpool take majority stake, with the current executive team running the firm
Livingbridge reaps 2.4x on £52m Symphony trade sale
Transaction for the automated operational processes firm comes 14 months after the GP's investment
Lyceum spinout Horizon launches £200m fund
Established by former Lyceum management team members, Horizon Capital is launching a new fund
Blackstone's Dowler joins Greenbrook
Dowler will support Greenbrook's alternative investment industry activities in his hew role
Hg Saturn holds final close on £1.5bn hard-cap
Software-dedicated vehicle is already 40% deployed across investments in Visma and Iris
Palatine sells MJ Quinn telecoms arm to Visabeira/Constructel
Partial exit from the infrastructure services firm comes 10 years after the GP's initial investment
Cibus Fund receives Guernsey Green Fund status
Guernsey Financial Services Commission launched the Guernsey Green Fund initiative in July 2018
Foresight invests £1m in Alpkit
Foresight draws capital from its ТЃ39m Nottingham-focused fund, which is backed by local pensions
Index, Balderton et al. invest $7m in Credit Benchmark
Credit Benchmark has now raised $34m and provides aggregated ratings for 22,000 institutions
BBVA and Anthemis launch London-based fintech incubator
Project will look to support companies from start-up thorugh to their seed funding rounds
FPE exits Ikon Science to Great Hill
New investment sees previous investors FPE Capital and Tullow Oil exit the UK-based company
Houlihan Lokey hires Baird's Harrison as MD
While at Baird, Harrison worked on a number of high profile deals for PE clients
Reach, Kindred in $11m series-A funding for Mrs Wordsmith
Round was led by Trustbridge Partners, with the participation of VC firms Reach and Kindred