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Warburg Pincus to buy Supplier Assessment Services for £160m
Deal sees the GP acquire the UK-based provider of compliance services from trade vendor Capita
AGIC hires former Equistone partner Breuning to lead UK office
Breuning will be responsible for all of AGIC's UK investment activities and future fundraising
Q1 entry multiples drop to lowest level since Q1 2016
PE deal valuations drop for the third consecutive quarter, as the Nordic region continues to see the highest entry multiples
VC firms back $13m series-A for Tessian
Existing investors include Accel, Amadeus Capital Partners, Crane, LocalGlobe and Winton
Carlyle's PIB bolts on i2 Healthcare
Acquisition of the healtchare insurance specialist is the 16th since Carlyle's initial investment
Advent gears up for launch of third life sciences fund
VC makes investments in life sciences companies based in the UK, continental Europe and the US
RCapital sells Innervate to trade buyer
Deal brings to an end the GP's 12-month holding period for the London-based IT consultancy
RCapital sells The Coaching Academy in MBB
Divestment ends the GP's 11-year tenure of the UK-based training company
Firstminute holds final close on $100m for seed fund
Follows a $60m first close in June 2017, and a second close on $85m in September
Pontifax and Five Seasons lead $10m round for Tropic Biosciences
UK biotechnology company will undertake trials of its new varieties of coffee and banana plants
Triago to expand London presence
Triago first opened a London office in 2016 but has recently moved to a new address
US investors lag behind Europe on responsible investing – report
Survey finds that 47% of European-based institutional investors have established an RI policy
Co-investment: Dancing to a new tune
Co-investment has evolved from a value-add into an industry staple, but debate remains as to whether the strategy favours LPs and GPs equally
Inflexion's CloserStill bolts on Learning 2018
Deal is the second international bolt-on in 15 months for the healthcare- and tech-focused events firm
VC fuels Europe's journey towards self-driving future
Despite the long-term nature of investing in autonomous vehicles and high barriers to entry, fund managers are finding routes into the segment
LDC takes minority stake in RIBA commercial arm NBS
Investor injects ТЃ31.8m for a minority stake in RIBA Enterprises, which trades as NBS
Apposite Capital closes Healthcare Fund II on £144.5m
Healthcare-focused Apposite seeks to deploy ТЃ10-20m over the life of an investment
Apposite promotes Auffray and Meynier
Auffray becomes head of IR and operations, with Meynier promoted to investment director
Bowmark backs buyout of The Instant Group from MML
Both MML and the company's management team are reinvesting for a stake in the new company
LDC acquires £28m minority stake in RCIB
Transaction comes two years after the insurance broker acquired three brands from trade vendor ERC
LDC generates 3.5x on PEI sale to BDC
Sale of the media, data and events company comes less than three years after LDC's purchase
Blossom Capital hires Schroder Adveq's O'Farrell
O'Farrell will be the fifth partner at the VC firm, which was founded in 2017 by Ophelia Brown
Time Partners hires Schroder Adveq's Kimeze
Kimeze is Time Partners' fifth director and will join the private capital division
Matrix and Morpheus in $25m round for Starship Technologies
Fresh capital will enable the company to bring its autonomous delivery robots to market