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Seventure, Vostok lead $10m round for TransferGo
Venture capital firms Hard Yaka, Revo Capital and Bootstrap Europe also participate
Corten closes debut fund on €392m
Corten began raising in January 2019, thus avoiding potential delays in the current market
Meta Change Capital launches €100m fund
Fund is dedicated to investments in blockchain companies across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa
VCs invest £60m in Monzo for £1.24bn valuation
Online bank's previous ТЃ113m funding round valued the company at ТЃ2bn in June 2019
Livingbridge invests in Chill Insurance
Financing for the acquisition of the insurance broker has been provider by Pemberton
IQ appoints Hirtzel as general partner
Hirtzel previously served as chief operating officer of Kreos Capital after working at PA Consulting
Zamo invests in SASC
Zamo Capital I, the firm's debut fund, has made its first investment in investment manager SASC
LDC takes minority stake in Connect Health
For the year ending on 30 June 2019, Connect Health reported revenue of ТЃ31.2m, up from ТЃ25.4m
Foresite et al. in $41.5m series-A for Bit Bio
Foresite is currently investing from its fourth-generation fund, which closed on $668m in 2018
Guernsey Finance launches fast-track applications for managers
Scheme aims to allow fund managers with funds not registered in whitelisted jurisdictions to migrate
NB closes Euro Crossroads 2018 fund on €260m
LPs in previous Crossroads vehicles include the Iowa State University Foundation and WSI Investments
Vast majority of LPs satisfied with GP transparency – survey
Coller Capital's PE Barometer also reported LP concerns about forward-looking EBITDA add-backs
Blackstone Life Sciences invests $337m in Medtronic's diabetes arm
Medtronic, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a medical technology, services and products company
Secondaries players weigh up risk and rewards of "ring-fencing" deals
GP-led transactions isolating assets hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis could appeal to adventurous secondaries players, but challenges abound
The Deals Pipeline
A fortnightly highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Astanor leads series-A round for Hyris
Neos Medica, IDB Holding т the holding company controlling Indena т and Pi Campus also participate
Third of LPs put fund commitments on hold – survey
Brackendale Consulting survey also revealed that 62% would commit to a fund without a personal visit
Tictrac raises $7.5m from Puma Private Equity
Company has so far raised $17m since being founded in 2010
Goldman Sachs et al. back $27m round for H4
Barclays Ventures, JP Morgan and Linklaters also invest in the digital documentation firm
Cerea to launch third buyout fund
Cerea also plans to launch its fourth mezzanine vehicle with a тЌ250-275m target next month
LDC-backed Linley & Simpson acquires Link Agency, Dawson Wake
Previous acquisitions were financed by Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking
Livingbridge invests in TitanHQ
Investment in the cloud security company is made through Livingbridge's Enterprise 3 fund
Bridgepoint-backed Fat Face in debt-to-equity swap – report
Deal would reduce Fat Face's present ТЃ120m borrowing levels via a debt-for-equity swap
BBB appoints Lewis La Torre as interim CEO
In October 2019, Keith Morgan announced that he would be standing down from the role of CEO