UK / Ireland
IK appoints Salmon as partner in small-cap team
Tom Salmon will primarily focus on the origination of investment opportunities in the UK
MML-backed Learning Curve nearing sale - report
Agilitas, investing from its 2015 fund, is said to be one of the final bidders in the process
Palatine promotes six
Firm has promoted James Gregson, Kieran Lawton and James Winterbottom to senior investment director
Blantyre invests in McAvoy
Blantyre is currently investing from its Special Situations Fund 1, which closed on тЌ500m
Secondaries deal volume up 7% in 2019 – research
Setter Capital's latest research reveals continued momentum in private equity secondaries, with 2020 set to be another record year
McDermott hires Gallagher as corporate partner
Fergus Gallagher joins from Hogan Lovells and worked at Morgan Stanley and Jefferies on secondment
Goldman Sachs et al. in $55m round for Jumo
Odey Asset Management and Leapfrog Investments also back the round
Georgian leads $25m series-C for Tractable
Series-C funding round nearly doubles the total funds raised by the company to $55m
Frog leads £7m round for SHE Software
Existing investor the Northern VCTs, managed by Mercia, also participated
Arsenal acquires BresMed
Arsenal invests $50-300m of equity in healthcare and healthcare-related companies
BGF invests £11m in And Digital
Alex Snodgrass, an investor at BGF, will take a seat on the board of the digital consultancy
Vespa Capital closes third flagship fund on £150m
Simmons & Simmons provides legal advice, while Houlihan Lokey acts as placement agent
Pantheon on road for next credit secondaries fund
First fund closed on тЌ250m in February, with commitments from German LPs only
Softbank invests $100m in Behavox
Behavox's CEO and other employees remain the largest shareholders in the business
Dunedin appoints Blackhall and Morrison
Claire Blackhall and James Morrison joined the company in 2019
Foresight invests £5m in McIntyre Electrical, opens in Cambridge
Based in Peterborough, McIntyre Electrical was established by Joe McIntyre and John Clifford in 2006
PE still hungry for retirement homes, but infra funds loom
Eight deals were completed in the retirement homes sector across Europe in 2019, above the annual average of five since 2014
Campbell Lutyens appoints Bott to advisory board
Bott was most recently a managing partner and head of investor relations at BC Partners
Praetura leads £7m round for Inotec
Praetura is currently investing from its EIS 2020 Fund, which closed on ТЃ7m in February 2020
LPeC appoints Botwood Smith as CEO
UK-based Listed Private Capital (LPeC) has appointed Deborah Botwood Smith as its chief executive
LDC launches Newcastle office
Gareth Marshall has been promoted to head of Newcastle to lead the new office
Palatine sells Vernacare to HIG
HIG is currently investing from Growth Buyout Equity Fund III, which closed on $970m
Atomico closes fifth-generation fund on $820m
Atomico V is the largest of any Europe-based venture fund in 2020, according to Unquote Data
KCP invest £5m in Commhoist
Commhoist is a specialist mobile telecoms logistics provider based in Warrington and founded in 1996