UK / Ireland
TA Associates promotes three in London
Lovisa Lander is promoted to principal from senior vice-president
ECI sells MThree to trade after 18 months
Education services provider goes to US-based John Wiley & Sons for more than ТЃ100m
CBPE exits Allied Glass
Buyer for the glass manufacturer is a vehicle managed by Sun Capital and the Allied Glass management
CBPE backs Perspective Financial Group buyout
CBPE is partnering with management, who are all reinvesting in the business
LDC sells Pure Cottages to Vitruvian's Sykes Holiday Cottages
Vitruvian acquired a majority stake in Sykes from Livingbridge last year
Insight Partners et al. in £55m round for Receipt Bank
Accountancy software platform also drew investment from Kennet Partners and Augmentum Fintech
Cartesian backs Simba Sleep
The fresh capital will be used to facilitate the company's expansion in China and Canada
EMK acquires majority stake in WAE
EMK will invest in the commercialisation of WAE's technology opportunities and long-term growth
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Phoenix acquires Redington
Firm is currently investing from Phoenix Equity Partners 2016, which closed on ТЃ415m
LDC invests in Global Autocare
NatWest will continue to support the fleet management business as its incumbent senior lender
Elysian to launch new £250m fund in Q1 2020
Current fund also closed on ТЃ250m, in 2015, and is nearly three-quarters deployed
Elysian acquires Mergon
Elysian draws equity from its second fund, which closed on ТЃ250m in 2015
Maven exits Prime Document for 2.6x return
Acquisition of Prime will allow UnifiedPost Group to enter the UK market
LDC acquires Commsworld
Mark Kerr, head of LDC in Scotland, and investment director Colin Bennett will join the board
Endless-backed The Book People goes into administration
Book retailer The Book People will continue to trade and no redundancies are planned
Mayfair-backed GCI to acquire Nasstar for £79.4m
Mayfair draws equity from its second fund, which closed on ТЃ650m, to support the acquisition
3i scores 4.1x on Aspen Pumps sale to Inflexion
Sale of the pumps manufacturer represents a 4.1x return on invested capital and a 34% IRR for 3i
Octopus, Calculus lead £3.6m round for Fiscal
Octopus draws equity from its Apollo VCT for the investment, which manages ТЃ30m
HIG Capital carves out Lagardère Sports
Planned disposal values sports media agency LagardУЈre Sports at approximately тЌ110m
NorthEdge-backed Total Fitness acquires Pro-Fit
NorthEdge invested ТЃ11.5m for a majority stake in the company in 2015, using its debut fund
Astorg sells Audiotonix to Ardian
Audiotonix is the first realisation from Astorg VI, which closed on тЌ2.1bn in 2016
BlackRock, Sofina in £66m round for THG
THG has taken out a new five-year ТЃ150m revolving credit facility provided by Barclays and HSBC
3i nets £102m from Audley Travel, Hans Anders dividends
3i receives proceeds of ТЃ67m from Audley Travel, while Hans Anders generates a тЌ42m windfall