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Octopus leads £4.5m SimplyCook series-A
Based in London and backed by several VCs, SimplyCook creates and delivers recipe kits
Apposite's Swanton Care bolts on Courtyard Care
Acquisition of the specialist childcare company comes 18 months after the GP's primary investment
Circularity invests in ZigZag
E-commerce software company will look to accelerate the international roll-out of its software
Aliter promotes three
UK-based firm fills the positions of head of legal, investment manager and investment director
FRP appoints AlixPartners' Cox as partner
New recruit leaves AlixPartners after four years, during which he co-founded its debt advisory arm
Albion leads $6.5m series-A for Avora
Existing investor Crane also took part in the round for the data analytics software company
BGF exits Jumpstart via trade sale to Visiativ
Sale of the GP's minority stake in the tax consultancy comes five years after its initial investment
BGF-backed Hawk Group enters into administration
Development comes three years after the GP invested £8m in the construction equipment business
WestBridge promotes Whittard to director
Company also promotes Minton to investment manager after joining nine months previously
Bowmark hires LDC's Adcock
Adcock will be responsible for developing the portfolio management and value creation functions
Beringea leads £9m round for AccessPay
Deal brings the total amount raised by the corporate payments processing software firm to £13m
Horizon's Sabio bolts on Callware
Deal is the fourth bolt-on made by the enterprise software company since Lyceum acquired it in 2016
L Catterton partially exits Steiner via $900m Elemis sale
Sale of the skincare brand to L'Occitane is worth marginally less than the original deal for its parent
Inflexion opens Boston office
GP chooses the same city as its rival UK mid-market player Livingbridge for its US base
Coller backs $1bn secondaries deal for Investcorp
Investcorp will transfer six deals that were completed on a deal-by-deal basis into a new vehicle
Gresham House acquires minority stake in Rockfish
Fish and chips restaurant chain aims to increase the number of Rockfish-branded restaurants to 16
Beechbrook backs Shuttercraft MBO
UK-based blind and shutter manufacturer has recently opened a new branch in Oxford
Goldman Sachs leads $8m series-A for Immersive Labs
Several smaller unnamed private investors also take part in the latest funding round
Alantra promotes Peacock to partner
Prior to joining Catalyst, Peacock was finance manager at snacks manufacturer United Biscuits
Panoramic backs Online Home Retail MBO from Grafton
Deal for the bathroom retailer, which trades as PlumbWorld, is the seventh from the GP's second fund
Susquehanna Growth Equity invests $35m in Poppulo
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate the company’s international expansion plans
LDC exits Inprova via dual sale
GP sells the company's energy division to Inspired for £19.5m and the non-energy arm to management
BGF sells Petrotechnics stake in trade sale to Sphera
Risk management software provider was exposed to the dramatic oil price drop in 2014-2016
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