UK / Ireland
Endless sells Affinity Workforce to Castlerock Recruitment
Deal for the recruitment business brings to an end a holding period of just 16 months
Carlyle acquires EnerMech from Lime Rock
Deal reportedly values the Scottish oilfield services provider in the £425-450m range
Rutland's Aston Barclay bolts on TCBG
Deal for the online car trading platform comes 16 months after the GP acquired Aston Barclay
Inflexion-backed Huws Gray buys Ridgeons
Huws Gray adds an additional 40 stores and increases its turnover to almost £400m
Dawn Capital leads £22.9m round for Garrison
Expansion deal for the web browsing software provider comes 19 months after its £12m series-A
VC firms in $22m series-B for Thread
Balderton Capital, Beringea and Forward Partners all commit capital to the round
Platinum sells Exterion to Global for £400m
Sale of the billboard company comes 16 months after the vendor reportedly aborted a previous auction
Caledonia buys Deep Sea Electronics for £162m
Caledonia bought a 98.9% stake in the company for £117.2m and provided a short-term bridging loan
Stride.VC closes £50m seed fund
Firm simultaneously announces the appointment of former LGT Impact head of finance Arjuna Soysa
Blackstone acquires NEC from LDC
Transaction reportedly values the Birmingham-based exhibitions organiser at more than £800m
Endless acquires American Golf from Sun European Partners
Deal for golf retailer reportedly follows a quick-fire sale and values the chain at less than £10m
Bregal Milestone backs Arkphire
GP invests via its debut private capital fund, which held a final close on €400m in July 2018
IW Capital invests £2m in Eos Leisure
With the new capital, Eos Leisure intends to drive development of its own-brand sales
Next Investors leads funding round for Hentsū
Next Investors, the growth equity arm of Credit Suisse Asset Management, closed a $261m fund in July
Primary Capital exits Esteem Systems after 14 years
Primary Capital backed the buyout of the IT services company in 2004 via its second fund
Blackstone close to £800m deal for LDC's NEC
NEC operates five venues in Birmingham, including the National Exhibition Centre, which plays host to Crufts
Caledonia in exclusive talks to buy Deep Sea Electronics
Deep Sea is looking to grow through the introduction of new products and geographic expansion
"Healthtech revolution is coming" health secretary tells BVCA Summit
Speakers at BCVA Summit discuss main trends in and challenges facing the private equity industry
Mobeus sells Hemmels stake to private investor
Deal for classic car restoration company comes six months after the GP's initial investment
Puma invests £2.35m in Le Col
Deal for the cycling apparel producer includes an option to increase the round to £3.5m
Edge Investments in £2.9m round for TRX
UK-based TV licensing platform has quadrupled its volume of transactions since Q1 2018
BGF invests £5m in Fleetondemand
BGF investment manager Chris Boyes and head of TMT John Eggleston will join the company's board
PHD Equity Partners invests in Technikraft
Transaction for the Yorkshire-based chemicals business was carried out via a newco
SV, Sofinnova in $30m series-A for Sitryx
Biotech company focused on immuno-oncology and immuno-inflammation launched earlier this year