UK / Ireland
Charterhouse considers secondaries deal for ninth fund
Vehicle launched in March 2008 with a €6bn target but held a final close on €4bn in 2009
Cairngorm acquires Helix Tool Company
Deal is part of the GP's plans to create a consolidated player in the UK full-service MRO space
Downing appoints new COO
James Weaver joins Downing after four years as chief operating officer at Amicus Finance
HIG, General Atlantic sell £1.65bn FNZ to Generation, CDPQ
Deal for the fintech company brings to an end a nine-year holding period for HIG
Mercia injects £1.5m into Voxpopme
Deal for video market research software business comes 11 months after the GP's initial investment
Mobeus invests £9m in Ventrica
Outsourced customer communications company aims to almost double its headcount within a year
QED leads $10m series-A for Arachnys
Compliance due diligence software provider will look to bring its products to market
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Cinven’s Chryso bolts on Chemtec Admixtures
Chemtec Admixtures CEO James Grace will continue to run activities in Ireland
Electra Private Equity to wind down
Electra sells Photobox for £98m and will receive £21m from the Knight Square deal
Permira-backed Corin acquires Global Orthopaedic Technology
First bolt-on after Permira acquired Corin in a secondary buyout earlier this year
Volpi's Version 1 bolts on Presidion
Version 1 has completed nine bolt-ons and says it has a strong acquisitions pipeline into 2019
Stride.VC leads $3.9m seed round for Forward Health
Albion Capital also takes part alongside angel investors including Jay Desai and Melissa Morris
Highland invests £20m in powdered food maker Huel
Highland is currently investing its Europe-focused third fund, which closed in June on €463m
ECI-backed IT Lab acquires Content and Code
IT Lab expands its portfolio of supported software to include Office 365 and M365
Epiris holds £821m final close
GP's first fund as an independent manager has surpassed its £800m target after 18 months on the road
BC hires new investor relations principal
Ardian's Yacine Mancer joins BC to do IR work with a focus on the Middle East region
Earlybird leads $4.4m series-A for online legal marketplace Lexoo
Lexoo said the traditional law firm model incentivises overcharging and short-termism
Fuel Ventures raises £20m
Early-stage investment company was launched by Myvouchercodes founder Mark Pearson
LDC sells Seabrook to Calbee
Sale of Yorkshire-based crisps brand comes less than a year after LDC refinanced the company
Endless reaps 7.7x on Ink Publishing sale to Stagwell
Sale of in-flight media publisher brings to an end a three-year holding period for the vendor
LDC hires six and announces promotions
Lee Donaldson joins from RBS' structured finance team and Delores Noriega joins from JP Morgan
Balderton raises $145m for direct VC secondaries fund
Fund will target European growth-stage companies where early backers want some pre-exit liquidity
Investindustrial-backed Aston Martin prices £4.3bn IPO
Flotation of the luxury carmaker values shares towards the lower end of the initial price range