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Riverside promotes Álvarez-Novoa to partner
Firm also appoints Filip Van de Vliet and Philip Rowland as operating partners
Hamilton Lane asset footprint hits record high
Firm plans to keep growing its existing funds across primary, co-investment and secondary strategies
H2 acquires Aquilant from UDG for up to €23m
Deal for the healthcare products and services provider will see the GP pay €20.5m up front
DBay to acquire Harvey Nash in £98.7m deal
Proposed take-private of the recruitment business has received unanimous board member approval
Record SBO numbers helped drive buyout dealflow in Q2
Q2 2018 saw 94 buyouts sourced from other GPs, setting a new quarterly record for European private equity
BC to acquire VetPartners from August
Proposed deal for the veterinary business would come three years after the vendor founded the group
MMC appoints three
Morgan will take the role of chairman, having previously held the post of CEO at the Daily Mail
Connection leads £8.1m investment in £20.5m Mode MBO
GP led the deal for the printing company with capital provided by its private investor clients
BGF injects £4.7m into Plantforce
Funding will enable Plantforce to diversify, expand its fleet and strengthen its service offering
YFM invests £4.5m in CPMS
Deal for the rail infrastructure company is the seventh investment made by the GP's Buyout Fund I
Active Partners et al. in £4m round for WhoCanFixMyCar.com
Company will use the fresh capital to strengthen its market position and expand its product offering
Dawn leads $20m series-B for Quantexa
Albion Ventures and HSBC also took part in the round, which will fund internaitonal expansion
Equistone-backed ITG bolts on Connect Group
Acquisition of the tech-focused marketing agency comes 10 months after the GP invested in ITG
NVM invests £3m in The Climbing Hangar
Indoor climbing centre operator will look to open new sites and invest in new facilities
Debevoise hires Kirkland's Dickman
Dickman will be responsible for fund formation, management and reorganisation advice
NorthEdge starts deploying SME fund with iPortalis deal
NorthEdge held a first and final close for NorthEdge Capital SME Fund I in early July
Risk Capital makes 5x on sale of Neilson to LDC
Sale of the holiday provider brings an end to a five-year holding period for the vendor
Paine Schwartz sells Meadow Foods to Exponent
Divestment of the dairy group brings to an end a holding period of just two years for the vendor
Cinven agrees to acquire ALE from Axa for €925m
Deal comes weeks after the GP transferred another life insurance business into its sixth fund
Albion leads $1.8m seed round for Hazy
Amadeus Capital Partners, Nationwide Building Society and AI Seed also take part in the investment
Equistone sells Apogee to HP for £380m
Sale of the office printing equipment supplier brings to an end a holding period of just two years
BGF invests £6.4m in Miss Group
Fresh capital will be used to further scale the business and drive international expansion
LocalGlobe and Pentech lead £1.9m round for FloodFlash
Insurtech company will launch its product in October and double its headcount within six months
Cobe acquires Façades & Glazing Solutions from Saint-Gobain
GP carves out the facade installation and glass replacing divisions of Saint-Gobain's Glassolutions