UK / Ireland
Global Founders leads $14.75m series-A for DigitalGenius
Fresh funding will enable the company to invest in product development and marketing activity
Atami Capital leads £40m series-B for Simba Sleep
Saracens chair Nigel Wray also takes part in the round alongside Wharton Asset Management
TA buys Old Mutual Wealth's Single Strategy division
As of 30 September 2017, the Single Strategy business had £25.7bn in funds under management
Graphite divests Corbin & King to Minor Hotels
Luxury restaurant group opened four new restaurants and one hotel during the GP's holding period
Apera Capital backs refinancing of LDC's Seabrook
LDC mandates Apera to provide facilities worth £23.5m to support Seabrook's growth
Phoenix acquires LDC's Forest Holidays
Deal reportedly values the rural holiday accommodation business at around the £100m mark
Palatine acquires ZyroFisher from LDC
LDC retains a stake after reinvesting to support the company's future expansion plans
KKR buys Unilever Spreads for €6.8bn
GP acquires the spread business of Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever on a debt-free basis
Rise of the UK's private markets
Average values of British PE buyouts have soared over the last 20 years, as increasingly fewer businesses are trading on the London stock exchange
Perwyn-backed Sumo floats with £145m market cap
Listing of the video games developer will generate £39.7m returns for Perwyn and company management
BGF invests £8.5m in bakery Coopland & Son
Coopland's expansion plans include opening 30 new shops within the next three years
Maven appoints directors for MEIF Debt Fund teams
Steve Lewis and Jonathan Lowe join Maven in Birmingham and Nottingham, respectively
August Equity acquires dental practices for £5.75m
Second acquisition in the strategy after the GP acquired Genesis Dental Care in May
Apollo buys Haydock Finance
GP invests alongside the company's founder and executive chairperson Jon Wilkinson
Terra Firma's Four Seasons agrees interest payment standstill
Major creditor H/2 has agreed to the measure in order to facilitate a consensual restructuring
Rubicon, Grovepoint's Goodridge bolts on Gieffe Racing
Rubicon provided fresh capital to support the acquisition of the automotive fluids business
Metric Capital-backed JGG bolts on Troika Talent Agents
No management changes are planned, and the firm will be run by the executive team
Eight Road leads $20m round for OTA Insight
Hospitality-focused data analytics company will invest in product development and make new hires
Phoenix sells Riviera to Silverfleet
Sale of holiday provider brings to an end a three-year holding period for the vendor
Inflexion backs Halo Technology
Infelxion announces merger of its portfolio companies, UK-based ProLabs and US-based AddOn
Mercia leads £5m round for web traffic manager Intechnica
Mercia invests directly from its balance sheet after previously using third party funds
Duke Street exits Baywater after four-year holding
Buyout of Baywater Healthcare was Duke Street's second deal-by-deal financing
Apax's Marlink bolts on Livewire
Acquisition of the satellite communications business comes one month after the bolt-on of OmniAccess
Riverside invests in LeftShift
Investment in the delivery automation business was made via the GP's acceleration capital division