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Endless supports Theo Fennell MBO from administrators
High-end jewellery business went into administration in May four years after being taken private
BGF injects £3.85m into Dolphin Homes
Deal is the 12th transaction in 2017 for the UK-based growth capital investor
Inflexion invests in ProLabs
GP invested from its Enterprise fund, which typically provides equity tickets of £10-20m
Accel leads $11m series-A for Soldo
Connect Ventures, IrReach Ventures, U-Start and R204 Partners also took part in the round
Beechbrook funds Wilton & Bain MBO
Deal is a combination of debt and equity, as well as additional growth capital
Mobeus leads £3m funding round for tutoring website MyTutor
Transaction is Mobeus's seventh growth capital investment in the last 12 months
GP Profile: Bregal Freshstream
GP closed its maiden fund on €600m and makes minority and majority investments in businesses across the UK and Benelux regions
Shawbrook to accept BC and Pollen Street's £868m take-private
Listed bank's board changes advice to shareholders after private equity duo secure 75.6% stake
BMO PE holds €60m first close for co-investment vehicle
New fund aims for net 20% return, has a target of €300m and anticipates a final close in early 2018
Cairngorm-backed Stevenswood bolts on Sameday
Cairngorm Capital's door and window distributor completes its fourth acquisition
CVC Capital Partners acquires QA from EMK and Bregal
Transaction reportedly values the IT training business at £700m and follows a 10-year holding period
BlackRock et al. invest €30m in Scalable Capital
Existing investors HV Holtzbrinck and Tengelmann join the round for the digital investment firm
Penta- and Maven-backed GRP acquires Greens
Deal is the third bolt-on acquisition made by the insurance broker since the beginning of 2016
HgCapital buys messaging service Esendex from Darwin
Following the deal, the GP aims to combine the asset with two portfolio companies
Permira raises €1.7bn for third debt fund at final close
Including leverage, total deployable capital amounts to €2.1bn
83North appoints Tucci as special adviser
Tucci leaves EMC Corporation after 16 years to join 83North following the close of its recent fund
BGF injects £2m into visual effects studio Milk
Deal is Milk's first fundraising round, which it plans to use to expand its studios
Endless acquires PRAC Financial
Debt purchasing business will acquire two consumer debt portfolios and pursue other investments
Graphite hires five, promotes three
Graphite Capital makes a number of additions to its investment team and promotes a new IR director
Blackstone acquires The Office Group in £500m deal
Flexible and shared work space provider will look to expand across London and continental Europe
Equistone acquires Willerby from Caird
Deal comes a year after the holiday home manufacturer partially refinanced its debt
BGF inject £8.3m into Metropolitan European Transport
MET will use the funds to bolt on regional bus operators and support tendering activity
AAC sells Dunlop Aircraft Tyres to Liberty Hall in $135m deal
Valuation was understood to be based on EBITDA of £12m, a figure adjusted based on future US growth
Deal in Focus: Terra Firma sells Infinis wind assets to JP Morgan
Sale of onshore wind assets follows a protracted 14-year holding period punctuated by numerous partial exits, an IPO and subsequent delisting