UK / Ireland
Isis reaps 2.4x on CSC sale
Isis Equity Partners has sold its stake in structural engineering software company CSC World to Nasdaq-listed Trimble.
VC-backed Oxford Immunotec raises $64m in IPO
UK-based medical diagnostics company Oxford Immunotec Global, which is backed by a consortium of investors, has listed on the Nasdaq with a market cap of $196.3m.
Appear Here raises £1m from VC consortium
Howzat Partners, MMC Ventures, Forward Investment Partners, Playfair Capital, Ballpark Ventures and Miroma Ventures have backed online platform for short-term retail-space letting firm Appear Here with £1m.
Foresight backs £1.75m Positive Outcomes MBO
Foresight Nottingham Fund has made its debut investment, supporting the £1.75m management buyout of Positive Outcomes.
Balderton backs Lifecake launch with £700,000
Balderton Capital has backed the launch of photo and video sharing app Lifecake with £700,000.
CVC exec acknowledges court case delay in F1 IPO
CVC co-founder Donald Mackenzie has acknowledged that the delay to the planned flotation of CVC's stake in Formula One can be attributed to the high court's ongoing legal battle with Bernie Ecclestone, according to the Financial Times.
Northstar’s Applied Graphene raises £11m in IPO
Northstar Ventures-backed Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) has raised £11m in its flotation on the AIM, giving the company a market cap of £26.2m.
Oakley passes €300m mark for new fund
Oakley Capital has raised more than €310m towards its second fund, Oakley Capital Private Equity II.
Octopus leads £3.8m round for Kabbee
Octopus Investments and Moneysupermarket.com founder Simon Nixon have provided Kabbee, a price comparison app for London minicabs, with a £3.8m series-A round of funding.
Kernel et al. back TCAS
Kernel Capital, Enterprise Ireland and private investors have injected €650,000 into TCAS Online, a Dublin-based provider of software for student accommodation managers.
Samdup and Nicholson join MJ Hudson
Karma Samdup, MJ Hudson
Mission Therapeutics raises £20m
A syndicate of new and existing venture capital investors has injected £20m into UK-based biotech Mission Therapeutics as part of its series-B funding round.
Lloyds sells SWIP to Aberdeen Asset Management
Lloyds Banking Group has sold asset manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to Aberdeen Asset Management in exchange for Aberdeen shares currently worth £560m.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to buy Burton's Biscuits
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to acquire UK-based Burton's Biscuits, which makes confectionery including Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodgers, via its private equity arm Teachers' Private Capital.
August buys The Old Deanery Care Village
August Equity has acquired Essex-based care home business The Old Deanery Care Village.
Terra Firma reaps £234m in Infinis IPO
Terra Firma portfolio company Infinis Energy has listed on the London Stock Exchange in an IPO valuing the business at £780m.
Stirling Square expands investment team
Jonathan Heathcote, Stirling Square
Sun European Partners’ Bonmarché valued at £100m in IPO
Women’s clothing retailer Bonmarché, owned by Sun European Partners, has listed on the AIM with a market cap of £100m.
Vitruvian backs RL360 carve-out
Vitruvian Partners has backed the management buyout of Royal London 360 (RL360) to allow the subsidiary to split from its parent company Royal London Group (RLG).
3i continues focus on disposals
Listed private equity firm 3i is continuing to boost divestment activity, while new investments remain subdued, according to the firm's latest half-yearly results.
NorthEdge invests £25.5m in Fine Industries
NorthEdge Capital has invested £25.5m in Teesside-based Fine Industries, a manufacturer of fine chemicals.
FTV acquires stake in World First
FTV Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in London-based foreign exchange business World First.
Beringea divests Espresso Group
Beringea has sold Espresso Group, a UK publisher of educational digital content, to US media company Discovery Communications for an estimated £15-20m.