UK / Ireland
Octopus et al. back Swoon Editions with £1.2m
Octopus Investments, Index Ventures and angel investors have injected £1.2m into furniture designer Swoon Editions.
Albion invests £1.4m in Isis Renewables
Albion Ventures has backed Isis Renewables, a UK-based provider of commercial solar panels, with a £1.4m investment.
Inflexion buys On the Beach from Isis for £73m
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired online travel agent On the Beach in a £73m secondary buyout from Isis Equity Partners.
Silverfleet appoints Perella's Jack Priestman
Silverfleet Capital has poached analyst Jack Priestman from Perella Weinberg Partners.
Rutland engineers Millbrook deal
Rutland Partners has acquired Millbrook Proving Group from parent company General Motors (GM).
Sequoia backs Skyscanner
Sequoia Capital has invested in Skyscanner, a Scottish travel search engine, in a deal that values the company at $800m.
North West Fund sorts £500k PVC Recycling deal
The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental has invested £500,000 in plastic waste recycling company PVC Recycling.
Braemar et al. back Sefaira
Braemar Energy Ventures, Chrysalix SET and Hermes GPE have invested $7.2m in Sefaira alongside a $2m debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
Omnes injects €3m into Opsona
Omnes Capital has made a capital injection of €3m into immunology drug developer Opsona Therapeutics, in an extension of the company’s series-C round.
Warburg-backed Poundland considers IPO
Following a 15.6% underlying earnings boost, Warburg Pincus-backed Poundland is reported to be mulling an IPO.
Shackleton sells Nanosight for £15m
Shackleton Ventures has sold Nanosight, a developer of particle-size measurement instrumentation, to Malvern Instruments for £15m.
Aztec appoints Richard Hills as non-executive chairman
Richard Hills, Aztec
Logentries raises $10m from VCs
Dublin-based Logentries has secured a $10m series-A investment from a consortium of investors comprising Polaris Partners, Frontline Ventures, RRE Ventures and the Floodgate fund.
Terra Firma holds onto Odeon
Terra Firma Capital Partners is understood to have shelved its plans to sell the Odeon cinema chain after a strategic review.
Baruk Pilo joins Icon as M&A senior vice president
Icon Corporate Finance has appointed Baruk Pilo as new senior vice president of M&A.
Investec hires Joanna Turney
Joanna Turney, Investec
YFM regains independence
YFM Equity Partners has spun out of GLE Group to become an independent entity.
eVenture backs Azimo
Global VC firm eVenture Capital Partners (formerly BV Capital) has invested approximately $1m in Azimo, a UK-based online money transfer service provider.
MMC backs Love Home Swap with £1m fresh funding
MMC Ventures has injected a further £1.025m into portfolio company Love Home Swap, a UK-based “home swap” holiday planning platform.
Corsair-led consortium buys RBS branches
A consortium of financial buyers comprising Corsair Capital, Centerbridge Capital, RIT Capital Partners and the Church Commissioners has bought up 314 RBS branches for £600m.
Albion Ventures backs Relayware
Albion Ventures has invested £3.5m in Relayware, a UK-based provider of B2B collaboration and multi-channel communication solutions.
YFM backs Douglas Gill MBO
YFM Equity Partners has invested in the management buyout of technical sailing clothing and accessories manufacturer Douglas Gill.
BNY Mellon appoints Burns as head of PE accounting
Investment bank BNY Mellon has appointed Eamon Burns as regional head of private equity accounting for EMEA within its asset servicing business.
RCapital invests in SLG
London-based RCapital has made a growth investment in Shropshire Leisure Group (SLG), a company previously held by RBS’s West Register fund.