UK / Ireland
UK - Sovereign Capital boosts research team with new hire
Sovereign Capital has hired Ed Goddard to its research and direct origination team.
UK - Mercia Technology et al. back Nightingale
The Mercia Technology Seed Fund, alongside government-backed investor Finance Wales, has invested an undisclosed amount into start up technology company Nightingale EOS.
UK - LCA et al. invest £5.8m into ResponsiveLoad
Existing backer Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA), alongside Naxos Capital Partners and Carbon Trust Investment Limited, have invested in cleantech company ResponsiveLoad as part of a funding round totalling £5.8m.
EUROPE - GPs must re-invent, LPs must invest
Europe's GPs must change their ways to emerge successful from the current market conditions, and need LPs to back them in order to do so. This was the theme this morning at the fourth annual Deutsche unquote" Private Equity Congress in Munich.
GLOBAL - KKR appoints Levin as head of IR; merger with KPE expected Thursday
KKR has appointed Jonathan Levin to the newly created position of head of investor relations, a move designed to prepare the private equity firm as it becomes a publicly listed company.
UK - NBGI Ventures et al. invest £9m into Quanta
NGBI Ventures, Seroba Kernel and Wellington Partners have co-led a £9m series-A round of funding for home haemodialysis systems developer Quanta Fluid Solutions, alongside investor network BrainsToVentures.
UK - Maven Capital invests £2m into Documetric
Maven Capital Partners, via its Capital for Enterprise Fund, has invested £2m into Documetric, a provider of business-to-business services.
EUROPE - Baird expands institutional equity services team
Baird has hired Said DeSaque as director of institutional sales and investment strategy to be based in London.
UK - YFM Venture Finance invests £400,000 into Lattice Voice
YFM Venture Finance, via its PIF and YHEF vehicles, has invested £406,000 into telecoms software company Lattice Voice Technologies.
GLOBAL - HSBC names Alternative Investments managing director
HSBC has promoted the present head of real estate at HSBC Alternative Investments, Chris Allen, to managing director of the unit.
UK - Treasury appoints former Apax partner head of Asset Protection Agency
The Treasury has appointed Stephan Wilcke as chief executive of the Asset Protection Agency (APA), which was established earlier this year to run the Asset Protection Scheme (APS)on behalf of HM Treasury.
UK/EUROPE - Wellington leads $16m Livebookings funding
Pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has led a $16m funding round for online restaurant marketing and reservations service Livebookings, along existing investors.
UK - Proskauer Rose boosts London office with new hire
International law firm Proskauer Rose has hired Robert Barry as a London-based partner in the firm's private funds practice.
UK - Proskauer Rose boosts London office with new hire
International law firm Proskauer Rose has hired Robert Barry as a London-based partner in the firm's private funds practice.
UK - Permira to acquire Just Retirement for £225m
Permira has reached agreement with the board of listed UK life assurance group Just Retirement regarding a £225m takeover deal.
UK - August acquires Funeral Services Partnership
August Equity has completed the acquistion of Funeral Services Partnership (FSP) and committed £23m to finance a buy-and-build strategy to expand the company throughout the UK.
UK - SVB Financial appoints head of operations in UK/Israel
Venture capital financing specialist SVB Financial Group has hired Phil Cox to run its operations across the UK and Israel.
UK - Curzon Park Capital leads £1.3m Lysanda funding
Curzon Park Capital, via its Sustainable Technology Fund, has led a second round of funding worth more than £1m for automotive systems specialist Lysanda, alongside LogiSpring and private investors.
UK - LDC backs £11m carve-out of Homeserve Emergency Services
LDC has backed the management buyout of the emergency services division of listed home assistance membership business Homeserve plc, in a deal worth £11m.
UK/EUROPE - Impax appoints head of sales
Environmentally focused Aim-listed investor Impax Asset Management has appointed John McDonald as head of sales and marketing.
GLOBAL - Carlyle appoints vice chairman of global buyouts
International private equity firm Carlyle Group has appointed Gregory Summe to the newly created position of vice chairman of global buyouts.
UK - NVM reaps 8x return on DxS sale
NVM Private Equity has exited its investment in DxS, a personalised medicines specialist, via a trade sale to sample and assay technologies giant Qiagen, reaping a return of 8x money on an intitial cash payment of $75m.