UK / Ireland
Livingbridge sells Mobysoft to ECI
Livingbridge began preparations to exit the company in July 2020, in a GCA Altium-led auction process
Chiltern-backed Hanmere acquires Plasmech
Hanmere will continue to seek further acquisition opportunities following this transaction
Notion leads $12m series-A for Acin
Fitch Ventures, the venture arm of Fitch Group, has also invested, as well as several angel investors
Inflexion-backed Ocorian acquires Newgate
Newgate Compliance is a London-based compliance consultancy and hosted regulatory service
Mavenir buys VC-backed IP Access
Following the deal, IP Access will operate as a business unit within Mavenir's emerging business group
BC-backed Côte acquired by Partners Group
Former Wagamama CEO Jane Holbrook joins the French-style dining chain's board as chair
Pelican invests £5m in YourParkingSpace
Typical investments from Pelican are in companies with sustainable profits greater than £1m
BGF invests £6.8m in Appnovation
Both CBGF and BGF made initial investments in Appnovation in July 2019 totalling £8.8m
Highland Europe launches $706m Technology Growth IV
GP held a final close for Highland Europe Technology Growth III in June 2018 on €463m
Mayfair-, Hoxton-backed SuperAwesome sold to trade
SuperAwesome reported revenues of £21m in 2018, as well as an operating loss of £5.5m
Phoenix-backed Sygnature acquires XenoGesis
Previously, Sygnature has acquired two in-vivo pharmacology clinical research organisations
Clarks in refinancing provided by LionRock - report
A deal would see Clarks raise an investment in exchange for a dilution of the Clark family's holding
Beech Tree invests in Transparity
Transparity is expected to generate £13m in revenues in 2020 and plans to grow to £21m next year
LGPS hires Ian Brown as head of private markets
Ian Brown was previously head of the leveraged finance execution team at UBS
PE firms more bullish than corporates on distressed M&A – survey
Of the PE firms surveyed, t4% cite distressed/turnaround opportunities as a major motivation for acquisitions
Goodwin hires team of five partners
Lawyers were originally part of a team hired from Kirkland & Ellis's London office in April 2016
Tenzing acquires three payroll companies to form PSSG
Tenzing I closed on £200m in January 2017 and makes investments in companies valued at up to £75m
VC-backed Snyk acquires BtoV portfolio company DeepCode
Cyber security software Snyk raised $200m at a $2.6bn valuation earlier in September 2020
Mouro leads $26m round for Uncapped
Iron Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Seedcamp and White Star Capital participate in the round
UK deal pipeline: live, expected and pulled sale processes
A round-up of sale processes ongoing or expected to launch in the coming months in the UK, courtesy of Unquote sister publication Mergermarket
Hg reinvests in Citation
Hg sold the compliance software company to KKR in August 2020 in a transaction valued at £500-600m
Hg sells A-Plan to trade buyer Howden
A-Plan was part of the portfolio of Hg 7, which closed on £2bn in April 2013
UK exits set to drag in Q3
Early figures from the third quarter suggest that very few GPs will be in sell mode for the rest of the year
Agilitas-backed LCG acquires Acorn
Agilitas acquired LCG in March 2020 for an enterprise value of £125-150m from MML Capital