UK / Ireland
IQ Capital et al. in £5.8m series-A for AccelerComm
Existing investors Bloc Ventures and listed technology investor IP Group also participate
Morningside leads £40.6m series-B for Immune Regulation
Morningside's Isaac Cheng will join the company's board of directors
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Allocate 2020 special
The Pod discusses our upcoming LP/GP conference, Allocate, touching on illiquidity solutions, secondaries, and ESG
BGF invests £3m in 365 Response
BGF's investment will be used to accelerate the development of the technology platform
Rede Partners appoints Ellul as chairman
Firm has also hired associate principals Etiene Ekpo-Utip in the UK and Matthew Zuckerman in the US
Notion IV to close in 2020 above £125m target
LPs in the fund include Nuclear Liabilities Fund, Pentland Group, Pool Reinsurance Company and Pruger
Kindred's second fund closes on £81m
Kindred is currently projecting that around €5.4m will be returned to founders from Kindred I
Peak Rock acquires Halo Foods
Founded in 1980, Halo generated revenues of £35.2m in the year to 28 December 2019
MML hires Bond and Birkin
MML is currently raising for MML Partnership Capital VII, which held a first close in October 2019
Evolution Equity on the road for second fund – report
New York-headquartered venture capital firm held a final close for its debut fund in 2017 on $125m
Blackstone invests in $500m round for Ki
Blackstone is currently investing from its third-generation Tactical Opportunities fund
Aberdeen Standard appoints Redman as head of private markets
Redman will be supported by Neil Slater in his capacity as deputy head of private markets
RDCP wholly acquires HVAC business Macair
Macair's management team will stay on with the company following the transaction
Clean Growth Fund to close in 2021 on £150m hard-cap
Typical equity cheques will start at £500,000-3m for any initial investments
BGF invests £2.6m in MRM
MRM Global also appoints former Diageo executive Andy Fennell as non-executive chairman
Palatine-backed Gusto applies for CVA
Palatine backed the company's management buyout from Living Ventures Group in April 2014
Partners Group in talks to acquire BC-backed Côte – report
A spokesperson for Cote confirmed a sale is among several options being explored for the company
Whitehelm in £80m funding round for Connexin
Whitehelm has taken a large minority stake, with the management team retaining the majority
HIG European Capital Partners III sets target on €1bn
GP is also fundraising for HIG Europe Middle Market LBO Fund, which has a target of €2bn
MML supports Arrow's acquisition of Click Networks
Click Networks is the third acquisition following MML's investment, alongside Altinet and BTL
Volery takes minority stake in SDC
For the year ending on 30 April 2019, Sustainable Development Capital generated turnover of £12.6m
AMoon leads £23m series-A for Mina Therapeutics
Gur Roshwalb, a managing director for AMoon, has joined the board of directors at Mina
Anthemis venture fund to hold final close before H2 2021
To date, AIVGF I has secured backing from a number of investors such as Nürnberger
Digital Currency acquires Luno
Digtal Currency has backed more than 160 blockchain companies including Grayscale Investments