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Hg sells Citation to KKR
KKR will also be investing from its Global Impact Fund, which closed on $1.3bn
Baird Capital acquires eCube
Baird Capital's James Benfield and Andrew Dyer will join the eCube board of directors
VCs in £33m round for Form3
Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide contributed to the funding round as new investors
Tencent buys minority interest in Goldman Sachs-backed Voodoo
Voodoo CEO Alexandre Yazdi will retain majority ownership of the gaming company
PE-backed Ardonagh acquires Thames Underwriting
Thames will join Ardonagh's suite of MGA brands and will operate within Geo Specialty Group
Notion leads €7m series-A for Claimsforce
Notion had been in discussions with the Claimsforce management team since Q1 2019
Inflexion-backed Bollington Wilson acquires Watson Laurie
Inflexion will continue to support Bollington in its growth plans, according to a statement
General Atlantic invests in Gymshark at £1bn valuation
First round bids for the minority stake were collected in early July 2020
Mobeus sells Access-IS, nets 23.4% IRR
Since Mobeus's investment, Access has doubled revenues from £11.5m to more than £19m in 2019
GP Profile: FPE Capital
FPE Capital is now gearing up to begin making investments again in the technology sector, says managing partner David Barbour
LDC's Onecom bolts on Glamorgan Telecom Group
Add-on is the first since LDC and Ares provided financing of £100m to the telecoms company in 2019
NorthEdge-backed Catalis acquires Whyttest
Marius Potirniche, the founder of Whyttest, has become a senior executive within the Testronic team
Macfarlanes hires Ropes & Gray's Hitching
Hitching joins from the London office of Ropes & Gray, where he has been a partner since 2017
BGF-backed Hobs sells Anexsys
Trade buyer Xact was acquired by JLL Partners from Clearview Capital in 2018 in an MBO
Cowen leads $60.8m round for F2G
Existing investors Novo Holdings, Morningside Ventures and Brace Pharma Capital also participate
Augmentum et al. invest in £35m series-C for Habito
Entrepreneur Yuri Milner's investment vehicle Gemini led a £25m equity raise for the company in February
Venture, tech keep UK market afloat in H1
Buyout and exit volume dropped dramatically in the first half of 2020, while GPs are doubling down on technology-driven strategies
Venture capital fund invests in Antikytera E-Technologies
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further expand, develop new features and scale up its team
Arsenal Capital Partners acquires Cello Health
Acquisition values Cello at £181.8m and will form part of the GP's healthcare consultancy platform
Advent International acquires stakes in Hermes UK and Germany
GP reportedly pays €1bn for the two stakes in the parcel delivery firm
VCs sell stakes in Kandy Therapeutics to Bayer
Backers included Advent Life Sciences, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Forbion, OrbiMed and Longitude
Aquiline-backed ClearCourse buys Practice Point
Practice Point's management team will stay on with the business, which will continue to operate independently
DIF Capital invests €82m in Touax Rail
GP is currently investing from its 2019-vintage DIF Core Infrastructure Fund II
Kester Capital closes second fund on £90m
GP also announced the refinancing of online gardening retailer YouGardem, scoring a 60% cost return