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Warburg Pincus, DTCP acquire Community Fibre
Olaf Swantee, the former CEO of EE, will join Community Fibre as executive chairman
Madison Dearborn acquires IPLP for C$981m
CDPQ, the company’s largest shareholder, will retain 24.9% of shares through a subsidiary
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Calling tech support
This week, the Unquote Podcast talks all things technology with Intuitus chief commercial officer Adrian Astley Jones
LDC in exclusive talks to acquire Excell – report
Excell Group provides bespoke managed communication services primarily for clients in the UK
OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage
Index Ventures and Balderton Capital also take part in the funding round
D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise
Founded in 2011, TransferWise is a London-based international money transfer service
LDC backs £30m DoubleEdge, Foehn and Metaphor IT merger
Leadership team at the new group, which will be named Kerv, will be led by Alastair Mills as executive chairman
GCP exits DMW to Credera
DMW's management team, led by CEO Chris Dean, will continue in their current roles
Fortunis invests up to £15m in Sportside
Social app allows people to find sports players of a similar age, ability and geography
Eurazeo invests $33m in series-B for Thought Machine
Thought Machine reported an operating loss of £19.5m from turnover of £5.4m in 2018
AnaCap promotes three to partner in London
Edward Green, Nassim Cherchali and Tassilo Arnhold will also be appointed to AnaCap's investment committees as voting members
Revolut raises $80m in series-D extension
FinTech company has reportedly raised $983m in total funding
VC Profile: Edge Investments
As the firm begins raising its second fund, chief IR officer David Fisher discusses the current portfolio, LP sentiment and the creative economy
PE exits hit decade low in Q2
Volume of exits by PE players across Europe fell by 43% year-on-year in Q2 2020 as the coronavirus crisis took hold, according to Unquote Data
Evolution leads $64.7m round for Quantexa
New backers British Patient Capital and ABN Amro Ventures join existing investor Accenture Ventures
Global Founders, Picus invest in £12m round in Selina
Global Founders Capital closed its most recent fund on €150m in March 2013, according to Unquote Data
Capza exits as Towerbook invests in Talan
With the fresh capital, the company will explore organic growth and strategic acquisitions
PE secondaries volume cut by more than half in H1 - survey
Private debt fund secondaries were hit even harder with an 81.8% plunge, Setter says
One Peak closes second growth fund on €443m
One Peak generally invests €5-30m per business in companies with run-rate revenues of at least €5m
Nuveen Global Impact Fund holds $150m first close
Fund invests in growth-stage companies in developed and emerging markets, with a focus on resource efficiency
Cadman's Backs Enterprises acquires Norpol, Burbridge
Louth-based companies are specialist operators in the printing and packaging sector
Apax VIII and Apax IX post higher valuations than Q4 2019
Both funds have valuations of more than 14% higher compared with valuations in March 2020
Virtual Briefing: ESG and rebalancing through secondaries
Palico's Woolston Commons, Cambridge Associates' Varco and Unigestion's Newsome discuss whether the current crisis will lead to an ESG rethink
Bestport sells Oracle for 3.3x return
Oracle Residential has 11 children's homes across Bedfordshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire