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IVP leads $40m series-A for Hopin
Founded in 2019, the London-based company has hosted thousands of virtual events
BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II holds €576.5m final close
Investment period for the GP's €500m predecessor debt vehicle ended earlier in 2020
Baudon to remain Invest Europe chair, EBRD’s Fossemalle named chair-elect
Fossemalle has been the director in charge of equity funds at the EBRD since 2009
Connect Ventures closes $80m seed fund
Fund deploys capital in companies operating across all B2B and consumer software segments
WestBridge invests £9.6m in BHSC
BHSC reported revenue of £14.5m and an operating profit of £2m for the 2019 financial year
BDC invests in Matrix
Equity for the investment was drawn from Bridgepoint Development Capital III, which closed on £600m
Apiary-backed Conn3ct acquires ICR
Apiary supported the acquisition with fresh equity from its debut fund, which closed on £200m
Lonsdale-backed CRSG acquires Acclimatise
Lonsdale acquired CRSG in December 2018, drawing equity from Lonsdale Capital Partners
Tenzing closes second fund on £400m
Fund had a target of £350m with a hard-cap of £400m and was raised in nine weeks
BGF invests in Bayfields
Founded in 2004, the business now has 19 practices and intends to grow to 40 sites
OTPP appoints Frank as senior managing director
Karen Frank will lead the LP's private capital and "high-conviction equities" teams
Mediobanca, Russell Investments launch third private market fund
Fund invests in secondaries, distressed assets and opportunities in dislocated industrial sectors
ICG acquires Workhuman minority at $1.2bn valuation
Balderton Cpaital, Atlas Venture and Benchmark are early investors in the HR platform
RJD to invest up to £12.75m in Improve
Improve most recently reported revenue and adjusted EBITDA of £10.1m and £1.7m respectively
Video: Cambridge Associates’ Marcandalli on impact investing moving centre stage
In a new instalment of Unquote's Lockdown series, Annachiara Marcandalli explains why it is unlikely that coronavirus will sideline impact investing
Piper to launch next fund in 2021
Managing partner Chris Curry told Unquote the fund is expected to target £150-175m
VCs in £25m round for Cazoo at valuation of $1bn
Since launching in December 2019, the online car retailer has generated £20m in revenues
Buy-and-building through the storm
Bolt-ons remain one way of deploying capital and building value, but a tough financing market and pricing mismatches make for a challenging landscape
HSBC contributes $7m to Privitar's series-C
Warburg Pincus led an $80m series-C funding round for the data privacy company in April 2020
Coatue leads $150m Checkout series-B with $5.5bn valuation
US-based late-stage investor Coatue has previously taken stakes in companies such as Instacart
Epidarex Capital III closes on £102m
Fund invests in new life science companies from emerging research hubs across the UK
MMC leads $3m seed round for Agamon
Fresh capital will be used to scale the company's deployments with more hospitals globally
August-backed Code acquires Isopharm
Based in Sheffield and founded in 1999, the dental training company employs 50 people
Inflexion acquires Rosemont for £156m
Inflexion has worked on a number of other carve-outs, including Ocorian, THE and Marley