UK Unquote
EQT in $28m series-B for Beamery
Microsoft's corporate venture arm also took part in the round for the recruitment software firm
Syncona leads £88.4m series-B for Freeline
Gene therapy company will undertake clinical trials and look to bring its therapies to market
BC- and GIC-backed Acuris bolts on SparkSpread
US-based energy trade publication is the company's first acquisition since GIC invested last year
Exponent's HSS Hire secures £245m refinancing
Development follows a difficult year for the tool hire group, in which adjusted EBITDA fell to ТЃ1.8m
UK government intervenes in sale of Better's Northern Aerospace
Better Capital agreed to sell the business to former portfolio company Gardner, now Chinese-owned
JC Flowers sells PIC stake to Adia
Sale ends a 12-year holding period for JC Flowers, which was one of the founding investors
TVP et. al in £4.4m round for Micrima
Developer of breast cancer screening systems will bring its Maria product to market
Dunedin buys GPS
GP draws capital from Dunedin Buyout Fund III, a ТЃ300m fund that held a final close in June 2013
Warburg Pincus to buy Supplier Assessment Services for £160m
Deal sees the GP acquire the UK-based provider of compliance services from trade vendor Capita
AGIC hires former Equistone partner Breuning to lead UK office
Breuning will be responsible for all of AGIC's UK investment activities and future fundraising
VC firms back $13m series-A for Tessian
Existing investors include Accel, Amadeus Capital Partners, Crane, LocalGlobe and Winton
Carlyle's PIB bolts on i2 Healthcare
Acquisition of the healtchare insurance specialist is the 16th since Carlyle's initial investment
RCapital sells Innervate to trade buyer
Deal brings to an end the GP's 12-month holding period for the London-based IT consultancy
RCapital sells The Coaching Academy in MBB
Divestment ends the GP's 11-year tenure of the UK-based training company
Pontifax and Five Seasons lead $10m round for Tropic Biosciences
UK biotechnology company will undertake trials of its new varieties of coffee and banana plants
Triago to expand London presence
Triago first opened a London office in 2016 but has recently moved to a new address
Inflexion's CloserStill bolts on Learning 2018
Deal is the second international bolt-on in 15 months for the healthcare- and tech-focused events firm
LDC takes minority stake in RIBA commercial arm NBS
Investor injects ТЃ31.8m for a minority stake in RIBA Enterprises, which trades as NBS
Apposite Capital closes Healthcare Fund II on £144.5m
Healthcare-focused Apposite seeks to deploy ТЃ10-20m over the life of an investment
Apposite promotes Auffray and Meynier
Auffray becomes head of IR and operations, with Meynier promoted to investment director
Bowmark backs buyout of The Instant Group from MML
Both MML and the company's management team are reinvesting for a stake in the new company
LDC acquires £28m minority stake in RCIB
Transaction comes two years after the insurance broker acquired three brands from trade vendor ERC
LDC generates 3.5x on PEI sale to BDC
Sale of the media, data and events company comes less than three years after LDC's purchase
Blossom Capital hires Schroder Adveq's O'Farrell
O'Farrell will be the fifth partner at the VC firm, which was founded in 2017 by Ophelia Brown