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Sovereign reaps 8x on sale of Kindertons to ExamWorks
Sale of the UK-based accident management business was based on EBITDA of around ТЃ20m
Foresight injects £3m into DA Languages
UK interpreting and translation business will look to expand its private sector activity
Edge leads £4m Hoop series-A
Deal will enable the online booking platform to expand its operations team and prepare for a US launch
PAI acquires M Group from First Reserve
Acquirer is currently investing from its sixth flagship fund, which writes equity cheques of тЌ100-300m
BGF invests £3m in Ruroc
Company will use the fresh capital to support the launch of its new Atlas motorcycle helmet
Permira sells remaining Just Group shares
Final selldown follows GP's share sale in January, in which the investor sold shares worth ТЃ78.5m
Inflexion raises £2.25bn in double fundraise
GP also announces the launch of Inflexion Foundation, which will receive 1% of the vehicles' profits
Epiris acquires The Club Company from Lone Star
Deal is the third made by Epiris Fund II and reportedly values the country club chain at around ТЃ100m
NorthEdge hires two new portfolio directors
Keven Parker has experience from 3i, while Andy Tupholme previously worked at Gresham
Highland Europe injects $21m into Incopro
IP protection software and consultancy business will build out its Chinese operations
Blue Wolf acquires majority stake in TGW
Deal for the industrial knife producer was made with capital drawn from the GP's $540m fourth fund
GMT sells MeetingZone to trade for £61.4m
Sale ends a holding period of almost seven years for GMT Communications Partners
Livingbridge to acquire Love Holidays
Proposed deal will reportedly value the UK-based online travel agent at around ТЃ180m
Investec launches $100m venture fund
Vehicle will target UK fintech and enterprise software businesses between the seed and series-A stages
Downing exits Goonhilly
Exit marks the end of a four-year ownership after Downing acquired the firm in March 2014
Core invests in Alpine Fire Engineers
GP is currently investing from its second fund, which typically invests ТЃ5-15m per transaction
Spice PE in $300m deal for The Craftory
GP is funding the launch of a new UK-based, consumer-goods-focused investment group
Edge backs Airbeem
Fresh capital will be used to roll out the platform through more sales and marketing activity
Livingbridge acquires insurance group CISG
GP will support further growth by expanding the franchise operations and through acquisitions
Hg to invest in Financial Express
GP invested in the financial services software and data company with capital drawn from Mercury 2
Hg reaps 4.9x on sale of JLA to Cinven
Deal brings to an end an eight-year tenure and generates a gross IRR of 26% for the vendor
Strategic Value acquires remainder of Vita Group
Debt package to support the transaction was provided by Barclays and NatWest Markets
DH Private Equity completes restructuring of Fund IV
Goldman Sachs is the largest LP in the new vehicle, which has two companies remaining
ESO acquires Core Capital
Consolidated group will provide a range of equity, debt and hybrid products of up to тЌ40m