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Maven invests £1.95m in E-Safe Global
Deal comes two years after the GP made a ТЃ450,000 investment in the cyberbullying detection business
ECI appoints three, promotes two
Daniel Bailey, Isa Maidan and Laura Morrill join the GP's investment team
Tenzing invests in buyout of Converge TS
Acquisition of the cloud-based IT business is the GP's second investment from its maiden fund
HgCapital-backed A-Plan buys Endsleigh from Zurich
Endsleigh will continue to operate as a separate entity under its existing management team
Piper invests in Neom Organics
GP acquires a minority stake in the UK-headquartered skincare and fragrances brand
VC-backed Funding Circle plans £1bn IPO
Peer-to-peer lending platform has raised more than ТЃ250m over six funding rounds
BGF injects £10m into DB Food
Funding will be directed towards the group's low-fat meat and protein division Muscle Food
Connection Capital in £13.3m Tempcover MBO
GP invests ТЃ7.5m in the transaction for the online temporary insurance provider
Bowmark sells LBR to Levine Leichtman
Secondary buyout of the legal publishing company brings to an end a five-year holding period
CapVest's Valeo buys Raisio's confectionery brands for €100m
Acquisition of Big Bear, Nimbus and Candy Plus is the ninth bolt-on made by the group
VC firms in £85m series-B for Orchard Therapeutics
Fresh capital will be used for the global launch of the company's lead gene therapy product
Foresight appoints Haywood as investment manager
New recruit previously co-founded biotech company Puridify, which was sold to GE Healthcare
Aurelius buys Connect Books
Division comprises six brands and has projected combined revenues of тЌ250m for 2017
UK buyout activity reaches post-crisis peak in 2017
Small-cap and lower-mid-market invested strongly during the course of the year, while fundraising activity continued apace
AnaCap sells First Names to Astorg's SGG
Transaction sees AnaCap generate a 2.6x money multiple on its investment in the administration business
BGF invests in APS Group
Tomato producer will invest in a new glasshouse, site expansion and automation technology
Ontario Teachers' partially divests Busy Bees to Temasek
Nursery school business has undertaken an acquisitive growth strategy under the LP's tenure
Global Founders leads $14.75m series-A for DigitalGenius
Fresh funding will enable the company to invest in product development and marketing activity
Atami Capital leads £40m series-B for Simba Sleep
Saracens chair Nigel Wray also takes part in the round alongside Wharton Asset Management
TA buys Old Mutual Wealth's Single Strategy division
As of 30 September 2017, the Single Strategy business had ТЃ25.7bn in funds under management
Apera Capital backs refinancing of LDC's Seabrook
LDC mandates Apera to provide facilities worth ТЃ23.5m to support Seabrook's growth
Rise of the UK's private markets
Average values of British PE buyouts have soared over the last 20 years, as increasingly fewer businesses are trading on the London stock exchange
Perwyn-backed Sumo floats with £145m market cap
Listing of the video games developer will generate ТЃ39.7m returns for Perwyn and company management
Maven appoints directors for MEIF Debt Fund teams
Steve Lewis and Jonathan Lowe join Maven in Birmingham and Nottingham, respectively