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Livingbridge taps PwC to explore Helping Hands exit
GP acquired the UK-based home care provider from its founders in 2018 in a Deloitte-led auction
Advent Life Sciences hires three partners
Dominic Schmidt is based in the UK, while Satish Jindal and Katrine Bosley join in the US
Inflexion reinvests in Apax-backed Alcumus
Inflexion originally sold the risk management business in February via a GBP 600m SBO to Apax
Synthesis Capital holds USD 300m final close for debut fund
Costa Yiannoulis and David Welch spoke to Unquote about the food technology and alternative protein VC's strategy
ICG heads for secondaries fund close, new strategy launches
GP plans to launch specialised life sciences and US PE strategies depending on market conditions
Shearman & Sterling hires funds partner in London
Phil Baynes joins global law firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Graphite makes value creation and investment team hires
Director appointments include Rutland Partners' Matt Hamilton-Allen, who joins the investment team
Sovereign Capital readies Nurse Plus for exit
Clearwater International hired to advise on sale of the UK-based healthcare staff agency
PEAL Capital buys majority stake in Derma Medical
Deal marks the first investment by the female-led GPтs debut fund, which seeks to raise USD 300m
Sun European acquires DD Group in carve out from IDH
Vendor Palamon said deal is phase one of returning IDH to pureplay dentistry, will invest proceeds in M&A
Horizon picks Moelis to advise on Sabio auction
Sale of UK digital customer experience transformation company is likely to launch in Q4 2022
Mayfair buys majority stake in garage door group Garolla
Sponsor will seek to support domestic and European expansion of the companyтs D2C franchise model
Palatine bolsters impact and buyout teams
Rupert Brown moves to the impact team after promotion; Carly Sinicrope joins from Clearwater as investment manager
HIG Capital hires Madsen from BC Partners
Stephan Madsen joins HIG's European Middle Market team, where he will focus on the Nordics
FPE holds GBP 185m final close for third fund
B2B software and services-focused GP plans to seize bolt-on opportunities amidst strong dealflow
Horizon Capital readies Digital Space for sale
Auction of the UK IT services company is expected to launch in the second half of the year
17Capital promotes three to partner
David Wilson, Emad Shahin and Fokke Lucas join the firm's three existing managing partners
Civica owner Partners Group expected to retry sale this year
Sponsor has kept an open mind about options for the IT services group after calling off a Goldman Sachs-led auction last summer
AIB, Foresight launch SME Impact Fund with EUR 75m target
Fund has a EUR 30m commitment from AIB and expects to back its first Irish SMEs in Q3 2022
Trilantic to buy Kantar Public in carve-out deal
UK public policy advisory business will operate as an independent company following the carve-out from Bain Capital-backed Kantar Group
Graphite Capital explores YSC Consulting exit
William Blair is leading on the sale of the London-based provider of leadership strategy consulting and management assessment services
ECI sells Imagesound to Livingbridge for 2.6x money
The sale is the eight from ECI's 2015 vintage fund and the third from ECI 10
Warburg Pincus hires SAP exec to advise on tech
Irfan Khan joins from president of SAP HANA Database and Analytics; will help the GP identify new investment opportunities
Force Over Mass gears up for Fund V
UK-based VC to start fundraising for new EUR 150m vehicle in the summer, following full deployment of its fourth vehicle