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Catalyst hires Wiseman as partner
Matthew Wiseman joins to strengthen the firm's services in the consumer sector
Maven backs ITS with £2.25m venture funding
Maven deploys capital for the internet provider via its venture capital trust funds
Lyceum appoints Chris Rixon as head of digital
Rixon will join the development team and work closely with portfolio companies on digital marketing
Albion invests £4.7m in G Network
Fibre broadband company is aiming to connect 70 streets in central London to attract new SME clients
Better Capital reaps 7x on £326m Gardner sale to SLMR
Aerospace components manufacturer was the GP's maiden investment and generated ТЃ254.1m in net proceeds
Albion Ventures rebrands as Albion Capital
Change follows the acquisition of Olim Investment Managers and the general expansion of the firm's remit
Lonsdale hires Lock as investment associate
Michael Lock leaves Kingsley Capital Partners after two years to join Lonsdale in London
LDC invests £11m for minority stake in Lucid
Deal for medical communications agency is the fifth investment by the GP's London team in 12 months
UK general election: private equity and advisory reactions
Lack of an overall majority in parliament creates uncertainty for PE but calls into question Tory threats of a "no-deal" Brexit
LDC sells Clifford Thames to US trade buyer
Business will be acquired by OEConnection Holdings, a US-based e-commerce technology group
Hartenberg's FutureLife bolts on Galway
FutureLife acquired the business through its subsidiary ReproMed, which the group bought in 2016
TA invests in Biocomposites
GP is currently investing from its $5.3bn 12th fund, which held a final close in 2015
Shawbrook to reject BC, Pollen Street's £868m take-private bid
Independent directors tell shareholders the 340 pence per share offer undervalues the company
Endless sells Imtech UK & Ireland to EDF
Sale of technical services business comes less than two years after its acquisition by the GP
Nordic Capital and Avista in partial exit for ConvaTec
Sale is understood to have generated ТЃ805m in gross proceeds for the private equity owners
LDC reaps 3.3x in sale of A-Gas to KKR
Refrigeration gas business has undertaken an acquisitive growth strategy under the vendor's tenure
Baird acquires aircraft components company CAV
Baird partners James Benfield and Dennis Hall will take a seat on the CAV board as part of the deal
VC-backed Bicycle Therapeutics raises £40m series-B
Round is led by new backer Vertex Ventures and includes several existing investors
HgCapital exits The Parts Alliance in £205m trade sale
Sale delivers a 2x investment multiple and 19% gross IRR after five years of ownership
InfraVia buys Irish nursing homes operator Carechoice
GP recently closed its third European infrastructure fund, InfraVia European Fund III, on тЌ1bn
HgCapital's A-Plan in £170m refinancing
Refinancing consists mainly of two term loan B facilities worth ТЃ98.8m and ТЃ66.2m
Endless in £25m Capita recruitment arm carve-out
Affinity Workforce will be the 11th buyout for Endless's fourth fund, closed on ТЃ525m
Stirling Square hires ex-Segulah partner Henrik Lif
Lif will join the firm's origination team in London and target the European market
Idinvest sells eRepublik via trade sale
Deal sees the GP fully exiting its holding after a nine-year ownership period