UK Unquote
Ropes & Gray hires Travers Smith's Croke as partner
New recruit joins former colleague Phil Sanderson in legal firm's London office
LDC scores 2.3x money on Orion Media exit
Sale of broadcasting business Orion Media marks the third exit for LDC in 2016
Frog et al. in $15m round for Azimo
Investment round was led by Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten
Endless appoints Lloyds' Stout as director
New London-based recruit will oversee the deployment of debt from the GP's fourth fund
RCapital-backed Morses Club floats with £140m valuation
Private equity firm recoups ТЃ68.5m from the IPO and retains a 51% stake in the business
Maven invests £2.5m in The GP Service
Established last year by independent pharmacists, GP Service offers online medical services
Imperial in £30m funding round for Nexeon
Producer of renewable battery materials will increase its Asian operations
GM&C leads £3m investment in Blueberry Therapeutics
Blueberry Therapeutics is developing a new treatment for acute wounds
Bestport generates 2.8x on Dot Net sale
Bestport Ventures has sold Vega Technologies, the parent company of Dot Net Solutions, to New Signature
Foundry Group leads $27m series-B for Roli
Tech-focused musical instrument company will expand its team across the US and Europe
Hamilton Lane promotes Sipp and Hope
Sipp joined the placement agent in 2006 and has been part of the fund investment team
NorthEdge promotes Potts and Marshall to investment manager
New appointments will work in the firm's Manchester and Leeds offices, respectively
LDC launches Cardiff office, appoints Dewi Hughes
Dewi Hughes joins from Deloitte, where he led the corporate finance advisory team
Carlyle Cardinal invests in Learning Pool
Deal marks the first investment for Carlyle Cardinal in Northern Ireland
Dunedin-backed CET acquires CTS for £3m
CET's revenues and EBITDA have increased by 75% over the past three years
Silverfleet acquires Sigma in £65m MBO
UK aerospace company has previously expanded through an acquisitive growth strategy
Debevoise promotes Smith to partner
Private equity specialist Smith works across acquisitions and debt transactions
Imperial leads £3.2m round for SAM Labs
Internet-of-Things company is to invest in new product development and recruitment
Foresight expands Nottingham and Manchester teams
Mike Quinn joins from RSM while Matthew Pomroy joins from Mazars
Baird acquires Bfinance
Transaction comes months after GP exited Alpha FMC, another investment advisory business
Catalyst promotes Holden to partner
New partner oversees the advisory firm's London-based business services team
TPG Growth acquires FRG from Livingbridge
Deal is understood to give the recruitment company an enterprise value of around ТЃ200m
Q&A: Rutland Partners' David Wardrop
Partner David Wardrop discusses how the firmтs past experience of special-situations investing benefits its new portfolio companies
Liautaud named managing partner at Balderton
Liautaud joined Balderton in 2008 as general partner after selling his company Business Objects