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Scottish Enterprise et al. in £27.5m Touch Bionics trade sale
Deal comes five years after a ТЃ2.5m investment in the Scottish prosthetics company
Dunedin promotes Hoare and Rowan to partner
Davidson and Chung are also promoted following an active first quarter for the UK firm
AnaCap reaps 4.5x on Simply Business exit to Aquiline
Secondary buyout reportedly values the online insurance broker at around ТЃ120m
Advent sells down 14% stake in DFS for £90m
GP acquired the sofa retailer from its founder in a ТЃ500m deal six years ago
Bain and Advent sell down £740m stake in WorldPay
The GPs will retain a 28% stake in the company following the divestment
Clearwater makes raft of promotions
Corporate finance outfit Clearwater has promoted seven people across its UK offices
Park Square closes third subordinated debt fund on €1.2bn
The vehicle surpassed its target of тЌ1bn and has access to an additional тЌ300m in leverage
Calculus injects £2.25m into Duvas
UK pollution monitoring company is preparing to bring its systems to market in the US
Samaipata and Elderstreet in $7.5m round for Jinn
UK-based courier and food delivery service is looking to expand into southern Europe
Catapult exits FDAS
Catapult first backed the quality control testing company when it was created in 2004
Index et al. exit Onefinestay in €148m sale to AccorHotels
Accommodation rental platform had raised тЌ80m from four institutional investment rounds
Palamon in £20m round for portfolio company Feelunique
GP acquired the online cosmetics retailer in 2012 in a ТЃ26m deal alongside Sirius Equity
CIC and Octopus in £13.7m round for Origami Energy
VCs previously took part in a ТЃ3.5m seed round for the UK-based software-as-a-service firm
Livingstone names Carberry as partner
Carberry has worked in Livingstone's industrial team for 11 years
William Hill acquires OpenBet for £270m
Deal values OpenBet at 8.4x EBITDA and provides an exit for Vitruvian Partners
Palatine in £40m SBO of Verdant Leisure from RJD
SBO provides an exit for RJD Private Equity Fund II, six years after acquisition
Kernel leads €1.7m round in Zeto
Kernel invested via the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds
LDC makes 2.3x on Original Additions sale
LDC acquired the branded beauty goods supplier in 2011 through a secondary buyout
Palamon scores 13x on £600m Towry sale
Permira-backed Tilney BestInvest won the competitive process, which attracted strong PE interest
Atlantic Bridge III holds first close
Vehicle has collected commitments from EIF, AIB as well as Enterprise Ireland
Lone Star set for £450m Forterra IPO
US GP will list the British brick maker on LSE after a six-month holding period
Albion holds early close after raising £36m
VCT manager was initially expecting to raise ТЃ25m by September
Iterum Therapeutics raises $40m
Newly created company has also been granted global licensing rights for a new antibiotic
Notion Capital leads $13m round for GoCardless
London-based direct debit provider GoCardless raises $13m from Notion, Balderton et al.