UK Unquote
Balderton promotes two to partner
Moffat and Wise appointments bring VC's partner count up to eight
Electra appoints Fortescue as managing partner
Hugh Mumford will stay on as chairperson of the investment committee
Advent in £1.5bn Priory Group exit
Advent, which had owned Priory since 2011, will receive a mix of cash and shares
Patron and Electra in £325m Grainger carve-out
Both firms to commit identical ТЃ45m investments as part of takeover
Beechbrook holds £100m first close for SME credit fund
Close comes six months after vehicle launched with ТЃ100-200m target
Rutland promotes three
Rutland promotes Michael Reynolds to investment director
Grovepoint picks up Duke Street's Payzone
Deal marks final exit for Duke Street following string of partial sales
Doughty Hanson CEO Marquardt to step down in January
Resignation comes amid push by GP to resume fundraising after shutdown in April
Graphite to sell listed funds-of-funds manager to ICG for £20m
Move comes as part of GP's plan to focus on direct mid-market buyout business
Octopus in £2m series-A for Segura
Investment is the latest in an active Q4 for Octopus, according to unquote" data
Equistone sells Audley Travel to 3i
3i Group invests ТЃ159m for a stake in the travel business
PHD Equity Partners invests £2.5m in 1st Class Holidays
UK GP invests for minority stake in Manchester-based travel agent
Livingbridge christens new fund with Bistrot Pierre deal
Livingbridge held a first and final close for its Enterprise 2 LP fund on ТЃ220m in September
WestBridge nets 4.3x on Aero Stanrew trade sale
WestBridge Capital backed the ТЃ8.5m MBO of the business in 2012, exits at ТЃ42m EV
BGF exits The Exchange Lab in trade sale
Business Growth Fund provided ТЃ5m of growth capital to The Exchange Lab in November 2013
POP Capital buys New & Lingwood
Sale to US luxury brands investor POP Capital follows Cavendish-led sales process
NorthEdge backs TKC MBO
Deal marks 13ths transaction from NorthEdge's debut fund
3i makes 3.9x on Element Materials Technology exit to Bridgepoint
3i's proceeds from the investment total ТЃ215m
Livingbridge's Centre4 Testing merges with The Test People
Deal was funded with debt supplied by Yorkshire Bank
Accel promotes Botteri to general partner in London
Accel names Philippe Botteri as its newest general partner, alongside three other appointments for its London team
Foresight invests £2m in QS Recruitment
Investment came via the Foresight Nottingham Fund to support the company's MBO
Synova invests £9m in Vistair
Investment will be used to support the safety and compliance business's international expansion
Carlyle invests in PIB Insurance Brokers
GP secures stake via its Carlyle Global Financial Services Partners II fund
Sycamore sells Kurt Geiger to Cinven
Cinven has acquired Kurt Geiger, marking its fourth PE owner