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Nesta invests £500,000 in GetMyFirstJob
UK youth unemployment on the rise, according to Office for National Statistics
Sofinnova et al. invest $42m in Green Biologics
Company has also secured $34m in debt alongside capital increase
Lonsdale hires investment director
GP says hire reflects expectations of increased dealflow in 2015
Rutland appoints two
Matthew Hamilton-Allen and Jason Birt have joined Rutland's deal team
Lone Star purchases Jurys Inn for £680m
Lone Star acquires group from consortium of shareholders including RBS
Living Bridge invests in Sykes Cottages
GP will support company's growth in UK and Ireland
BGF re-invests in VTL Group
BGF commits ТЃ5.5m to auto parts manufacturer over two rounds
BGF pumps £6m into Zone
Digital marketing agency's clients include Coca-Cola and Tesco
UK private equity: what's on the cards for 2015
unquote" looks back on 2014 and assesses what lies ahead for the UK private equity industry
Exponent's Trainline goes to KKR
Exponentтs Trainline has ditched plans to list and has been sold to KKR
DN-backed Shazam raises $30m
Deal values music recognition app at $1bn
Altius's Warner joins Sail Capital
US sustainability-focused PE firm has hired Eric Warner, formerly of Altius Associates, as managing director
Rutland closes third fund on £263m
Fund has already made maiden investment in Maplin
Active injects £7m into Honest Burgers
Honest Burgers was founded in 2011 in Brixton Village
Ross joins IAG
Former BNP Paribas sales manager Alan Ross joins as commercial director
Agathos sets up shop with £20m fund
Former Rcapital and Better Capital investors launch new London-based fund
Hatcher joins Permira's debt arm
Dan Hatcher joins as investment director from Palatine Private Equity
LDC picks up Birmingham NEC for £307m
LDC takes Birmingham's NEC private for the first time
Fotheringham appointed new CFO at JTC
The company's new chief financial officer joins from Moody International
Seroba et al. invest £18m in Veryan
Company plans on commercialising its product later this year
TA promotes three in London
Birker Bahnsen and Morgan Seigler promoted to director, Lovisa Lander to vice president
Maven leads £4.5m CB Technology MBI
Existing operational management team will be supplemented by Maven's new hires
Stefnir leads $98m series-D for Verne Global
Icelandic fund manager division of Arion Bank leads round
Gimv et al. invest €12m in Teads
Company is potentially planning a listing on Nasdaq this year