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Sovereign appoints two
Sovereign has appointed Trevor Stokes as investment manager and Oliver Hedley-Whyte as investment executive
Calculus participates in £6m Collagen injection
Business has used the funding to buy New Zealand-based Southern Light
Bain picks up CRH divisions for £414m
Two divisions sold to Bain comprise CRH's clay companies Ibstock in the UK and Glen Gery in the US
Equistone sells A-Plan to HgCapital
HgCapital reportedly fended off other GPs to buy the asset
Mobeus commits further £3.9m to Automated Systems
GP has now committed more than ТЃ10m to the business
Elysian makes 2.6x return on IPS sale
Beechbrook Capital supplied mezzanine and equity investment
Charterhouse sells £106m of Card Factory shares
GP retains a 29.5% stake in the firm
Marshall joins NorthEdge
Marshall will focus on sourcing deals in Yorkshire and the North East
LDC's Quantum floats with £125m market cap
GP has retained an 8.2% shareholding following IPO
August Equity sells Rixonway for £34m
Company is last to be realised from GP's first fund, which has returned 2.4x investment
Deals in focus: luxury health clubs make an Encore
Encore's investments in The Third Space and 37 Degrees take the GP's health club play to the next level
Verdane's Babyshop acquires AlexandAlexa from MMC
Acquisition funded by a share issue backed by Verdane
MMC injects $2m into Invenias
Financing marks Invenias's third cash injection from MMC in 18 months
Northzone and Octopus invest €5m in BehavioSec
Northzone has participated in four funding rounds in the past month
Living Bridge invests £5.7m in IP Solutions
GP announces two new investments following ТЃ20m Kirona SBO last week
Living Bridge invests in Upper Street Events
Isis Equity Partners rebranded to Living Bridge last month
ECI buys Gresham's Investis
Gresham bought the business two years ago for ТЃ25m
RJD sells Character World to Palatine for £36m
Palatine invests ТЃ16m in equity; RBS provides debt package totalling ТЃ22m
Northzone backs MarketInvoice
Brings total amount raised by MarketInvoice to ТЃ7m
Ares, GE supply £187m unitranche for Montagu's Open GI
Montagu acquired insurance-focused business software company in August
Hoxton Ventures launches €6m Irish fund
London-based early-stage investor Hoxton Ventures has held a final close on тЌ6m for its fund aimed at investments in Irish start-ups, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland.
Enterprise Ventures promotes two
Will Clark and Doug Stellman will jointly head up the North West Fund for Venture Capital
LDC divests Kirona to Living Bridge
LDC makes 2.2x return on initial investment
Walker report shows transparency issues linger
Several companies failed to meet publication and data provisions requirements