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JTC Group acquires AFML
Funds services firm JTC Group has acquired Anson Groupтs Guernsey-based fund administration business Anson Fund Managers Limited (AFML).
Sofinnova leads £15m round for Green Biologics
Sofinnova Partners has led a ТЃ15.4m series-B funding round for Green Biologics, a UK-based chemicals producer, alongside Hong Kong-based Swire Pacific and several existing investors.
MMC Ventures in £3m round for Wedo
MMC Ventures has led a ТЃ3m funding round for online retailer Wedo.
BC Partners buys Mergermarket
BC Partners has emerged as the successful bidder for Pearson Groupтs news service Mergermarket.
Calculus leads £2.7m round for Money Dashboard
Enterprise Investment Scheme specialist Calculus Capital has led a ТЃ2.7m funding round for Money Dashboard, a UK-based provider of personal online financial management services.
Sofinnova leads £2.4m round for CelluComp
Sofinnova Partners has led a ТЃ2.4m funding round for CelluComp, a Scottish sustainable materials company, with participation from the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB).
Index backs MetaPack with £20m
Index Ventures has injected ТЃ20m into MetaPack, a UK-based provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery management platform for e-commerce.
Deal in focus: Risk Capital buys Neilson from Thomas Cook
Risk Capital Partners' acquisition of Neilson Active Holidays from embattled holiday-operator Thomas Cook is a rare example of private equity being invited in.
August Equity nears £200m target
August Equity's Fund III is weeks away from its final close, unquoteт has learned.
NVM's Northern VCTs hit £50m
The three Northern VCT funds, managed by NVM Private Equity, have reached their ТЃ50m combined target in less than four months.
Deal in focus: Northstar's Graphene Materials lists on AIM
Venture-backed Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), a mass-producer of new wonder material graphene т which is set to revolutionise the technology, medical, aerospace and even condom markets т has listed on AIM.
Alchemy offloads InterGlobal
Alchemy Partners has divested international medical insurance provider InterGlobal to NYSE-listed Aetna.
Endless's Liberata in double bolt-on
Endless-backed business processing services provider Liberata has acquired two companies in recent weeks.
Warwick Audio secures £1.25m
UK-based loudspeaker developer Warwick Audio Technologies has secured ТЃ1.25m from a consortium including Midven, Mercia Fund Management (MFM) and Finance Wales.
MJ Hudson merges with MW Cornish
Alternative asset-focused boutique law firms MJ Hudson and MW Cornish have combined their private equity and hedge funds practices.
Altium hires Livingstone's Jones
Christopher Jones, Altium
Pulmocide secures £17m in series-A
UK-based inhaled medicines developer Pulmocide has raised ТЃ17m in its series-A financing round from a consortium of investors led by Imperial Innovations.
Risk Capital buys Neilson Active Holidays from Thomas Cook
Luke Johnsonтs Risk Capital Partners has acquired Neilson Active Holidays from the Thomas Cook Group.
Isis reaps 2.4x on CSC sale
Isis Equity Partners has sold its stake in structural engineering software company CSC World to Nasdaq-listed Trimble.
VC-backed Oxford Immunotec raises $64m in IPO
UK-based medical diagnostics company Oxford Immunotec Global, which is backed by a consortium of investors, has listed on the Nasdaq with a market cap of $196.3m.
Appear Here raises £1m from VC consortium
Howzat Partners, MMC Ventures, Forward Investment Partners, Playfair Capital, Ballpark Ventures and Miroma Ventures have backed online platform for short-term retail-space letting firm Appear Here with ТЃ1m.
Balderton backs Lifecake launch with £700,000
Balderton Capital has backed the launch of photo and video sharing app Lifecake with ТЃ700,000.
CVC exec acknowledges court case delay in F1 IPO
CVC co-founder Donald Mackenzie has acknowledged that the delay to the planned flotation of CVC's stake in Formula One can be attributed to the high court's ongoing legal battle with Bernie Ecclestone, according to the Financial Times.
Northstar's Applied Graphene raises £11m in IPO
Northstar Ventures-backed Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) has raised ТЃ11m in its flotation on the AIM, giving the company a market cap of ТЃ26.2m.