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Oakley passes €300m mark for new fund
Oakley Capital has raised more than тЌ310m towards its second fund, Oakley Capital Private Equity II.
Octopus leads £3.8m round for Kabbee
Octopus Investments and Moneysupermarket.com founder Simon Nixon have provided Kabbee, a price comparison app for London minicabs, with a ТЃ3.8m series-A round of funding.
Kernel et al. back TCAS
Kernel Capital, Enterprise Ireland and private investors have injected тЌ650,000 into TCAS Online, a Dublin-based provider of software for student accommodation managers.
Samdup and Nicholson join MJ Hudson
Karma Samdup, MJ Hudson
Mission Therapeutics raises £20m
A syndicate of new and existing venture capital investors has injected ТЃ20m into UK-based biotech Mission Therapeutics as part of its series-B funding round.
Lloyds sells SWIP to Aberdeen Asset Management
Lloyds Banking Group has sold asset manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to Aberdeen Asset Management in exchange for Aberdeen shares currently worth ТЃ560m.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to buy Burton's Biscuits
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to acquire UK-based Burton's Biscuits, which makes confectionery including Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodgers, via its private equity arm Teachers' Private Capital.
August buys The Old Deanery Care Village
August Equity has acquired Essex-based care home business The Old Deanery Care Village.
Terra Firma reaps £234m in Infinis IPO
Terra Firma portfolio company Infinis Energy has listed on the London Stock Exchange in an IPO valuing the business at ТЃ780m.
Stirling Square expands investment team
Jonathan Heathcote, Stirling Square
Sun European Partners' Bonmarché valued at £100m in IPO
Womenтs clothing retailer BonmarchУЉ, owned by Sun European Partners, has listed on the AIM with a market cap of ТЃ100m.
Vitruvian backs RL360 carve-out
Vitruvian Partners has backed the management buyout of Royal London 360 (RL360) to allow the subsidiary to split from its parent company Royal London Group (RLG).
NorthEdge invests £25.5m in Fine Industries
NorthEdge Capital has invested ТЃ25.5m in Teesside-based Fine Industries, a manufacturer of fine chemicals.
FTV acquires stake in World First
FTV Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in London-based foreign exchange business World First.
Beringea divests Espresso Group
Beringea has sold Espresso Group, a UK publisher of educational digital content, to US media company Discovery Communications for an estimated ТЃ15-20m.
Permira's Just Retirement valued at £1.1bn in IPO
Permira-backed Just Retirement has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange at ТЃ2.25 per share, giving the business a market cap of ТЃ1.125bn.
Software firm Sage dangles carrot in front of Apax's Hare
Apax Partners portfolio support group co-head Steve Hare is to leave his role at the end of this year to become chief financial officer of listed software giant Sage.
ECI sparks Harvard Engineering deal
ECI Partners has acquired a minority stake in Harvard Engineering, a developer of control systems for the lighting industry.
Mobeus and Connection toast Virgin Wines deal
Mobeus Equity Partners and Connection Capital have invested a combined ТЃ15.9m of debt and equity to support the management buyout of Virgin Wines.
DFJ Esprit's Oxford Immunotec to float
Oxford Immunotec Global, a UK-based medical diagnostics company, has filed with the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an IPO on the Nasdaq that would value the company at up to $245.4m.
Graphite sells Park Holidays to Caledonia for £172m
Graphite Capital has sold caravan park operator Park Holidays UK to listed trust Caledonia Investments for ТЃ172m.
Octopus leads £700,000 seed round for UniPlaces
Octopus Investments has backed student accommodation booking platform UniPlaces in a ТЃ700,000 seed funding round.
Bridges backs budget hotel Qbic
Bridges Ventures has backed budget boutique hotel Qbic London City Hotel via its Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund III.