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BGF invests £8.7m in PTS
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ8.7m in London-based PTS Consulting Group.
Sovereign invests in Kindertons
Sovereign Capital has invested in Kindertons, a UK-based specialist provider of outsourced accident management services.
SEP supports Tryzens MBO
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has supported the management buyout of UK-based digital solutions provider Tryzens from its parent company Jaywig.
3i's Go Outdoors in £33m refinancing
Go Outdoors, a UK-based outdoor activities equipment retailer backed by 3i and YFM Private Equity, has secured a new ТЃ33m debt facility from Barclays.
Bridges Ventures closes fund on £125m
Bridges Ventures has held the final close of Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund III on ТЃ125m, beating its ТЃ100m target.
Octopus et al. back Swoon Editions with £1.2m
Octopus Investments, Index Ventures and angel investors have injected ТЃ1.2m into furniture designer Swoon Editions.
Albion invests £1.4m in Isis Renewables
Albion Ventures has backed Isis Renewables, a UK-based provider of commercial solar panels, with a ТЃ1.4m investment.
Inflexion buys On the Beach from Isis for £73m
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired online travel agent On the Beach in a ТЃ73m secondary buyout from Isis Equity Partners.
Silverfleet appoints Perella's Jack Priestman
Silverfleet Capital has poached analyst Jack Priestman from Perella Weinberg Partners.
Rutland engineers Millbrook deal
Rutland Partners has acquired Millbrook Proving Group from parent company General Motors (GM).
Sequoia backs Skyscanner
Sequoia Capital has invested in Skyscanner, a Scottish travel search engine, in a deal that values the company at $800m.
North West Fund sorts £500k PVC Recycling deal
The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental has invested ТЃ500,000 in plastic waste recycling company PVC Recycling.
Braemar et al. back Sefaira
Braemar Energy Ventures, Chrysalix SET and Hermes GPE have invested $7.2m in Sefaira alongside a $2m debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
Omnes injects €3m into Opsona
Omnes Capital has made a capital injection of тЌ3m into immunology drug developer Opsona Therapeutics, in an extension of the companyтs series-C round.
Warburg-backed Poundland considers IPO
Following a 15.6% underlying earnings boost, Warburg Pincus-backed Poundland is reported to be mulling an IPO.
Shackleton sells Nanosight for £15m
Shackleton Ventures has sold Nanosight, a developer of particle-size measurement instrumentation, to Malvern Instruments for ТЃ15m.
Aztec appoints Richard Hills as non-executive chairman
Richard Hills, Aztec
Advent mulls DFS listing
Advent International is in the early stages of considering a listing of home furniture retail chain DFS.
Terra Firma holds onto Odeon
Terra Firma Capital Partners is understood to have shelved its plans to sell the Odeon cinema chain after a strategic review.
Baruk Pilo joins Icon as M&A senior vice president
Icon Corporate Finance has appointed Baruk Pilo as new senior vice president of M&A.
Investec hires Joanna Turney
Joanna Turney, Investec
YFM regains independence
YFM Equity Partners has spun out of GLE Group to become an independent entity.
eVenture backs Azimo
Global VC firm eVenture Capital Partners (formerly BV Capital) has invested approximately $1m in Azimo, a UK-based online money transfer service provider.
MMC backs Love Home Swap with £1m fresh funding
MMC Ventures has injected a further ТЃ1.025m into portfolio company Love Home Swap, a UK-based тhome swapт holiday planning platform.