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HitecVision pumps $150m into Oyster Petroleum
UK exploration and production start-up Oyster Petroleum has received a $150m cash injection from oil- and gas-focused investor HitecVision.
Midven enters Diverse World
Venture capital firm Midven has invested ТЃ255,000 in specialist travel company Diverse World.
BVCA hits back at Alexander tax attack
Following Danny Alexanderтs call to close loopholes used by private equity at the Liberal Democrat conference yesterday, the BVCA has hit back.
Tax crackdown on UK PE firms
Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander will declare that he is closing tax loopholes used by accountants and private equity firms in the UK at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow today.
BC Partners secures Phones4u dividend recap
BC Partners is to receive a dividend payout after phone retailer Phones4u issued bonds worth ТЃ200m.
Bowmark loses investment director
Dylan Bourguignon is understood to have stepped down as investment director at Bowmark Capital.
Index leads $20m Egalet round
Index Ventures has led a $20m funding round for Egalet, a pharmaceutical company specialising in the development of abuse-deterrent oral products.
Altius appoints Pfister as partner
Private equity advisory firm Altius Associates has appointed Peter Pfister as partner and head of Asia-Pacific.
NewsWhip secures $1.1m in seed funding
Hal Philipp of Meridian Growth Capital, Shane Naughton of Inundata and others have invested $1.1m in a seed funding round for NewsWhip, a Dublin-based online news platform.
H2 Equity Partners acquires Eurocell
H2 Equity Partners has wholly acquired Eurocell, a UK manufacturer and distributor of PVC-u profiles and roofline products.
SJ Berwin's Gold joins Electra's board
SJ Berwin funds partner Josyane Gold has joined Electra Private Equityтs board as a non-executive director.
Enterprise Ventures et al. back Knight Warner
Enterprise Ventures, Turning Point and management have invested in UK-based process automation equipment manufacturer Knight Warner.
Eversheds hires DLA's Beardmore as senior corporate partner
Eversheds has appointed Mark Beardmore as corporate partner in its Company Commercial practice group.
CBPE dines out with Côte
CBPE Capital has emerged as the new owner of French bistro chain CУДte Restaurant in a deal thought to be worth in the region of ТЃ100m.
Exponent's Trainline in £190m dividend recap
Trainline, a UK train ticketing website backed by Exponent Private Equity, has secured a ТЃ190m refinancing.
Kreos IV holds final close on €240m
Kreos Capital has held a final close on тЌ240m for its Kreos Capital IV Growth Debt Fund.
Accel leads $18m round for Calastone
Accel Partners has led an $18m funding round for Calastone, a UK-based fund transaction network.
Towerbrook takes off with LDC's AIM Aviation
Towerbrook Capital Partners has acquired aircraft cabin interior designer and manufacturer AIM Aviation from LDC.
Summit Partners expands European team
Summit Partners has appointed Thomas Tarnowski as principal in its London office.
Lloyds Bank hires HSBC and RBS directors
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has appointed Dave Furlong of HSBC and Kate Grimoldby of RBS to its north of England acquisition finance team.
MMC backs Tyres On The Drive with £1.5m
Previous investors MMC Ventures and Enterprise Ventures Group (EV) have injected ТЃ1.5m into Tyres On The Drive, a mobile tyre-fitting service.
Midven invests in Eagle
Midven has injected ТЃ590,000 into Eagle Genomics, a provider of outsourced bio-informatics software for the life sciences sector, alongside a number of individual angel investors and syndicates.
Private equity misses out on Lucozade, Ribena sale
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell popular drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena, which had attracted interest from buyout houses including Blackstone and Lion Capital, to Japanese trade player Suntory for ТЃ1.35bn.
BGF backs Inoapps with £10m
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ10m in Aberdeen-based Inoapps, an Oracle application reseller and IT consultancy business, in return for a minority stake.