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Lakestar leads $13m series-A for Yapily
Lakestar is currently investing its third early-stage-dedicated fund and its first growth fund
Warburg Pincus leads $80m series-C for Privitar
Warburg Pincus is currently investing from its Global Growth Fund, which closed on $14.8bn
Elysian sells Wellbeing for 4.5x return
Wellbeing is a provider of radiology and maternity software that manages patient workflow and data
KKR invests up to $500m in Kilter
Kilter Finance makes investments from its own balance sheet and is funded by its management team
MMC leads $7m series-A for Ably
MMC Ventures invests from its MMC Greater London Fund, which closed on ТЃ52m in May 2019
CVC closes fifth Asia-Pacific fund on $4.5bn
Both new and returning institutional investors participated in the fundraise for the Asia fund
Redmile buys additional 12.67% of Redx
Upon completion of the transaction, Redmile will own a total of 110.6 million Redx shares
Searchlight appoints Crowston as special adviser
Searchlight is currently raising for its third fund, which held a close on $2.75bn in July 2019
Clearwater makes eight hires in the UK
Dyke and Grassby have been promoted to the position of partner and director, respectively
August promotes Muckle to investment director
Muckle joined August Equity in 2017 and most recently co-led their investment in AirIT
TPA appoints Williams as investment associate
UK-based TPA Capital is an equity investor that provides equity cheques of ТЃ5-50m
TIIN invests in Oddity.AI
TIIN is currently drawing from its Dutch Security Fund, which was launched in December 2018
Limerston supports AdviserPlus in acquisition of Halborns
Limerston acquired HR consultancy AdviserPlus in November 2016, drawing equity from its debut fund
Gilde Healthcare V close on $450m hard-cap
Legal advice was provided by a team from Jones Day led by partner Quirine Eenhorst
Synova promotes Tsai to partner
In addition to the new partner, the firm has also promoted Matthew Charman to investment director
Arbor's Steelite acquires Homer Laughlin food subsidiaries
Arbor acquired Steelite International drawing from Arbor Investments IV in December
Tenzing hires Elliott
Elliott will continue to lead Tenzing's Entrepreneurs Panel, which he has been doing since 2017
UK Covid-19 liquidity support snubs leveraged and mid-market companies
CCFF initiative seems designed with traditional corporate issuers in mind instead of leveraged finance issuers
Investors participate in $34m series-B for SoftIron
Founded in 2012, SoftIron designs and builds purpose-built data-centre appliances
Accel in $20m series-B for Humio
US-based Accel is currently investing from its London VI vehicle, which closed on $575m
Preservation Capital Partners Fund I holds first close
To date, PCP I has mainly institutional investors from both North America and Europe
Caledonia Private Capital hires Lazard's Corner
Corner joins Caledonia from Lazard's corporate finance division, where he worked for 16 years
BC, Vista-backed Advanced buys Tikit from BT Group
Advanced plans to consolidate its market position in the UK, while expanding its global footprint
PE-backed BMS acquires Jurado Mata
BMS's backers invested in the company in June 2019, in a deal that gave it an EV of ТЃ500m