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Sidley hires Proskauer partner
Eleanor Shanks joins Sidley Austin's private equity practice from Proskauer Rose
Pantheon hires Eggleston and Berke
Pantheon Ventures appoints BGF's John Eggleston as partner and chief technology officer
VCs in £27m series-A for MiroBio
Advent Life Sciences, SR One, Oxford Science Innovation and Samsara Biocapital have invested
HarbourVest, Hamilton Lane in Bridgepoint Europe IV restructuring
Bridgepoint Europe IV, which closed on тЌ4.8bn in 2008, still holds a number of assets
ECI takes minority stake in KBA
ECI Partners has taken a minority stake in corporate services provider KB Associates
LDC exits FCBI to Thomson Reuters
LDC backed the business events operator that will now become a part of Reuters News
83North closes fifth fund on $300m
Vehicle is incorporated in the Cayman Islands as 83North V but lists business headquarters in Israel
Augmentum co-leads £44m series-B for challenger bank Tide
Company intends to use the fresh financing to consolidate its market position and scale up its team
Inflexion to acquire Pharmaspectra
Inflexion Private Equity has taken a majority stake, drawing equity from its ТЃ250m fund
Notion Capital IV holds first close on £75m
Notion Capital has also announced its intention to raise a second growth opportunities fund
Ocorian hires two
Kristina Rowe joins from State Street and Jamie Riley previously worked at Intertrust
KKR-backed KnowBe4 acquires Twist and Shout
KKR's KnowBe4 generates more than $100m in revenue and is valued at $1bn
LDC acquires ELE from Albion and Maven
Albion and Maven valued their stakes in ELE at more than 4x and 5x original cost, respectively
Bamboo appoints Milligan as head of diversity
Katherine Milligan previously held roles at the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
VCs invest $100m in Rapyd
VCs including Target Global, Tiger Global and General Catalyst have invested in the fintech
British Private Equity Awards 2019: winners announced
Congratulations to the winners of the hotly contested 2019 British Private Equity Awards, announced last night in London
Battery-backed PST to acquire SST
Battery Ventures-backed PST has made more than seven bolt-on acquisitions since 2017
Waterland-backed Enreach buys NT Technology Group
Deal is a continuation of the buy-and-build strategy started by Waterland with Swyx in early 2018
Phoenix-backed Just Childcare secures £50m financing package
Ares Management and the Royal Bank of Scotland will provide the financing package
Everledger secures $20m series-A
Backers include Tencent Holdings, Graphene Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Vickers Venture Partners and others
Piper invests in Mous
GP is currently investing from Piper Private Equity VI, which closed on ТЃ125m in 2016
Montagu buys Jane's from IHS Markit
Carve-out will result in Jane's operating independently; no financial details released
Atomico leads $22m series-A in Kheiron
Exor Seeds, Greycroft, Hoxton Ventures and Connect Ventures also invested in the company's series-A
Xenon acquires Metricfire
San Francisco-based Xenon Partners has acquired Dublin-based data monitoring company Metricfire