UK Unquote
LDC bolsters Bristol team with new investment director
Stefan Gunn joins LDC's south-west and Wales team from NatWest's structured finance team
LDC's Fishawack bolts on 2E Creative
Deal is the fifth acquisition for the healthcare-focused communications group under the GP's tenure
Livingbridge backs Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers
GP deploys capital from its Livingbridge Enterprise 2 fund, which closed in 2015 on ТЃ220m
Kester backs ComplianceOnline MBO
First investment made by Kester via its new Kester Capital II fund
Encore Capital invests in vegetarian restaurant chain Mildreds
Company intends to use the fresh financing to boost its expansion with further openings
Mayfair makes first exit with Fox International trade sale
Mayfair backed the SBO of the fishing tackle business in 2015, with Next Wave reinvesting
Kernel Capital leads £1.6m round for Automated Intelligence
Kernel Capital makes a ТЃ750,000 investment in the data management platform company
Montagu's Wireless Logic buys Matooma
Acquisition of France-based Matooma is the third purchase for Wireless Logic in 2019
CVC to acquire Ontic for $1.365bn
BBA Aviation acquired Ontic in 2006 for $67m and has pursued an acquisitive growth strategy
Equistone buys Bulgin in £105m deal
Firm scores its fourth carve-out in a month with the purchase from Elektron Technology
BGF injects £6.25m into Christopher Ward
Christopher Ward's watches are designed in the UK and manufactured in Biel, Switzerland
Waterland inks first deal in Ireland
Dutch GP previously backed senior residential care operators based across Europe
Blackstone et al. in talks to sell Refinitiv in $27bn deal
Trade buyer LSEG and target Refinitiv's combined 2018 revenues amount to around ТЃ6bn
Clairvest backs FSB Technology with £23m
Tenth investment from Clairvest Equity Partners V, a $600m fund that closed in 2015
VC-backed Predictimmune raises £10m series-B
BGF joins existing investors in the UK biotech firm with a ТЃ4m equity contribution
BtoV, Wellington and Seroba co-lead $48m series-C for Quanta
Existing investors BtoV, Wellington and Seroba all invested in the company's series-A in 2009
Outward VC holds first close on £38m
Outward VC was previously called INVC and was founded by former Investec Bank executives in 2017
Seneca acquires stake in Whyte & Ivory in debut deal
Curtain linings and blackout materials wholesaler Whyte & Ivory launched in the US in 2016
Sovereign gears up for fund launch following departures
Firm is understood to be targeting between ТЃ500-600m for the next-generation vehicle
Nauta in funding round for Abiquo
TelefУГnica's venture arm, Wayra, also takes part in the round for the cloud-based software firm
Vespa invests £17m in Bluecrest buyout
GP is currently investing from its second fund, which typically invests in firms with ТЃ10-70m enterprise value
Advent International agrees £4bn take-private for Cobham
Proposed share price represents a 50.3% premium on the average value across the last three months
Sovereign backs Premier Park
GP is supporting the parking operator's founders and is investing from its ТЃ395m fourth fund
VCs invest $10m in Cambridge Touch series-B
Funding round for the touch screen technology company was led by Japan-based Kureha Corporation