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Five Seasons et al. in €17.4m round for Butternut Box
Fresh dog food company will look to expand its sales activity into continental Europe
Summit leads $33m round for A Cloud Guru
IT training platform intends to increase its headcount and invest in product development
Mayfair promotes Curwen and Hoballah
Team members are promoted to the roles of managing director and director resptively
LDC appoints two directors
Ul-Haq joins from Deloitte, while Alderson has been working at LDC since 2012 in the Yorkshire team
Concentric leads $15m series-B round for Wheely
Ride-hailing company is due to roll out its platform in new cities, with a Paris launch in 2019
Smaller buyouts escalate in UK industrials sector
PE-backed buyout investments in both the industrial engineering and the construction and materials spaces have soared in the past year
Bowmark's OIEG bolts on Oxford International College
Deal comes five years after the GP acquired a minority stake in the independent school group
LDV leads $3.1m funding round for Synthesia
AI lip-synching video platform launched in 2018 and has clients including the BBC and BuzzFeed
Gresham House invests £4.5m in Diaceutics IPO
Deal comes a year after the pharmaceutical data analytics company raised $5m of mezzanine
Aquiline-backed Clearcourse buys NetXtra
NetXtra is the sixth acquisition by Clearcourse since it was established in 2018
Bowmark sells Care Fertility to Silverfleet
Earlier reports suggested the fertility clinic group could attract bids of around 8x its ТЃ11m EBITDA
Harwell injects £3.5m into Muso
Media-focused anti-piracy firm will invest in sales and marketing-related activities
LDC backs Duncan & Todd's bolt-on of Black & Lizars sites
Transaction sees the opticians group acquiring nine stores from the optometrists chain
Oxford leads £6.5m round for Weengs
Courier service will use the capital to invest in its automated warehouse and product development
VGC appoints Marlin's Lister
New recruit will take on the role of investment and portfolio director at the growth capital firm
Vista Equity Partners-backed ACS buys Modern Systems
ACS plans to develop its offering in the application modernisation market and expand in the US
Endless appoints two to Enact
Firm appoints associate director Adam Milner and investment executive Luke Wolf to its Enact teams
CCI sells Payzone to AIB and First Data for €100m
Sale of the payment processing company comes four years after the GP acquired it for тЌ40-50m
BBB to allocate a further £200m to UK venture
Government-backed fund will make commitments to support venture and growth capital via BPC and BBI
Cartesian's Arlington Industries secures £95m refinancing
Deal will enable the automotive and aerospace components firm to bolt on Wahler
HV Holtzbrinck leads $19m series-A for Zencargo
Investors include Pentland Ventures, Tom Stafford, Picus Capital, LocalGlobe and Samos Investments
Beringea raises £64m for VCTs
Fundraise is a record for Beringea and the second largest VCT raise in the last tax year
EQT Ventures leads £25m series-B for Cytora
Insurance AI firm will use the funding to invest in product development and international expansion
PAI's M Group makes triple bolt-on
Infrastructure group acquires telecoms-focused Avonline Networks and water specialists IWJS and TPC