United Kingdom
Electra exits Sentinel Performance Solutions to trade
GP acquired the heating and water systems cleaning and maintenance business in 2011
Electra Private Equity sets out 2021 exit plans
GP plans to exit its last portfolio companies: dining chain TGI Fridays and retailer Hotter Shoes
Phoenix launches £100m venture capital fund
Fund enables Phoenix to build portfolios with exposure to venture capital investments for its policyholders
Searchlight's Survitec completes refinancing
Ares' £270m package will be used in part to finance the add-on of IK's Hansen Protection
Future Planet Capital acquires Midven
Midven was founded in 1990 and focuses on West Midlands-based science and technology investments
Shackleton launches fifth venture secondaries fund
Fund combines secondaries purchases with the deployment of fresh capital directly injected in promising companies
Piper invests in Wild Nutrition
GP is investing £5m in the nutritional supplements producer via its Piper VI vehicle
Investcorp, LDC exit Kee Safety
Exit sees the UK-based building safety business acquired by management, backed by ICG
Silverfleet promotes two to partner
Knight is based in London while Sommer is based in Silverfleet's Munich office
NorthEdge acquires Correla
Acquisition of the energy data company is the first platform investment from the GP's £250m Fund III
TDR Capital to take Arrow private in £563m deal
Offer price represents a premium of 33.4% to the closing price of 230.5 pence per share on 5 February 2021
Aurelius acquires AutoRestore
Acquisition is intended to complement Aurelius's other portfolio companies in the vehicle fleet services sector
Parsley Box floats in £84m IPO, Mobeus reaps 4.2x return
Mobeus sells one third of its holding, while remaining as the largest institutional shareholder in the business with a 14% stake
Astorg buys majority stake in Five Arrows-backed Opus 2
Five Arrows bought a minority stake in the legal technology company in 2017 and will now reinvest
CapVest sells Eight Fifty to Sofina Foods
Combined group is expected to employ 13,000 staff across 44 sites and generate $6bn in annual revenues
TDR Capital acquires BPP from Apollo's Vanta Education
Vocational course provider BPP was acquired by Vanta Education in 2009, prior to Apollo's investment
Graphite Capital invests in Higher Ed International
GP is acquiring a minority stake in the online education provider via Graphite Capital Partners IX
Klar Partners closes debut fund on €600m hard-cap
GP started raising the fund in March 2020 and said the vehicle was "significantly oversubscribed"
SEP sells Dotmatics to Insight Partners' Insightful Science
Scottish Equity Partners invested in the scientific informatics software in 2017
Inflexion sells Kynetec to Paine Schwartz Partners
Fourth exit in four months sees the GP net returns of more than 3x money and a 25% IRR
Cairngorm Capital buys majority stake in Bromborough
GP plans to support geographical expansion and add-ons for the paint and wall coverings distributor
Palamon, Corsair in £165m dividend recap for Currencies Direct
GPs reportedly mandated William Blair in December 2020 to explore strategic options
Queen's Park Equity backs MBO of Encore Group
Founding partners Stephen Chard and Neil Robinson will also retain a stake in the business
Albion exits Berkley Care for 2.5x return
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for Albion, which initially invested £16m in the business
