United Kingdom
BGF invests £11.5m in SaleCycle
Funding will fuel its international expansion, with plans to open offices in Japan and New York
Epiris appoints Brent as investment manager
Appointment comes shortly after the newly independent GP promoted Wilson and Wood to partners
LDC backs Martin Audio MBO
Martin Audio was acquired from the Loud Audio group, which is backed by Transom Capital Group
KKR, Pemberton agree to £150m refinancing deal for CDG
Capital injection and refinancing were led by KKR with the support of management and shareholders
ECI reaps 3.6x from Great Rail Journeys sale to Duke Street
Deal ends a five-year holding period of the luxury rail holiday provider for ECI
Dunedin provides follow-on capital to Premier Hytemp
Premier Hytemp was acquired by Dunedin's second fund, which closed in 2006
MMC, Frontline, LocalGlobe in £16m round for Signal Media
Media monitoring software company has quadrupled its turnover since its 2016 series-A
LDC invests £10m in Linley & Simpson
Yorkshire estate agent will undertake an acquisitive growth strategy following the GP's investment
Insight, Felix in $25m round for UK-based Yoobic
Startup was initially self-funded before Felix injected $5.3m of series-A funding in 2017
Highland Europe holds €463m final close
Tech-focused fund will be equally deployed across France, Germany, the UK and the rest of Europe
Beringea exits Chargemaster in trade sale to BP
Transaction reportedly values the electric vehicle charging company at around ТЃ130m
Livingbridge sells Portman stake in SBO to Core Equity
GP sells its minority stake in the dentistry business after a four-year holding period
Primary Capital acquires VJ Technology in £30m carve-out
SIG said it was selling off its non-core assets to reduce its leverage
IQ Capital holds first close on £92m for third fund
IQ Capital III is a 10-year fund with a five-year investment period and is larger than its predecessor
Beringea leads £3m series-A for Aistemos
Aistemos plans to target its intellectual property software at sectors undergoing tech disruption
Inflexion appoints three new investment partners
Hemmers will lead the TMT team while Coffin will focus on energy and Kaufman on minority investing
Rede hires former AlpInvest head of secondaries
Camacho will work in the role of principal in the Rede secondaries team led by Yaron Zafir
CapVest's Karro bolts on TS Bloor & Sons
Karro expects to consolidate its market position in the UK food industry with this acquisition
Livingbridge backs investment platform Munnypot
Munnypot uses a chatbot to select investments for customers and helps manage their accounts
NorthEdge-backed Future buys Colt in £1m deal
Deal is Future's first bolt-on since NorthEdge acquired the business from One51 last year
Cairngorm aiming for third fundraise in 2019
UK-based investor is likely to begin fundraising in the new year, with Cairgorm Capital II being currently depoyed
Sofinnova and 5AM lead £28m series-A for NodThera
UK drug discovery company will bring its leading drug candidate to the clinical trial stage
3i promotes Crane to partner amid appointments wave
GP hires Rothschild's Howard as director and makes four further senior European PE promotions
LDC agrees sale of LearnDirect to DTS
Transaction comes two years after the portfolio company sold a division to PSI Services