United Kingdom
BGF injects £3m into DevOpsGroup
Investment will fund the acquisition of Wales-based IT skills training business AgileSnap
FPE Capital invests in TNP
Deal is the fourth investment from FPE's first institutional vehicle, closed last year
Epiris promotes Wilson and Wood to partner
Team members have been with the newly independent fund manager for five and six years, respectively
LDC divests Validus-IVC in trade sale to Verisk
Sale of motor-insurance-related business brings to an end a five-year tenure for the vendor
Epidarex and Sixth Element in $10m round for Adorx
Cancer drug discovery company will ramp up its research activities following the round
EQT in $28m series-B for Beamery
Microsoft's corporate venture arm also took part in the round for the recruitment software firm
Syncona leads £88.4m series-B for Freeline
Gene therapy company will undertake clinical trials and look to bring its therapies to market
BC- and GIC-backed Acuris bolts on SparkSpread
US-based energy trade publication is the company's first acquisition since GIC invested last year
Exponent's HSS Hire secures £245m refinancing
Development follows a difficult year for the tool hire group, in which adjusted EBITDA fell to ТЃ1.8m
JC Flowers sells PIC stake to Adia
Sale ends a 12-year holding period for JC Flowers, which was one of the founding investors
TVP et. al in £4.4m round for Micrima
Developer of breast cancer screening systems will bring its Maria product to market
Dunedin buys GPS
GP draws capital from Dunedin Buyout Fund III, a ТЃ300m fund that held a final close in June 2013
Warburg Pincus to buy Supplier Assessment Services for £160m
Deal sees the GP acquire the UK-based provider of compliance services from trade vendor Capita
AGIC hires former Equistone partner Breuning to lead UK office
Breuning will be responsible for all of AGIC's UK investment activities and future fundraising
VC firms back $13m series-A for Tessian
Existing investors include Accel, Amadeus Capital Partners, Crane, LocalGlobe and Winton
Carlyle's PIB bolts on i2 Healthcare
Acquisition of the healtchare insurance specialist is the 16th since Carlyle's initial investment
Advent gears up for launch of third life sciences fund
VC makes investments in life sciences companies based in the UK, continental Europe and the US
RCapital sells Innervate to trade buyer
Deal brings to an end the GP's 12-month holding period for the London-based IT consultancy
RCapital sells The Coaching Academy in MBB
Divestment ends the GP's 11-year tenure of the UK-based training company
Firstminute holds final close on $100m for seed fund
Follows a $60m first close in June 2017, and a second close on $85m in September
Pontifax and Five Seasons lead $10m round for Tropic Biosciences
UK biotechnology company will undertake trials of its new varieties of coffee and banana plants
Triago to expand London presence
Triago first opened a London office in 2016 but has recently moved to a new address
Inflexion's CloserStill bolts on Learning 2018
Deal is the second international bolt-on in 15 months for the healthcare- and tech-focused events firm
LDC takes minority stake in RIBA commercial arm NBS
Investor injects ТЃ31.8m for a minority stake in RIBA Enterprises, which trades as NBS