United Kingdom
Volpi hits €185m hard-cap for debut fund
Fund will target Northern European companies that take advantage of software and data innovation
Dawn Capital holds £165m first and final close for third fund
VC firm's latest vehicle is nearly three times the size of its predecessor, Dawn II
Investindustrial launches smaller fund, eyes €375m target
Fund is considerably smaller than Investindustrial VI, which held a final close in February 2016
BGF invests £6.5m in Kids Planet
Deal comes 20 months after the GP invested ТЃ10m in the UK-based nursery school operator
Inflexion acquires minority stake in Huws Gray
GP invested in the builders' merchant with capital drawn from its ТЃ400m partnership capital vehicle
Federated Investors buys Hermes from BT Pension Scheme
Vendor BT Pension Scheme will retain a 29.5% stake in the manager after the deal
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of ТЃ1.3bn
VC firms back £29m series-B for Enterprise Therapeutics
Forbion, Versant, Novartis, Epidarex and IP Group all take part in the financing
Foresight injects £2.1m into Codeplay
Deal will fund the computing process optimisation firm's expansion into the autonomous vehicle space
Eos Venture Partners launches $100m debut insurtech fund
Vehicle has raised $30m from two insurance companies to date and will have a global remit
CVC-backed Avast to float on London Stock Exchange
Listing would result in a free float of approximately 25% of Avast's issued share capital
Lenders take control of CBPE portfolio company Sofa.com
LGT European Capital has taken over the furniture retailer after CBPE's three-year tenure
Mobeus invests £14m in Geotech
GP's buyout team led the deal for the UK-based provider of ground stabilisation services
Palatine reaps more than 3x on Westleigh sale to Countryside
Transaction values the home builder at up to ТЃ135.4m, two years after the GP invested at a ТЃ65m EV
Parkwalk and IQ inject $5.3m into Spectral Edge
UK-based image processing business will use the fresh capital to build up its R&D team
FPE Capital acquires IWSR
Allied Irish Bank provided acquisition finance for the management buyout
C5 appoints Cooke as managing partner
In his new role, Cooke will take responsibility for all aspects of fundraising and IR
Quilvest acquires Phaidon International
Specialist STEM sector recruitment business increased its underlying EBITDA to ТЃ10.4m last year
Hg invests in TA-backed Access in £1bn EV deal
TA will retain a joint controlling stake in the business software company following the deal
YFM backs Eikon Group
Firm draws equity for the transaction from YFM Equity Partners 2015 Co-investment LP and two VCTs
Octopus backs £18.6m series-B for Origami Energy
Round was led by listed energy company Aggreko, with CIC and Fred Olsen also taking part
Cabot Square sells LDF to White Oak
Sale ends a holding period of four years for Cabot Square, which bought the firm from Investec
Triton acquires Chevron in debut UK deal
Deal marks the GP's third investment in the European work-zone safety services market
Connection Capital backs HEL
Connection Capital invests ТЃ5.9m in the UK-based lab equipment manufacturer to boost growth