United Kingdom
Equistone hires MML's Baker
In his new role, Baker will be responsible for expanding Equistone's UK portfolio
Terra Firma hires new CFO
Vivek Ahuja and Mark Elliott join as CFO and head of support capital, respectively
BGF backs Walker Precision Engineering
Walker has seen an increase in demand from the burgeoning space market, BGF says
Monument Group promotes three to partner
Adam, Diggins and MacCurtain become partners in the London and Boston offices of the placement agent
Aurelius hires Peter Wood from Next Wave
Wood will be responsible for sourcing investments in listed and private UK companies
FPE Capital hires Trendell as investment manager
Trendell joins from Deloitte, where he worked as a manager between 2011-2018
Aliter-backed Ipsum buys SPEC
Group expects to generate revenues of £23m and employ 175 people after the transaction
Edge Investments hires Santamaria and Burge
Both investment managers have a background in early-stage tech investment
TA Associates promotes three in London office
Patrick Sader becomes MD, while Max Cancre and Lovisa Lander are promoted to senior vice-presidents
WestBridge holds £50m first close
British Business Bank commits £15m, with the vehicle aiming to raise £100m overall
Mobeus sells Gro Company to trade for £22m
Sale generates a total return of 2x money for Mobeus and an IRR of more than 20%
Baird Capital exits RaySpec
Polatechno acquires RaySpec for its products and future collaboration opportunities
Maven invests £1.95m in E-Safe Global
Deal comes two years after the GP made a £450,000 investment in the cyberbullying detection business
ECI appoints three, promotes two
Daniel Bailey, Isa Maidan and Laura Morrill join the GP's investment team
Tenzing invests in buyout of Converge TS
Acquisition of the cloud-based IT business is the GP's second investment from its maiden fund
HgCapital-backed A-Plan buys Endsleigh from Zurich
Endsleigh will continue to operate as a separate entity under its existing management team
Piper invests in Neom Organics
GP acquires a minority stake in the UK-headquartered skincare and fragrances brand
VC-backed Funding Circle plans £1bn IPO
Peer-to-peer lending platform has raised more than £250m over six funding rounds
BGF injects £10m into DB Food
Funding will be directed towards the group's low-fat meat and protein division Muscle Food
Connection Capital in £13.3m Tempcover MBO
GP invests £7.5m in the transaction for the online temporary insurance provider
Bowmark sells LBR to Levine Leichtman
Secondary buyout of the legal publishing company brings to an end a five-year holding period
Foresight appoints Haywood as investment manager
New recruit previously co-founded biotech company Puridify, which was sold to GE Healthcare
Aurelius buys Connect Books
Division comprises six brands and has projected combined revenues of €250m for 2017
UK buyout activity reaches post-crisis peak in 2017
Small-cap and lower-mid-market invested strongly during the course of the year, while fundraising activity continued apace