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Kester backs MBO of CETA Insurance
Niche insurance provider will look to make acquisitions following the transaction
Lonsdale's P2 bolts on Certeco
Acquisition of management consultancy comes five months after the company bolted on FS 101
BGF exits Acro in £55m trade sale to ZTC
Deal will enable the aircraft seat manufacturer to expand its presence into the Chinese market
Crane leads $30m series-C for Onfido
Existing VC backers also took part in the round for the automated background check platform
Firstpoint appoints Lewis as managing director
Craig Lewis leaves Alfred I DuPont Trust to take up his new role after nine years with the firm
Francisco Partners sells Lumata to Evolving Systems
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Francisco Partners, which acquired a 70% stake in 2011
Starwood invests $250m for 30% stake in Yotel
Fresh funding will allow the group to acquire land and buildings to be developed into new hotels
Synova acquires Syslink via MBO
Synova is currently investing from its ТЃ250m third fund, which typically deploys ТЃ10-30m
Cinven sells 10% of Just Group for £130m
Sell-down comes six months after Cinven and Permira sold a joint 10.2% stake in the group for ТЃ124m
Palatine appoints Ross-Jones as portfolio director
Tom Ross-Jones leaves EY after 11 years to join Palatine's Manchester office
Blackstone sells AAG to Genuine Parts Company for $2bn
Deal values auto parts business at more than three times the figure at which Blackstone acquired it
Nextech, Syncona in $80m Autolus series-C
Company, launched just three years ago, has now raised a total of $150m
Inflexion in Xtrac buyout
Investment will support the expansion of Xtrac's factory and extra hires
Temasek invests in Francisco-backed BluJay
Deal values logistics SaaS company at $700m five years after Francisco bought the company for ТЃ103m
Dunedin-backed Alpha announces intention to float
Proposed IPO of asset and wealth management consultancy would bring to an end a 20-month tenure
Mobeus promotes Austin to partner, hires two directors
Private equity firm further expands its portfolio management team with the promotion and hires
Ping An leads £34m series-A for 10x Future Technologies
London-based banking-related technology business was founded by former Barclay's CEO Anthony Jenkins
TDR's Stonegate close to £101.5m Revolution deal
Target company has rejected a counter-proposal from Deltic, which may yet return with a new cash bid
YFM backs 4net Technologies with £9m
Deal is the fourth investment made by the firm's 2016-vintage maiden buyout fund
Tenzing's FMP Global acquires MCN Associates
Payroll management company will undertake international expansion following the deal
KCP injects £4m into Sparta Global
IT consultancy will recruit 100 staff as it opens new offices in Leeds and Birmingham
Accel leads $22.5m series-D for GoCardless
VC firms Balderton Capital, Notion and Passion have also taken part in the round
Downing VCTs back Empiribox
Empiribox supplies around 150 UK primary schools with equipment, lesson plans and training
Minority investments brewing in the UK craft beer space
Negative connotations associated with the sale of microbreweries to conglomerates brings opportunities and challenges for PE backers