United Kingdom
Maven leads £3.5m round for Contego Fraud Solutions
NVM Private Equity and existing investors provide ТЃ1.7m in the round as well
KCP invests £6.6m in MC&C
New capital will be used to hire staff, invest in technology and finance potential acquisitions
Endless-backed Essential Fleet bolts on Go Plant
Specialist vehicle service acquires self-driving road sweeper manufacturer for an undisclosed amount
Partech Ventures leads £12m series-A for Privitar
Backers include corporate investment group Salesforce Ventures and US-based CME Ventures
Argos Soditic exits Natural Santé
Third exit for Argos Soditic's тЌ400m Euroknights VI fund, closed in 2011
YFM backs Friska with £3m
Bristol-based fast food restaurant looks to expand in the UK following the investment from YFM
Three Hills Capital hires three
Joe Jefferies, Arjan Blok and Ravi Savjani strengthen the GP's investment team
Zouk Capital takes majority stake in Green Hedge
Green Hedge develops electricity generation and storage products for businesses
Beringea exits APM Healthcare
Beringea makes 3x return on its investment after a six-year holding period
Amadeus, Oxx back merger of Relayware and Zift
Transaction was managed by Oxx Capital, which has taken over management of some Amadeus portfolio companies
Smedvig, Panoramic back content creation firm Quill
Investment will be used to scale up the firm's operations and expand internationally
Intesa Sanpaolo's Neva Finventures backs Iwoca
Intesa's venture capital arm acquires a minority stake in the UK SME loan provider
NVM injects £3m into Knowledgemotion
Deal is the third of the year for NVM, which focuses on UK growth capital
Insight leads $75m series-D for Darktrace
Cybersecurity firm will use the funding to support its ongoing international expansion
Index leads $66m series-B for Revolut
Online bank will expand internationally, with a particular focus on the US and Asia
Notion, NEA in $48m series-C for Move Guides
Since it was founded six years ago, Move Guides has raised $91m in five funding rounds
Banks and VC firms in $10m series-A for Curve
Santander Innoventures, Investec, Speedinvest, Oxford Capital and Breega Capital also backed the round
Foresight makes 2x on sale of Blackstar
Deal ends a five-year holding period for Foresight, with the company's revenues more than doubling
Foresight invests £3.45m in Mowgli Street Food
Indian-themed casual dining chain will open new restaurants in Birmingham and Leeds
Palatine acquires The Bunker from Foresight
Deal for IT company is the fifth investment made from the GP's ТЃ220m third fund
Primary-backed Maru acquires SynGro
Primary Capital injected ТЃ45m growth capital in Maru Group in February 2016
GCP closes fourth fund on £205m
New vehicle will make hybrid debt and equity investments of ТЃ5-30m across a variety of sectors
Aurelius sells Getronics to Bottega for €220m
Trade sale of British IT networks business is the Germany-based investor's largest ever exit
UK PE activity rebounds in H1 despite political turmoil
British buyout market witnessed a significant year-on-year increase in activity in the first half of 2017, despite political uncertainty