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British Business Bank supports Active's ECF with £24m
GP is targeting ТЃ40m to invest in UK founder-led early-stage companies
Imperial Innovations et al. in £25m series-A for Artios
Investment funds the spinout of the biotech business from Cancer Research UK
BDC divests Beck & Pollitzer to Graphite
Deal marks the fifth consecutive period under PE ownership for the machinery installation company
Maven invests £3.1m in Hotel Indigo
Funding for the project includes ТЃ1.6m of equity from a syndicate of investors
Inflexion acquires IMD from Vitruvian
Video advertising business has expanded via an international acquisitive strategy
Lyceum's Bellrock in bolt-on streak
GP's portfolio company has completed five bolt-on acquisitions in the past three months
HIG promotes Mundassery to head of European direct lending
Promotion comes seven years after Mundassery joined the firm from Highland Capital Management
NVM invests £2m in Channel Mum
Fresh capital will enable the parental video platform to invest in programming and marketing
RCapital exits Summit in trade sale
Summit claims it has seen a 370% growth in profit since RCapital's investment
Doctor's orders: Avoid controversy, seek new opportunities
As GPs shy away from investment in healthcare provision, new opportunities are presenting themselves in other medically related sub-sectors
SVG board hits back at HarbourVest's unsolicited takeover bid
Fund-of-funds' board says the recent offer undervalues the company and its assets
Electra's Hollywood Bowl to float with £240m market cap
GP is expected to recoup ТЃ153m from the flotation of the UK-based tenpin bowling operator
Mobeus makes first LP-supported deal with Kinneir Dufort MBO
First deal for the GP's maiden institutionally backed fund comes after changes to VCT rules
Longwall Ventures leads £1.4m round for Keit
Chemical analysis business will take steps towards bringing its spectrometers to market
Amadeus and Beringea in £2m round for ContactEngine
Automated customer services business will expand across Europe, North America and South America
Accel-KKR acquires Smart Communications from Thunderhead
Online communications platform will look to make acquisitions across Europe
Treating Europe's healthcare malaise
With Europe facing an ageing population and a sharp rise in long-term chronic illnesses, unquote" investigates private equity's role in solving the continent's healthcare conundrum
Doctor's orders: Taking the political pulse
Austerity measures are among the political developments resulting in an increasingly challenging environment for healthcare investors
Eight Roads hires Virgin's Moorhead as chief operating officer
Moorhead joins from Virgin Group where he worked as chief financial officer
Paine & Partners invests in Meadow Foods
Dairy business will look to invest in its existing facilities and make bolt-on acquisitions
NVM injects £4m into Customs Connect
GP believes the customs advisory company is well positioned to benefit from Brexit-related business
Lonsdale's Ocean Media bolts on two competitors
Acquisitions are part of Ocean Media's strategy to add divisions to the core business
JZ Capital sells Winn Group for €21m
Deal marks completion of the two-stage direct secondaries sale of JZ's EMC 2010 vehicle
L Catterton hires Barade as partner
L Catterton has appointed Jean-Philippe Barade as a partner and head of its London office