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NorthEdge backs East Coast Concepts
Northern casual dining brands are to evolve into nationwide chains
Partech closes Partech Growth on €400m hard-cap
Fund was launched in early 2015 and had already hit its €375m target by October last year
PNC Riverarch backs MBO of Steelite
UK tableware company will look to expand its US operations
Imperial, Cambridge Innovation in £12m Storm series-A
Cambridge-based biotech will explore potential new cancer therapies
Brexit: first reactions
Following the announcement that the UK is to leave the European Union, unquote" reports on PE's initial reactions
Inflexion exits CMO to US buyer Mitratech
Risk and compliance company undertook a recruitment drive under Inflexion's ownership
Percipient-backed Cooper Callas goes into administration
UK bathroom and kitchen distributor makes 41 of its 68 employees redundant
Endless's Liberata sells Trustmarque for £57m
Private equity house Endless exits the business after a two-year holding period
Epidarex leads £4.3m series-A for Mironid
Backers include existing investors Scottish Enterprise and the University of Strathclyde
Sovereign exits Lifetime Training to Silverfleet
Sovereign had backed the professional training group's management buyout in 2011
Barker, Barnes step down from Electra board
Kate Barker served as interim chair following Roger Yates's resignation, until the appointment of Neil Johnson
Advent, Sunstone et al. in $60m round for F2G
Growth investment is F2G's seventh and largest-ever round of funding
Highland leads $30m series-A for Condeco
Europe-focused GP Highland Europe invests as a separate entity following its spinout from HCP in 2012
LDC appoints Chris Coulton as portfolio director
Coulton is joining after 15 years spent at Deloitte as restructuring services director
Partners Group targets UK defined contribution market with new fund
Partners Group Generations Fund is structured as a non-UCITS retail scheme
YFM holds first close for new closed-ended fund
New vehicle will allow the firm to target investments that do not comply with the new VCT rules
Chronext in €11m series-C round from Partech et al.
Partech also led series-B funding round for Chronext in November 2015
Inflexion's Succession secures fresh £25m funding
Plymouth-based Succession plans to acquire 50 competitors by the end of 2017
Investec appoints two to growth & acquisition finance team
Investec's growth and acquisition finance team will now count 24 members in total
Maven Capital backs Prime Document MBI
Maven's backing will help the company expand into the electronic document management sector
NorthEdge scores first exit with Accrol IPO
Tissue manufacturer has listed on AIM with a ТЃ93m market cap, less than two years after the investment
Cambridge Associates appoints senior investment director
Vicky Williams joins from BP Investment Management, where she was head of private equity
LDC sells NWTC pub chain to Graphite for £50m
Vendor reaps a healthy multiple by divesting the pub and restaurant business after three years
FPE backs internet provider Optimity
UK-based fund manager secures a significant stake in the telecoms provider