United Kingdom
Octopus raises £100m for VCTs
Increased consumer appetite for VCTs follows the introduction of new UK pension laws
Maven backs £12m MBO of Westfield Medical
Sterilisation packaging company will look to increase production and international sales
Scottish Enterprise et al. in £27.5m Touch Bionics trade sale
Deal comes five years after a ТЃ2.5m investment in the Scottish prosthetics company
Dunedin promotes Hoare and Rowan to partner
Davidson and Chung are also promoted following an active first quarter for the UK firm
AnaCap reaps 4.5x on Simply Business exit to Aquiline
Secondary buyout reportedly values the online insurance broker at around ТЃ120m
Advent sells down 14% stake in DFS for £90m
GP acquired the sofa retailer from its founder in a ТЃ500m deal six years ago
Bain and Advent sell down £740m stake in WorldPay
The GPs will retain a 28% stake in the company following the divestment
Park Square closes third subordinated debt fund on €1.2bn
The vehicle surpassed its target of тЌ1bn and has access to an additional тЌ300m in leverage
Calculus injects £2.25m into Duvas
UK pollution monitoring company is preparing to bring its systems to market in the US
Samaipata and Elderstreet in $7.5m round for Jinn
UK-based courier and food delivery service is looking to expand into southern Europe
Charme Capital hires three
Appointments follow CCPтs aim to expand its team in London and Spain
Index et al. exit Onefinestay in €148m sale to AccorHotels
Accommodation rental platform had raised тЌ80m from four institutional investment rounds
Palamon in £20m round for portfolio company Feelunique
GP acquired the online cosmetics retailer in 2012 in a ТЃ26m deal alongside Sirius Equity
CIC and Octopus in £13.7m round for Origami Energy
VCs previously took part in a ТЃ3.5m seed round for the UK-based software-as-a-service firm
Livingstone names Carberry as partner
Carberry has worked in Livingstone's industrial team for 11 years
Palatine in £40m SBO of Verdant Leisure from RJD
SBO provides an exit for RJD Private Equity Fund II, six years after acquisition
LDC makes 2.3x on Original Additions sale
LDC acquired the branded beauty goods supplier in 2011 through a secondary buyout
Eurazeo in talks to buy chocolate brands from Mondelez
As part of the deal, Eurazeo will buy five manufacturing plants in France
Lone Star set for £450m Forterra IPO
US GP will list the British brick maker on LSE after a six-month holding period
Proventus acquires Polestar Group from administration
Swedish GPтs buyout comes after previous Polestar owner ceased support for the company under administration
Notion Capital leads $13m round for GoCardless
London-based direct debit provider GoCardless raises $13m from Notion, Balderton et al.
Spring Ventures backs £10m HFH MBO
Spring Ventures also underwrote the debt for the deal
NVM appoints new investment director
Charles Winward joins the investment team to source, transact and manage VCT investments
Mirriad Advertising raises $15m
The company has developed technology to mitigate the rise of ad blocking