United Kingdom
Sidley Austin hires six for London team
The law firm plans to open a new office in Munich following the raft of hires
Encore leads £2m investment in The Detox Kitchen
Encore's investment will support the company's expansion within London and in the UK
Mobeus invests £3.7m in security training firm Redline
The capital injection will fuel international expansion of the Doncaster-based training companyтs services
Imperial Innovations leads £13.5m round for Precision Ocular
Consort Medical, NeoMed and Hovione Scientia also joined the funding round
Environmental Technologies Fund in series-B for MWR
Environmental Technologies Fund has reinvested in the company after a series-A round in 2014
BGF ups investment in Boost Juice Bars to £4.9m
Latest ТЃ1m injection adds to two previous rounds of funding in 2012 and 2014
User Replay raises $4.7m from Longwall et al.
The Reading-based company will use the proceeds to expand in the US and accelerate product innovation
North East Technology Fund scores 2.9x on Route Monkey exit
North East Technology Fund has now made ТЃ8.6m in returns over course of six years
Inflexion bolsters value creation team with new director
Appointment sees Tom Green leave his post at Cinven-backed IP specialist CPA Global
Volatility impacts listed private equity
Discounts to NAV for listed players are beginning to widen as volatility and uncertainty take their toll on the markets
BGF provides growth funding for RMS
Manchester-based importer RMS International receives growth funding from BGF
Stirling Square in SBO of Mettis from Saints Chamonix
Stirling's acquisition comes a decade after Chamonix carved out Mettis from its 3i-owned parent
Goldman Sachs leads Qubit's $40m series-C
Round brings funds raised by Qubit to $76m after $26m series-B in 2014
Bain sells Brakes for $3.1bn
Bain Capital has exited UK-based food service distributor after eight-year holding
Forbion Capital leads $15m series-B for Akarna
VC backers plan to invest further to reinforce the companyтs growth
Notion Capital leads $7m series-A for Triptease
Both investors in the series-A had participated in a seed round for London-based startup
Notion and Octopus re-up in $7.5m round for Adbrain
Latest investment brings total raised by the UK advertising startup to $16.5m over three rounds
Sertec raises £20m from BGF and Lloyds Bank
Round follows previous ТЃ20m working capital injection from Lloyds Bank in August 2015
Holtzbrinck leads $6.9m round for Bux
Financing comes after the fintech business raised $1.9m from Initial Capital in September 2015
Bridgepoint-backed Wiggle bolts on Chain Reaction Cycles
Cycling accessories retailer Wiggle acquires competitor Chain Reaction Cycles
Oaktree's Countryside valued at £1.01bn in IPO
GP and members of Countryside's management team received ТЃ174m from the flotation
MMC in $5.7m round for Sky-Futures
Round follows first ТЃ2.5m injection by VC into drone inspection specialist
Upfront and IA lead $3m round for Cognitive Logic
British startup raises seed round from US venture funds three weeks after launch
Paul Dunbar appointed partner at Vinson & Elkins
Appointment is part of firm's strategy to expand London private equity practice