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Bryan Garnier & Co merges with Cartagena Capital
Put together, the two firms have been involved in more than 60 transactions in the part 24 months
Marlin buys Cobham's surveillance business
TSB offers video, audio and other surveillance products, typically used by intelligence agencies
Catapult holds first close for GM&C Life Sciences Fund
VC firm Catapult manages funds on behalf of public and private investors
BGF invests in Grace Cole
Company has expanded to the US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific since inception in 2007
Oxford et al. in $13m round for Import.io
Other backers of the series-A include Imperial Innovations, Wellington Partners and Open Ocean
Debt fund Muzinich & Co holds first close
The vehicle, which began pre-marketing in summer 2015, is targeting a final close on ТЃ350m
Index backs Morphogen's £1.5m seed round
Index closed its latest fund, Index Ventures Growth III, on тЌ650m in April 2015
Three Hills Capital Partners backs Tomorrow London MBO
Three Hills Decalia fund will provide liquidity to present management of Tomorrow London
Albion to manage new £50m UCL fund
LPs Imperial Innnovations and European Investment Fund provided vast majority of funding
Accel leads £12.5m series-B for Carwow
Round follows ТЃ1.3m seed investment and ТЃ4.6m series-A in February and December 2014
Brown joins Palatine as investment manager
Rupert Brown has been appointed as investment manager at Palatine Private Equityтs London office
Carlyle acquires Seraphim's TestPlant
Venture backer Seraphim exits seven years after initial investment in software diagnostics business
Alchemy's Incisive Media sells Legal Week to ALM
Legal information and events brand adds to the number of Incisive businesses carved out last year
Skyscanner raises £128m from Vitruvian, Artemis et al.
Company will focus on accelerating its growth following the funding round
Key Capital names Duquenoy as partner
Duquenoy joined Key Capital as a director in April 2012 from VC-backed recruiter JHI
BC Partners' Côte completes double bolt-on
Bolt-ons are the first acquisitions made by casual dining chain under BC Partnersт ownership
Push Doctor raises $8.2m in series-A funding
The online GP marketplace had previously received $1.2m in seed capital in November 2014
BC-backed Mergermarket buys Creditflux
Bolt-on follows on from the purchases of unquote", AVCJ and C6 in second half of 2015
Balderton promotes two to partner
Moffat and Wise appointments bring VC's partner count up to eight
Advent in £1.5bn Priory Group exit
Advent, which had owned Priory since 2011, will receive a mix of cash and shares
Patron and Electra in £325m Grainger carve-out
Both firms to commit identical ТЃ45m investments as part of takeover
Beechbrook holds £100m first close for SME credit fund
Close comes six months after vehicle launched with ТЃ100-200m target
Doughty Hanson CEO Marquardt to step down in January
Resignation comes amid push by GP to resume fundraising after shutdown in April
Graphite to sell listed funds-of-funds manager to ICG for £20m
Move comes as part of GP's plan to focus on direct mid-market buyout business