United Kingdom
Inventure and Almi invest €500,000 in Glimr
Seed round adds to $50,000 start-up competition prize won by Glimr
Sovereign promotes two to partner
Neil Cox and Jeremy Morgan advance to partner at GP
Gimv exits Prosonix in £100m trade sale
Trade sale comes three years after Gimv's ТЃ5.7m investment
TPG takes £150m stake in Poundworld
All-equity deals taps into growing UK value retailer market
3i returns £659m for 2015 financial year
Total assets under management grow to ТЃ13.47bn despite increase in exits
Catalyst appoints two partners
Corporate finance house also promotes two to principal
Octopus and DN Capital in £555,000 seed round for Eve
Octopus investment tops up ТЃ330,000 round by DN Capital and FJ Labs
KPS exits WWRD in $437m trade sale
US PE house had acquired assets in 2009
VC-backed Adaptimmune prices IPO
Company backed by VCs including NEA, Wellington Partners and Foresight
Key Capital Partners reaps 4x on WHP exit
Palatine clinches ТЃ38m secondary buyout
Active reaps 8x money on sale of Evans to ECI
ECI secures "significant majority stake" in bike retail business
Mobeus backs Jablite and Styropack MBO with £5m
Transaction understood to be valued at ТЃ26m
Salt and Jamieson named directors at RBS
Dan Salt and David Jamieson join RBS Corporate Transactions
ICG hires two for secondaries team
Both associates joined the mezzanine house in March
CVC in £1.3bn Virgin Active exit to Brait
Deal sees CVC Captial Partners reap more than 2x money
Altium hires three in London
Three new associates join corporate finance and debt divisions
Creandum leads $7m series-A round into Peak
Brain training app has raised more than $10m since 2014
Strong growth for UK mid-market in 2014 - unquote" barometer
The latest unquote" Regional Mid-Market Barometer highlights strong growth in 2014
Electra's Park Resorts bolts on Summerfields Holiday Park
Bolt-on is second for company under Electra ownership
BGF injects £2.5m into Rethink
Fresh capital to finance acquisition of Consort Group
Endless backs FMG buyout
GP invests from ТЃ525m fund raised in late 2014
Average UK buyout value up 24% year-on-year
Q1 2015 average value down on Q4 2014 spike, however
NorthEdge's Rawlinson promoted to CFO
NorthEdge promotes Emma Rawlinson from finance director to chief financial officer
KCP's Templine picks up Corinium Employment
Deal marks Templine's fourth bolt-on since 2007 MBO