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Highland, Brookfield lead USD 100m round for Plentific
Mubadala Investment Company and existing investors including Target Global have backed the round
MML, 57 Stars invest GBP 20m in Natural World Products
MML Growth is backing the waste recycling and compost production firm via its EUR 135m second fund
VCs in USD 292m round for WorldRemit
Series E from Farallon, Leapfrog, TCV and Accel sees the firm rebrand as Zepz at a USD 5bn valuation
Bridges exits The Vet in trade sale
Exit is the firm's third since July 2021, following SBOs of Wholebaker and World of Books
Wm Morrison board accepts GBP 7bn CD&R offer
Deal would be the largest PE-backed take-private in the UK since Boots' GBP 11.1bn delisting in 2007
Inflexion to acquire Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Europe
Inflexion's previous pharmaceutical sector investments include Rosemont Pharmaceuticals
Charme, Livingbridge sell Witherslack to Mubadala Capital
Both Charme and Livingbridge are to retain minority stakes in the school and care home operator
Rutland acquires Southgate Global
Acquisition of the packaging company is the 11th platform deal from Rutland Fund III
Exponent to exit publisher Dennis in GBP 300m trade sale
Deal ends a three-year holding period and nets returns of more than 3x money and 40% IRR for the GP
Livingbridge acquires IT service North from Aliter Capital
Aliter Capital formed North via a buy-and-build strategy for portfolio company Boston Networks
Bregal Milestone to launch second fund
European growth technology investor held a final close for its debut vehicle in 2018 on EUR 400m
Wm Morrison shareholder JO Hambro to decline Fortress takeover offer
JO Hambro say the offer is below the 270p level that would be worthy of consideration
Novalpina to lose control of EUR 1bn debut fund
GP was founded in 2017 and is notably invested in Israeli spyware business NSO Group
Graphite Capital acquires Wonderbly
Personalised children's books publisher is the seventh deal from Graphite's 2018-vintage ninth fund
Palamon exits Feelunique in GBP 132m sale to Sephora
Palamon acquired the UK-headquartered online beauty products retailer for GBP 26m in 2012
Baird Capital holds final close for second Global Fund
Vehicle will continue to back founder-led UK, US and Asian SMEs via buyout and growth deals
FPE invests in employee benefits software Zest
Deal is the 10th platform investment from FPE's GBP 100m, 2016-vintage, second fund
GHO holds EUR 2bn final close for third fund
Fund close follows a fully virtual fundraise that saw the GP surpass its EUR 1.25bn target
Silverfleet calls off fundraise for third fund
GP intends to focus on follow-on investments and realisations in its existing portfolio
McLaren confirms GBP 550m fundraising led by Saudi Arabia, Ares
Existing shareholders, including Mumtalakat, and new private investors invest GBP 150m
Nordic Capital buys majority stake in VC-backed Duco
Financial data management software raised USD 28m from VCs including Eight Roads and Insight in 2018
Revolut raises USD 800m Series E at USD 33bn valuation
Company becomes the second most valuable fintech in Europe, behind Sweden's Klarna
H&F holds USD 24.4bn final close for 10th fund
Large-cap buyout specialist closed its predecessor fund in October 2018 on USD 16bn
WestBridge exits AJM Healthcare to Livingbridge
WestBridge backed the MBO of the wheelchair and mobility service provider in September 2018