United Kingdom
NVM's Northern VCTs hit £50m
The three Northern VCT funds, managed by NVM Private Equity, have reached their ТЃ50m combined target in less than four months.
Deal in focus: Northstar's Graphene Materials lists on AIM
Venture-backed Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), a mass-producer of new wonder material graphene т which is set to revolutionise the technology, medical, aerospace and even condom markets т has listed on AIM.
Alchemy offloads InterGlobal
Alchemy Partners has divested international medical insurance provider InterGlobal to NYSE-listed Aetna.
Endless's Liberata in double bolt-on
Endless-backed business processing services provider Liberata has acquired two companies in recent weeks.
Warwick Audio secures £1.25m
UK-based loudspeaker developer Warwick Audio Technologies has secured ТЃ1.25m from a consortium including Midven, Mercia Fund Management (MFM) and Finance Wales.
Klenk joins Alvarez & Marsal
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Uwe Klenk as managing director and co-head of its European retail practice.
MJ Hudson merges with MW Cornish
Alternative asset-focused boutique law firms MJ Hudson and MW Cornish have combined their private equity and hedge funds practices.
Altium hires Livingstone's Jones
Christopher Jones, Altium
Pulmocide secures £17m in series-A
UK-based inhaled medicines developer Pulmocide has raised ТЃ17m in its series-A financing round from a consortium of investors led by Imperial Innovations.
Risk Capital buys Neilson Active Holidays from Thomas Cook
Luke Johnsonтs Risk Capital Partners has acquired Neilson Active Holidays from the Thomas Cook Group.
VC-backed Oxford Immunotec raises $64m in IPO
UK-based medical diagnostics company Oxford Immunotec Global, which is backed by a consortium of investors, has listed on the Nasdaq with a market cap of $196.3m.
Northstar's Applied Graphene raises £11m in IPO
Northstar Ventures-backed Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) has raised ТЃ11m in its flotation on the AIM, giving the company a market cap of ТЃ26.2m.
Oakley passes €300m mark for new fund
Oakley Capital has raised more than тЌ310m towards its second fund, Oakley Capital Private Equity II.
Octopus leads £3.8m round for Kabbee
Octopus Investments and Moneysupermarket.com founder Simon Nixon have provided Kabbee, a price comparison app for London minicabs, with a ТЃ3.8m series-A round of funding.
Mission Therapeutics raises £20m
A syndicate of new and existing venture capital investors has injected ТЃ20m into UK-based biotech Mission Therapeutics as part of its series-B funding round.
Lloyds sells SWIP to Aberdeen Asset Management
Lloyds Banking Group has sold asset manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to Aberdeen Asset Management in exchange for Aberdeen shares currently worth ТЃ560m.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to buy Burton's Biscuits
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to acquire UK-based Burton's Biscuits, which makes confectionery including Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodgers, via its private equity arm Teachers' Private Capital.
August buys The Old Deanery Care Village
August Equity has acquired Essex-based care home business The Old Deanery Care Village.
Terra Firma reaps £234m in Infinis IPO
Terra Firma portfolio company Infinis Energy has listed on the London Stock Exchange in an IPO valuing the business at ТЃ780m.
Stirling Square expands investment team
Jonathan Heathcote, Stirling Square
Sun European Partners' Bonmarché valued at £100m in IPO
Womenтs clothing retailer BonmarchУЉ, owned by Sun European Partners, has listed on the AIM with a market cap of ТЃ100m.
Vitruvian backs RL360 carve-out
Vitruvian Partners has backed the management buyout of Royal London 360 (RL360) to allow the subsidiary to split from its parent company Royal London Group (RLG).
FTV acquires stake in World First
FTV Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in London-based foreign exchange business World First.
Beringea divests Espresso Group
Beringea has sold Espresso Group, a UK publisher of educational digital content, to US media company Discovery Communications for an estimated ТЃ15-20m.