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HitecVision's Oyster Petroleum in bolt-on
HitecVision-backed Oyster Petroleum has agreed to acquire a package of licence interests in an area of the West of Shetlands basin from Ithaca Energy.
Dennison leaves Providence for Park Square Capital
Credit investor Park Square Capital has hired Piers Dennison, formerly managing director at Providence Equity Partners, as head of investor relations.
IPO values Foxtons at £649m
The public listing of BC Partners-backed Foxtons has valued the company at ТЃ649m.
Mercia appoints Mike Hayes
Mike Hayes, Mercia Fund Management
Midven enters Diverse World
Venture capital firm Midven has invested ТЃ255,000 in specialist travel company Diverse World.
Aztec Group appoints new COO
John Gavey, Aztec Group
Tax crackdown on UK PE firms
Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander will declare that he is closing tax loopholes used by accountants and private equity firms in the UK at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow today.
BC Partners secures Phones4u dividend recap
BC Partners is to receive a dividend payout after phone retailer Phones4u issued bonds worth ТЃ200m.
Bowmark loses investment director
Dylan Bourguignon is understood to have stepped down as investment director at Bowmark Capital.
Index leads $20m Egalet round
Index Ventures has led a $20m funding round for Egalet, a pharmaceutical company specialising in the development of abuse-deterrent oral products.
Altius appoints Pfister as partner
Private equity advisory firm Altius Associates has appointed Peter Pfister as partner and head of Asia-Pacific.
H2 Equity Partners acquires Eurocell
H2 Equity Partners has wholly acquired Eurocell, a UK manufacturer and distributor of PVC-u profiles and roofline products.
Enterprise Ventures et al. back Knight Warner
Enterprise Ventures, Turning Point and management have invested in UK-based process automation equipment manufacturer Knight Warner.
Exponent's Trainline in £190m dividend recap
Trainline, a UK train ticketing website backed by Exponent Private Equity, has secured a ТЃ190m refinancing.
Kreos IV holds final close on €240m
Kreos Capital has held a final close on тЌ240m for its Kreos Capital IV Growth Debt Fund.
HarbourVest appoints König to London office
HarbourVest Partners has appointed Olav König as EMEA managing director and head of sales and client services.
Accel leads $18m round for Calastone
Accel Partners has led an $18m funding round for Calastone, a UK-based fund transaction network.
Summit Partners expands European team
Summit Partners has appointed Thomas Tarnowski as principal in its London office.
MMC backs Tyres On The Drive with £1.5m
Previous investors MMC Ventures and Enterprise Ventures Group (EV) have injected ТЃ1.5m into Tyres On The Drive, a mobile tyre-fitting service.
Midven invests in Eagle
Midven has injected ТЃ590,000 into Eagle Genomics, a provider of outsourced bio-informatics software for the life sciences sector, alongside a number of individual angel investors and syndicates.
Private equity misses out on Lucozade, Ribena sale
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell popular drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena, which had attracted interest from buyout houses including Blackstone and Lion Capital, to Japanese trade player Suntory for ТЃ1.35bn.
BGF backs Inoapps with £10m
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ10m in Aberdeen-based Inoapps, an Oracle application reseller and IT consultancy business, in return for a minority stake.
Blackstone and GIC to acquire Rothesay stakes
Blackstone and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC are set to each buy a 30% stake in UK-based insurer Rothesay Life from Goldman Sachs, according to reports.
Summit Partners to sell Actix for $120m
Summit Partners has agreed to sell London-based mobile optimisation software provider Actix to customer experience systems company Amdocs for close to $120m.