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Augmentum leads £7.5m round for Bathrooms.com
Augmentum Capital has led a £7.5m series-B round for Leighton Buzzard-based bathroom products retailer Bathrooms.com.
Inflexion expands international teams
Inflexion Private Equity has expanded its teams in Brazil, China and India to support portfolio development.
ISIS to close latest fund on £350m
ISIS Equity Partners is about to announce the close of its fifth fund on £350m, according to reports.
VCT fundraising remains strong
VCTs raised £330m in the last tax year, according to data published by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).
Sovereign promotes two
Sovereign Capital has promoted investment team members Jose Rodriguez Cesenas and Neil Cox to directors.
ISIS invests in Happy Days
ISIS Equity Partners has invested £3.7m in day nursery operator Happy Days.
Montagu acquires College of Law
Montagu Private Equity has acquired the legal education and training business of The College of Law.
YFM backs Seven Technologies
YFM Equity Partners has invested £6.6m in Northern Irish engineering firm Seven Technologies.
Lyceum's Adapt makes £13m acquisition
Lyceum Capital has invested an undisclosed sum of fresh equity to support the £13m add-on acquisition of eLINIA by its portfolio company Adapt.
Notion Capital holds a $100m first close
Notion Capital has announced a $100m first close for Notion Capital Fund 2, its second fund focused on emerging cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in the UK and Europe.
WestBridge closes £30m SME fund
WestBridge Capital has closed the WestBridge SME Fund on its £30m target after two years of fundraising.
Larger UK buyouts pick up in Q1
Larger buyout activity is picking up pace once again after suffering in late 2011, according to the latest finding of the unquote” UK Watch, in association with Corbett Keeling.
Arle Capital hires ex-3i director
Arle Capital Partners has hired Roumyana Boshnakova and Senka Jeremic as investment managers.
FF&P Private Equity expands team
Llewellyn John has joined Fleming Family & Partners Private Equity (FF&P) as investment director.
Broadlake acquires Jede UK
Broadlake Capital has acquired Manchester-based coffee company Jede UK from Jede, a subsidiary of Nestle.
YFM takes 30% stake in Zutux
YFM Equity Partners has invested £950,000 for a 30% stake in British furniture maker Zutux.
H.I.G. Europe appoints new managing director
Mid-cap private equity house H.I.G. Europe has hired ex-HgCapital Carl Harring as managing director in its London office.
Piper backs Loungers
Piper Private Equity has injected £16m into UK café-bar chain operator Loungers in exchange for a significant minority stake.
LDC-backed MB Aerospace buys Thomson Aero
LDC portfolio company MB Aerospace Holdings Limited has acquired the business and certain assets of Thomson Aero Limited from administrators KPMG using capital from its balance sheet.
New legislation threatens VCTs, spares EIS funds
Recent changes to VCT annual investment caps introduced by the chancellor during the UK budget announcement sparked controversy due to the £5m limit. More serious though is a change in legislation, unexpectedly deferred today, that could incurthe loss...
Searchlight Capital closes first fund at $860m
Searchlight Capital Partners has closed its first fund at $860m.
Maven backs MBO of Cat Tech
Maven Capital Partners has injected £3m to support the MBO of Lincolnshire-based industrial services provider Cat Tech International from US environmental services firm Clean Harbors Inc.
Big Society Capital launches
Prime Minister David Cameron will announce the launch of Big Society Capital in a speech later today.
NVM backs MBO of Volumatic
NVM Private Equity has injected £6m to back the MBO of Coventry-based cash handling firm Volumatic Limited from hazard detection company Halma plc.