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Chiltern-backed Hanmere acquires Plasmech
Hanmere will continue to seek further acquisition opportunities following this transaction
Notion leads $12m series-A for Acin
Fitch Ventures, the venture arm of Fitch Group, has also invested, as well as several angel investors
Inflexion-backed Ocorian acquires Newgate
Newgate Compliance is a London-based compliance consultancy and hosted regulatory service
Mavenir buys VC-backed IP Access
Following the deal, IP Access will operate as a business unit within Mavenir's emerging business group
BC-backed Côte acquired by Partners Group
Former Wagamama CEO Jane Holbrook joins the French-style dining chain's board as chair
Pelican invests £5m in YourParkingSpace
Typical investments from Pelican are in companies with sustainable profits greater than ТЃ1m
BGF invests £6.8m in Appnovation
Both CBGF and BGF made initial investments in Appnovation in July 2019 totalling ТЃ8.8m
Mayfair-, Hoxton-backed SuperAwesome sold to trade
SuperAwesome reported revenues of ТЃ21m in 2018, as well as an operating loss of ТЃ5.5m
Phoenix-backed Sygnature acquires XenoGesis
Previously, Sygnature has acquired two in-vivo pharmacology clinical research organisations
Clarks in refinancing provided by LionRock - report
A deal would see Clarks raise an investment in exchange for a dilution of the Clark family's holding
Beech Tree invests in Transparity
Transparity is expected to generate ТЃ13m in revenues in 2020 and plans to grow to ТЃ21m next year
LGPS hires Ian Brown as head of private markets
Ian Brown was previously head of the leveraged finance execution team at UBS
Goodwin hires team of five partners
Lawyers were originally part of a team hired from Kirkland & Ellis's London office in April 2016
Tenzing acquires three payroll companies to form PSSG
Tenzing I closed on ТЃ200m in January 2017 and makes investments in companies valued at up to ТЃ75m
VC-backed Snyk acquires BtoV portfolio company DeepCode
Cyber security software Snyk raised $200m at a $2.6bn valuation earlier in September 2020
Mouro leads $26m round for Uncapped
Iron Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Seedcamp and White Star Capital participate in the round
UK deal pipeline: live, expected and pulled sale processes
A round-up of sale processes ongoing or expected to launch in the coming months in the UK, courtesy of Unquote sister publication Mergermarket
Hg reinvests in Citation
Hg sold the compliance software company to KKR in August 2020 in a transaction valued at ТЃ500-600m
Hg sells A-Plan to trade buyer Howden
A-Plan was part of the portfolio of Hg 7, which closed on ТЃ2bn in April 2013
Agilitas-backed LCG acquires Acorn
Agilitas acquired LCG in March 2020 for an enterprise value of ТЃ125-150m from MML Capital
IQ Capital et al. in £5.8m series-A for AccelerComm
Existing investors Bloc Ventures and listed technology investor IP Group also participate
Morningside leads £40.6m series-B for Immune Regulation
Morningside's Isaac Cheng will join the company's board of directors
BGF invests £3m in 365 Response
BGF's investment will be used to accelerate the development of the technology platform
Rede Partners appoints Ellul as chairman
Firm has also hired associate principals Etiene Ekpo-Utip in the UK and Matthew Zuckerman in the US