United Kingdom
NorthEdge-backed Orbis acquires Optosafe
Current Optosafe CTO John Robertson has joined Orbis as managing director of the Optosafe division
YFM-backed DSP acquires Explorer
Acquisition of Explorer is expected to see group revenues boosted to more than ТЃ20m
YFM hires new partner
YFM closed its most recent fund, YFM Buyout Fund II, on ТЃ80m in March 2020
ECI invests in CSL
ECI is currently investing from its ECI 11 fund, which closed on ТЃ700m on July 2018
GCP invests in GTS
GCP makes hybrid debt and equity investments of ТЃ5-30m across a variety of sectors
Hg makes further investment in Evaluate
Hg Capital Trust has invested approximately ТЃ8.1m alongside other institutional clients of Hg
THCP-backed Byron to be acquired out of administration
Existing investors, including Three Hills Capital Partners, will retain a minority share
Epiris acquires Casual Dining Group
Epiris commits further resources for assets including Bella Italia, CafУЉ Rouge and Las Iguanas
Vitruvian closes fourth fund on €4bn
Evercore Private Funds Group and Monument Group acted as placement agents
Leonard Green-backed CPA merges with Clarivate in $6.8bn deal
Clarivate is anticipating adjusted revenues of $1.13-1.16bn and adjusted EBITDA of $395-420m for 2020
Warburg Pincus, DTCP acquire Community Fibre
Olaf Swantee, the former CEO of EE, will join Community Fibre as executive chairman
LDC in exclusive talks to acquire Excell – report
Excell Group provides bespoke managed communication services primarily for clients in the UK
OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage
Index Ventures and Balderton Capital also take part in the funding round
D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise
Founded in 2011, TransferWise is a London-based international money transfer service
LDC backs £30m DoubleEdge, Foehn and Metaphor IT merger
Leadership team at the new group, which will be named Kerv, will be led by Alastair Mills as executive chairman
GCP exits DMW to Credera
DMW's management team, led by CEO Chris Dean, will continue in their current roles
Fortunis invests up to £15m in Sportside
Social app allows people to find sports players of a similar age, ability and geography
AnaCap promotes three to partner in London
Edward Green, Nassim Cherchali and Tassilo Arnhold will also be appointed to AnaCap's investment committees as voting members
Revolut raises $80m in series-D extension
FinTech company has reportedly raised $983m in total funding
Evolution leads $64.7m round for Quantexa
New backers British Patient Capital and ABN Amro Ventures join existing investor Accenture Ventures
Global Founders, Picus invest in £12m round in Selina
Global Founders Capital closed its most recent fund on тЌ150m in March 2013, according to Unquote Data
One Peak closes second growth fund on €443m
One Peak generally invests тЌ5-30m per business in companies with run-rate revenues of at least тЌ5m
Cadman's Backs Enterprises acquires Norpol, Burbridge
Louth-based companies are specialist operators in the printing and packaging sector
Apax VIII and Apax IX post higher valuations than Q4 2019
Both funds have valuations of more than 14% higher compared with valuations in March 2020