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Aquiline-backed ClearCourse buys Practice Point
Practice Point's management team will stay on with the business, which will continue to operate independently
Kester Capital closes second fund on £90m
GP also announced the refinancing of online gardening retailer YouGardem, scoring a 60% cost return
PE-backed Nylacast acquires Supergrip
Deal is Nylacast's second add-on transaction since the GP acquired it in 2018
Partners Group-backed Civica acquires InfoFlex
Omers Private Equity sold Civica to Partners Group for an enterprise value of £1.055bn in 2017
Synova-backed Fairstone acquires Chiltern House
Synova committed £25m to the development of Fairstone in 2016, drawing equity from Synova III
ECI-backed Arkessa acquires Sim Services
Acquisition is expected to allow Arkessa to strengthen its presence in the Netherlands
Foresight-backed Envair acquires TCS for £2m
TCS managing director Dave McCabe will stay on with the combined company
Aberdeen Standard hires Cinven's Robinson
Robinson joins from his position as principal at Cinven, where he acted as a non-executive director
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 £20m
YFM hires new partner
YFM closed its most recent fund, YFM Buyout Fund II, on £80m in March 2020
ECI invests in CSL
ECI is currently investing from its ECI 11 fund, which closed on £700m on July 2018
GCP invests in GTS
GCP makes hybrid debt and equity investments of £5-30m across a variety of sectors
Hg makes further investment in Evaluate
Hg Capital Trust has invested approximately £8.1m 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, Café 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