United Kingdom
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 €150m in March 2013, according to Unquote Data
One Peak closes second growth fund on €443m
One Peak generally invests €5-30m per business in companies with run-rate revenues of at least €5m
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
Bestport sells Oracle for 3.3x return
Oracle Residential has 11 children's homes across Bedfordshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire
BGF-backed Xercise4Less prepares for administration
Gym chain recorded losses of £10.4m on £40m revenues in the most recently available accounting year
Carlyle-backed Euro Techno Com buys Comtec
Acquisition of the UK-based market peer is the first bolt-on during Carlyle's investment period
LDC invests in Aker
Tom Burnet, currently a non-executive director for BMO Private Equity Trust, will join Aker Systems
Campbell Lutyens promotes Patel to partner
Placement agent has also promoted Vincent Ragosta to principal in its New York office
Planet First Partners acquires stake in Polymateria for €16.5m
Polymateria is expected to reach sales of €33m in 2021, according to a report
TowerBrook acquires Azzurri in £70m deal
Azzurri owns the ASK Italian, Zizzi and Coco di Mama chains and is based in London
Bridgepoint in talks to acquire WSL
Twelve member clubs of WSL, including Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea, would also take stakes
CGE acquires Enhesa in debut deal
Founded in 2001, Enhesa is an environmental, health and safety compliance intelligence platform
Newlands, Hermes GPE invest in Capsule
Manchester-based Capsule generates 60% of its sales outside the UK, including 20% in the US
Target Global et al. co-lead £20.5m round for Drover
Target Global is currently investing from is Target Global Early Stage Fund II, which closed on €120m
BGF invests £2.7m in The Paint Shed
Management is planning to create an additional 20 jobs over the next 24 months
LP platform Titanbay launches
Titanbay has a 1% set up fee for clients and a 0.5% annual maintenance fee
Headway Capital exits lighting specialist Castaldi to trade
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Headway, which bought the business as part of Cape Natixis Due's portfolio
CommerzVentures invests $6m in Concirrus
Company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach
Draper Esprit leads £16.4m in series-C round in Ravelin
Ravelin is a fraud detection technology company that focuses on payment fraud