United Kingdom
Dawn Capital appoints Inflexion's Brown
Hannah Brown is joining from her position as assistant director at Inflexion Private Equity
FTV leads £78m round in Bought By Many
Based in London, and founded in 2012, Bought By Many is a pet insurance broker based in London
ICG-backed Pageant Media acquires Eurekahedge for $8m
Mizuho Bank, which acquired the company in 2011, paid three times the amount it is selling it for
Aurelius's Bertram to make wholesale division insolvent, sells Wordery
Bertram temporarily closed Bertram Books as of 1 April due to uncertainty caused by the pandemic
Palatine-backed SMP acquires RBC Corporate Services Hong Kong
Palatine acquired financial advisory service SMP in 2019, drawing equity from Palatine III
VGC appoints Read as director
Alex Read joins from Alantra, where he spent three years as an origination associate
Lincoln International appoints two managing directors
Christian Schwarzmueller will join the DACH team while Florus Plantenga joins the London office
Nesta and Downing lead £2m round for Empiribox
Nesta education lead Manish Miglani and Downing portfolio director Mike Kennedy join the board
NB et al. buy minority stake in Castik-backed Waterlogic
In January 2020, BCI acquired a minority stake, which the three new incoming investors will share
Omers Ventures Fund IV closes on $750m
Fund targets growth-orientated, disruptive technology companies based across North America and Europe
NPIF allocates £23.7m to Maven
Regions the fund invests in include Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside
Stirling Square hires two
Stirling Square is currently investing from its fourth-generation fund, which closed on тЌ950m
Index Ventures raises $2bn across two new funds
Index Ventures Growth V, which targets later-stage companies, raises $1.2bn, while Index Ventures X closes on $800m
VCs in $80m series-B for Compass Pathways
Compass intends to use the funds to expand upon its lead programme in psilocybin therapy
Synova-backed Fairstone acquires domestic IFA firms
Synova committed ТЃ25m to the development of Fairstone in 2016, drawing equity from Synova III
IW invests £2m in GPDQ
IW Capital provides equity investments, typically of ТЃ1-2.5m, through EIS investments
Maven leads round for Intilery
Founded in 2012 and based in Chester, Intilery offers a real-time omnichannel CRM platform
Hg promotes Sanow to partner
Sanow has been involved in the Hg 6, Hg 7, Hg 8, Saturn, Mercury 1 and Mercury 2 fundraisings
Flexstone appoints new head of secondary investments
Flexstone closed secondaries and co-investment-focused Select Opportunities II on €300m in July 2019
Mayfair announces five promotions
Mayfair has promoted its portfolio director Paul Reading to the position of managing director
Ubon portfolio companies Vaion and Jazz Networks merge
Following the merger, the combined company т now named Ava т will consolidate its offering
Foresight sells Clubhouse Golf to Afinum-backed All4Golf
Clubhouse is the first exit for Foresight Regional Investment fund, which closed on ТЃ58m in 2016
BC Partners hires Adia's Heberling
Heberling joins from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where he was a senior member of the private equity team
Maven invests £2.5m in Precursive
All-equity investment will go towards a growth strategy in both the UK and the US