United Kingdom
Advent-backed Rubix acquires Barlotti, Walter Gondrom
Unquote understands the acquisitions were not backed by fresh equity from the firm
Limerstone buys Patricia Whites and Country Cousins for £14m
Grant Thornton was engaged to explore an auction process for the assets in December 2019
BGF and Coutts announce UK Enterprise Fund
Specific initiatives and programmes will be put in place to support female-led businesses
LDC acquires stake in healthcare company Ashtons
Founder Laurence Sprey will exit the company, with LDC backing the management team
Legal & General promotes Fitzpatrick to managing director
Fitzpatrick is expected to explore ways to deploy capital and enhance returns across alternatives
CVC Credit finances Sun European's WesCom acquisition
CVCтs European Private Debt business will provide a senior term loan and acquisition facilities
Draper Esprit hires investment director in London
Hornung will focus on consumer internet, financial services and online marketplaces
Trustbridge Partners et al. in $41m series-B for FiveAI
Existing investors including Lakestar also back the UK-based autonomous driving startup
FPE-backed Optimity acquires Pebble IT
Optimity makes the acquisition using a mix of new equity from FPE and debt from Clydesdale
BGF exits Vysiion for 3x return
Founded in 1971, Wiltshire-based Vysiion offers products and services surrounding IT infrastructure
Oakley to acquire Globe-Trotter
Oakley intends to strengthen Globe-Trotterтs position in the luxury travel luggage market
Inverleith acquires Montane
Firm is currently investing from Inverleith Limited Partnership fund, which closed on тЌ60m in 2018
Huntsworth board accepts £524m offer from CD&R
Takeover offer implies an entry multiple of 10.8x adjusted EBITDA of ТЃ48.4m
Livingbridge appoints four in investment team
Announcement follows the recent appointment of two partners and seven investment professionals
GA leads $130m series-B for Immunocore
Five existing investors, including Eli Lilly and RTW Investments, take part in the round
EMK acquires Trustonic
GP is currently investing from its debut buyout fund, which closed on ТЃ575m in May 2017
Redmile, Sofinnova invest £26.3m in Redx
Redmile has agreed to subscribe for 11.5 million new ordinary shares for 11.2 pence per share
Advent hires new lead for European consumer team
Chavanne joins from TowerBrook, where he most recently served as a managing director
Draper Esprit leads $83m round for Thought Machine
Based in London and with an office in Singapore, Thought Machine employs around 80 people
IK appoints Salmon as partner in small-cap team
Tom Salmon will primarily focus on the origination of investment opportunities in the UK
Checkout.com acquires VC-backed ProcessOut
Insight Partners and DST Global led a $230m series-A funding round for Checkout.com last year
MML-backed Learning Curve nearing sale - report
Agilitas, investing from its 2015 fund, is said to be one of the final bidders in the process
Palatine promotes six
Firm has promoted James Gregson, Kieran Lawton and James Winterbottom to senior investment director
Blantyre invests in McAvoy
Blantyre is currently investing from its Special Situations Fund 1, which closed on тЌ500m