United Kingdom
MBU acquires Union Bank UK
MBU Capital makes direct and venture capital investments on behalf of high-net-worth individuals
FTV leads £32m round for Liberis
Senior investment adviser Jerome Hershey of FTV Capital will join the company's board
Existing investors participate in $80m round for Currencycloud
Existing investors Sapphire Ventures, Notion Capital, GV, Accomplice and Anthemis all participate
Merino-backed Hawkin's Bazaar appoints administrators
Company reported a loss of almost ТЃ1m on ТЃ15.3m in sales in 2018 and employs 177 people
Foresight invests £16.8m in Signature
Foresight Group will provide an initial ТЃ5m revolving credit facility to Signature
Altitude et al. back Nobl series-A
Cannabis data, conference and consulting service was backed by sector-focused investors
CMS's Grimwood joins Goodwin
Goodwin Procter employs around 60 corporate, fund formation and PE-focused tax lawyers in London
MW&L acquires Chairman Mentors
MW&L invested ТЃ66m in oil well decommissioning company Well-Safe Solutions in October 2019
Active Partners closes third fund on £100m
Active Partners closed its predecessor fund, Active ECF, on $40m in September 2016
Clearwater opens Leeds office, appoints Goldsack
Newly appointed partner Richard Goldsack previously worked at Grant Thornton and EY
Advent completes £4bn acquisition of Cobham
Advent drew equity from its $17.5bn Advent IX vehicle, which writes equity tickets of $100m-1bn
Stripes leads $150m round for Snyk at $1bn+ valuation
Investors such as Coatue, Tiger Global, BoldStart and Salesforce Ventures also participated
Blossom closes Fund II on $185m
Portfolio companies include UK-based Duffel, Swiss company Frontify and Ireland-based Tines
Mayfair hires Price from Lloyds Bank
Price led the strategic debt finance and capital structure advisory teams at Lloyds
LDC exits Keoghs
Keoghs CEO John Whittle and the management team will continue to lead the business
Maven and GAM lead £6.4m round for Coniq
Coniq offers a CRM and loyalty platform for shopping malls, outlets and retail brands
Inflexion acquires Marston minority stake
Marston is a judicial services group, which recovers funds on behalf of taxpayers and businesses
Pantheon Global Secondary Fund VI to close in 2020
Pantheon's latest vehicle, Global Secondary Fund VI, is expected to hold a final close in 2020, Unquote understands.
Pantheon promotes Wong and Vainio to partner
Pantheon offers regional primary fund programmes, secondaries, and co-investment
MML acquires Arrow from GCP
CVC Credit has provided a ТЃ70m acquisition facility to the business support service
Atomico promotes Haivas to partner
VC is currently investing from Atomico IV, which closed on $765m in February 2017
Blake joins Herbert Smith Freehills funds practice
Jonathan Blake joins as head of international private funds strategy
Inflexion-backed Bollington acquires Ashgrove
Since 2012, Ashgrove has acquired five insurance businesses in the north-west of England
Ethos acquires Pet Mate
Unquote understands the entry multiple for the company was 4-8x the company's ТЃ2m EBITDA