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Bridges hires Landers to advisory team
Landers will focus on advising family offices and high-net-worth clients on impact investing
Lakestar, Jungle Ventures lead $29.5m series-A for Engineer.ai
Softbank's venture capital fund DeepCore also takes part in the latest investment
Mercia in Arc funding round
Jaguar Land Rover's corporate venture arm InMotion led the round for the electric motorcycle startup
BGF-backed RSK bolts on CAN
Deal for the structural engineering business comes two years after BGF's initial investment
UK sub-£100m buyout volume rebounds
Dealflow for transactions in the lower price range hit a post-crisis quarterly peak in Q3
Livonia Partners leads $5.2m series-A for Scoro
Previous backers Inventure and Tera Ventures also take part in the funding round
Foresight invests £2.5m in Cimteq
Deal for the Welsh software developer was made from Foresight Regional Investment Fund
Elysian's Key Travel bolts on Raptim
Acquisition is the first add-on since the GP acquired the travel agency six months ago
Bain in exclusive talks to buy BWA Water additives
Sale of Manchester-based chemicals company BWA was embarked upon in early May 2018
SEP sells Indigo Pipelines to Arjun
Divestment of the gas distribution network comes four years after SEP bought the business for £52.7m
Quilvest’s Eudonet bolts on 3Si
Eudonet buys UK-based 3Si, a CRM platform dedicated to the not-for-profit sector
Carlyle's ADB Safegate bolts on Ultra AS for £22m
Transaction comes 16 months after the GP acquired ADB from PAI for a reported €900m
Maven promotes five to partner
Maven's newly promoted partners are Anderson, Lupton, McKinnon, Milroy and Whiteley
Pamplona promotes Schwab, Pruellage to co-managing partners
Appointments form part of the GP's succession plan, with three others promoted to partner
AMP Capital in talks to acquire CMG
Transaction would be the Australian manager's second move into the UK care sector
Total Capital Partners backs winter services firm Gritit
Total Capital's acquisition of a minority stake was financed by a combination of equity and debt
Luxury fashion à la mode for private equity buyers
Sky-high valuation of Versace at €1.83bn equates to 41x the company's 2017 EBITDA of €44.6m
Oxx recruits Danilina as associate
Appointment comes five months after the VC hired former Torch Partners VP Bob Thomas as senior associate
VMG and Hillhouse invest in Little Freddie
Deal for the organic baby food provider is the first in a formal partnership between the GPs
KCP sells Mi Glass in management buy-back
Divestment of the specialist glass processor brings to an end a seven-year holding period
General Catalyst leads £85m round for Monzo
Deal reportedly values the online bank at more than £1bn, around four times its 2017 valuation
Inflexion invests in PMC Treasury
GP draws capital for the transaction from Inflexion Enterprise Fund IV to finance the transaction
Sports Direct buys ECI's Evans from pre-pack administration
Deal brings to an end a three-year holding for ECI, with PwC mandated to find a buyer
Inflexion's Radius Payments buys Adam Phones
Acquisition is the first since the minority investment by Inflexion in January