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LDC hires six and announces promotions
Lee Donaldson joins from RBS' structured finance team and Delores Noriega joins from JP Morgan
Balderton raises $145m for direct VC secondaries fund
Fund will target European growth-stage companies where early backers want some pre-exit liquidity
Investindustrial-backed Aston Martin prices £4.3bn IPO
Flotation of the luxury carmaker values shares towards the lower end of the initial price range
Tenzing acquires Ticketer
Deal for the bus ticketing software company is the GP's fourth from its maiden fund
Mobeus backs Preservica with £7.5m series-B
Preservica's revenue has been boosted by greater demand for data compliance services
Reed Smith hires Dechert's Deveau as fund finance partner
New recruit joins the London office after three years as counsel at Dechert
Goodwin promotes Miranda to partner
Miranda specialises in PE, VC, management incentive schemes and restructuring transactions
Bridges acquires Cucina, creates Impact Food Group
GP has merged the school meals provider with portfolio company Innovate Services
VC firms invest $50m in Owlstone Medical
Horizons also took part in the first phase of the funding round that was led by Aviva Ventures
Hg sells Lumesse
Sale of HR software company brings to an end an eight-year holding period for the vendor
Piper leads £15m funding round for Bloom & Wild
Piper draws capital from Piper Private Equity VI, which has recently closed on ТЃ125m
Q&A: GMT Communications Partners' Timothy Green
Managing partner speaks to Unquote about deal-by-deal investing, the impact of Bexit and a trend towards specialisation
Inverleith acquires Planet Organic
Deal for organic supermarket chain is the third investment made from the GP's first fund
Värde injects £60m into Masthaven
Funding will enable the UK-based bank to increase its lending and develop new services
Advent-backed Laird sells off CVS division
Advent wholly acquired the UK-based manufacturer in a take-private deal earlier this year
VC-backed Green Man Gaming pushes back IPO plans
Online videogame community and marketplace has reportedly reduced its anticipated valuation
Piper sells Orlebar Brown to Chanel
Sale of tailored swimwear company was reportedly expected to value the business at up to ТЃ50m
Vitruvian leads $50m series-E for Darktrace
Other participants in the round include existing investors KKR and TenEleven Ventures
Battery Ventures carves out UK-based TTP Labtech
TTP Labtech will ramp up its Cambridge-based biotech business through strategic acquisitions
ESO invests in Pyroguard
Financing is structured as a senior-secured loan note with additional equity participation
Grafton capital backs AI software firm Softomotive
Softomotive, which focuses on automating business processes, will move from Greece to London
England's northern PE players move upmarket
North-west England is accounting for an ever-increasing portion of UK aggregate value, while the north as a whole is seeing increased small-cap volume
Literacy invests in Mountain Healthcare
GP introduces former Capita managing director Chris Sellers as new CEO and chairperson
Rockpool backs BIMBO of BGF-backed Primrose
Online retailer of garden products generated EBITDA of ТЃ2.5m in its most recent financial year