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Advent makes £221.5m bid for Brammer
Industrial components company's board recommends approval of the offer valuing shares at 165 pence
UK government to invest £400m in venture
Chancellor of the exchequer's Autumn Statement focuses government's attention on supporting startups
Draper Esprit acquires Elderstreet
Merger comes in response to VCT regulatory changes made over the past year
Inflexion appoints Daryl Cohen as investment director
New investment dirtector is joining from Vision Capital where he served as partner
BGF hires KPMG's Dolyniuk and Bureau van Dijk’s Beckett
New recruits will join the GP's Manchester office and focus on northern England deals
Former Permira head to chair UK government review panel
Ex-Permira managing partner Damon Buffini will chair a panel to support the growth of startups
Caledonia hires Mills as investment manager
Alex Mills joins from Graphite Capital, where she spent two years as investment manager
Verlinvest buys 24.5% of Mutti
Investor will boost the company's internationalisation and is understood to target an IPO
NorthEdge appoints McQuaid and Holmes
McQuaid and Holmes join the firm's Leeds and Manchester teams from JLA Group and PwC respectively
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US and European LPs bring PE investments in-house in our latest round-up of LP and secondaries news
Better Capital in exclusivity over £326m Gardner sale
Sale price would be above the figure sought for the aerospace company when it was first put up for sale
Ratos sets date and price range for Arcus IPO
Norwegian spirits group sets NOK 39-45 price range for shares ahead of 1 December listing
Accenture and Partech form strategic partnership
Accenture will invest in two Partech Ventures funds as part of the agreement
Catalyst bolsters London and Midlands teams
William Cooke, Matthew Lee and Jonathan Toh join the corporate finance house's deal-making team
BaltCap promotes four to partners
Promotions are part of the GP’s strategy to increase its focus on the Baltic region
Ratos loses second deputy CEO with Jungner departure
Bo Jungner will step down, following in the footsteps of fellow deputy CEO Henrik Blomé
Investindustrial hires Karangelen as senior principal
Appointment ties in with the GP’s international expansion strategy for its portfolio companies
3i generates £654m from PE realisations in H1
Listed firm saw its net asset value increase 19% during the six-month period, to 551 pence per share
Norvestor makes Svozilik partner amid raft of appointments
Nordic GP promotes Svozilik as one of three promotions and hires a further three
Norvestor makes take-private bid for NCR
Nordic GP makes bid provisional on achieving a 90% shareholding in Sweden-listed business
EIF, EC launch new pan-European venture FoF programme
Programme aims to support a range of small businesses and entrepreneurs across Europe
Post-Brexit UK could see increased PE activity
Research finds investors are more positive about the prospects for UK dealflow over EU activity
Investec appoints four to fund finance team
Investec's fund finance team counts 19 members in total after the latest appointments
Eight Roads appoints Atterwill as talent partner
New recruit marks the third senior appointment by the venture capital firm in three months