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Electra exits Sentinel Performance Solutions to trade
GP acquired the heating and water systems cleaning and maintenance business in 2011
Electra Private Equity sets out 2021 exit plans
GP plans to exit its last portfolio companies: dining chain TGI Fridays and retailer Hotter Shoes
Phoenix launches £100m venture capital fund
Fund enables Phoenix to build portfolios with exposure to venture capital investments for its policyholders
ECI looking to kickstart CPOMS sale after summer
GP appoints GCA Altium for the upcoming sale of the educational safeguarding software provider
H2 Equity sells Healthcare 21 to trade
H2 invested in the medical supplies business in 2018, merging it with portfolio company Aquilant
Searchlight's Survitec completes refinancing
Ares' £270m package will be used in part to finance the add-on of IK's Hansen Protection
UK buyout rankings: who invested the most in Q1
Unquote tallies the top 10 most active GPs across the UK buyout space in an exceptionally busy first quarter
Future Planet Capital acquires Midven
Midven was founded in 1990 and focuses on West Midlands-based science and technology investments
Horizon Capital invests in The Marketing Practice
GP has made a £20m commitment to the UK-based B2B marketing company, with add-on deals to follow
Shackleton launches fifth venture secondaries fund
Fund combines secondaries purchases with the deployment of fresh capital directly injected in promising companies
UK buyout activity sets new record in Q1
UK buyout market is truly back in full swing, according to preliminary figures from Unquote's proprietary database
Piper invests in Wild Nutrition
GP is investing £5m in the nutritional supplements producer via its Piper VI vehicle
Investcorp, LDC exit Kee Safety
Exit sees the UK-based building safety business acquired by management, backed by ICG
GCP invests in Hippo Digital for minority stake
Deal is the second investment for GCP's fifth fund, which was registered in Q3 last year
NorthEdge acquires Correla
Acquisition of the energy data company is the first platform investment from the GP's £250m Fund III
TDR Capital to take Arrow private in £563m deal
Offer price represents a premium of 33.4% to the closing price of 230.5 pence per share on 5 February 2021
Aurelius acquires AutoRestore
Acquisition is intended to complement Aurelius's other portfolio companies in the vehicle fleet services sector
Endless exits Carpet & Flooring in trade sale
GP acquired the carpet and flooring division of listed building products company SIG in early 2017
Parsley Box floats in £84m IPO, Mobeus reaps 4.2x return
Mobeus sells one third of its holding, while remaining as the largest institutional shareholder in the business with a 14% stake
Astorg buys majority stake in Five Arrows-backed Opus 2
Five Arrows bought a minority stake in the legal technology company in 2017 and will now reinvest
CapVest sells Eight Fifty to Sofina Foods
Combined group is expected to employ 13,000 staff across 44 sites and generate $6bn in annual revenues
Gyroscope Therapeutics raises $148m in Forbion-led series C
Series-C round for the gene therapy company is led by Forbion’s Growth Opportunities Fund
Lonsdale backs Horseware Ireland
This is the ninth investment made by the GP via Lonsdale Capital Partners Fund I, which closed on £110m in 2016
Cairngorm eyes £200m final close in July
Fund's predecessor, Cairngorm Capital Partners II, reached a final close on £107.5m in April 2017
