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Ahren et al. in $16m round for Mogrify
Biotech's series-A is supported by a consortium of investors led by existing backer Ahren
Tenzing invests in Eikon
YFM Private Equity made a growth investment in the digital post-production company last year
Hiro holds first close for debut fund
Hiro Capital I is a fund focused on the games and digital sports technology sectors
Thoma Bravo acquires Sophos in $3.82bn deal
Apax Partners, which holds a 26.5% stake in the cybersecurity firm, will sell its holding
Cairngorm acquired Chandlers
Cairngorm Capital will merge this latest acquisition with three other portfolio companies
Reed Smith appoints Baker as partner
Colin Baker was previously Counsel at Goodwin Procter and an associate at SJ Berwin
AnaCap hires NN's Verret
Verret will be a managing director at the European financial services-focused firm
NVM invests £3.2m Tutorful
NVM Private Equity has made its eighth growth capital investment of 2019 in the tutoring platform
CVC Credit appoints Haaijman as head of client services
Haaijman previously worked at Alcentra as global head of product management and at JP Morgan
Marlin invests in SmartSearch
US-based firm Marlin Equity Partners closed its most recent vehicle on $2.5bn in 2017
Alcuin takes minority stake in Gravitas
Alcuin Capital Partners has invested for a minority stake in recruitment company Gravitas
Exponent-backed Meadow Foods acquires Nimbus Foods
Exponent acquired Meadow Foods in 2018 drawing equity from its third-generation fund
Vitruvian-backed CFC bolts on Solis Security
Solis security will expand CFC's in-house cyber claims and incident response team
Livingbridge invests £15m in Nationwide Hire
Livingbridge drew equity from its Enterprise 2 fund, which closed on £220m in 2015
Sidley hires Proskauer partner
Eleanor Shanks joins Sidley Austin's private equity practice from Proskauer Rose
Pantheon hires Eggleston and Berke
Pantheon Ventures appoints BGF's John Eggleston as partner and chief technology officer
VCs in £27m series-A for MiroBio
Advent Life Sciences, SR One, Oxford Science Innovation and Samsara Biocapital have invested
HarbourVest, Hamilton Lane in Bridgepoint Europe IV restructuring
Bridgepoint Europe IV, which closed on €4.8bn in 2008, still holds a number of assets
ECI takes minority stake in KBA
ECI Partners has taken a minority stake in corporate services provider KB Associates
LDC exits FCBI to Thomson Reuters
LDC backed the business events operator that will now become a part of Reuters News
83North closes fifth fund on $300m
Vehicle is incorporated in the Cayman Islands as 83North V but lists business headquarters in Israel
Augmentum co-leads £44m series-B for challenger bank Tide
Company intends to use the fresh financing to consolidate its market position and scale up its team
Inflexion to acquire Pharmaspectra
Inflexion Private Equity has taken a majority stake, drawing equity from its £250m fund
Notion Capital IV holds first close on £75m
Notion Capital has also announced its intention to raise a second growth opportunities fund
