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Palatine backs management buyout of SMP Partners
Isle of Man-based financial advisory business will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy
Softbank funding round values OakNorth at $2.8bn
Firm has led a $440m capital injection for the UK-based digital lender to fund its US expansion
UK activity taking hit in 2018 despite mid-market resilience
Buyouts valued at more than £500m fell by 56% in aggregate value terms in 2018, and by 43% in terms of volume
Livingbridge sells Thomas Fudge's to Burton's Biscuits
Burton's Biscuits - owned by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan - is targeting the premium biscuit market
Horizon-backed Totalmobile completes two bolt-ons
TBS and Clouddialogs produce software that allows users to manage mobile workforces and properties
Sunstone holds €80m first close for fourth life science fund
Sunstone Life Science Ventures Fund IV expects to close on its €150m target by early 2020
Notion and Mosaic back €4.4m Vortexa series-A
London-based Vortexa uses AI and satellite data to track and predict the movement of tankers
Aquiline's ClearCourse acquires APT Solutions
Deal is the buy-and-build platform's fourth acquisition within just six months of its foundation
Inflexion's Reed & Mackay bolts on Concierge Travel
Deal is the fifth bolt-on acquisition by the travel agency group under the GP's tenure
Adams Street hires de Beau for primary investments team
Responsibilities include managing private equity fund manager relationships throughout Europe
Palatine's CET UK bolts on Enverity
Deal is the first bolt-on for the infrastructure and property assurance group under the GP's tenure
Carlyle sells Graze to Unilever
Deal reportedly values the UK-based healthy snack producer in the region of £150m
Edge invests £3.5m in Festicket
Deal comes just three months after the online event booking platform raised a $10.5m series-D
Goldman Sachs et al. in $20m series-A for Bud
Banking software developer will look to double its headcount to 140 by the end of 2019
CBPE acquires Simbec-Orion
GP acquires the life sciences research firm from Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund
Tenzing recruits Inflexion's Healy, makes two further hires
GP has hired former Inflexion TMT partner Healy, as well as Phoenix's Sims and Deloitte's Nicholson
Three Hills closes third fund on €540m hard cap
THCS III exceeds its €400m target, attracting LPs from Europe, North America and Australasia
Vala launches EIS fund with alternative fee structure
Newly launched firm will replace standard administrative fees with a performance-related model
Graphite sells Sk:n to TriSpan after 13-year holding
Deal reportedly values the UK-headquartered skincare clinic operator at around £35m
VCs back Aire in $11m funding round
Crane is joined in the round by existing investors White Star Capital and Sunstone Capital
Livingbridge's Broadstone bolts on CS Financial Solutions
CSFS becomes a fully integrated part of Broadstone and will serve the combined group's client base
Carlyle hits €1.35bn hard-cap for Europe Technology Partners IV
Fund will invest in lower-mid-market technology-focused companies based in Europe and the US
HIG hires Pamplona's Noé-Nordberg as MD
New recruit will head up the firm's recently launched European mid-market division
Montagu's Maincare bolts on Anticyclone
Deal for the speech recognition software developer comes eight months after the GP's backing