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BGF injects £3.2m into Lightfoot
Fleet-focused driving telemetry company will extend its services into the consumer space
ICG raises €4bn for seventh European fund
Debt and equity investor's fundraising reaches €4bn in third party commitments
Draper Esprit leads $13m series-B for Form3
Barclays and Angel CoFund also took part in the round for the payment processing startup
Beech Tree invests in BCN Group
GP is currently investing from its £115m second fund, which invests £10-40m per deal
Vespa backs Feefo MBO
GP is currently investing from its £120m fund, which typically invests in deals valued at £10-70m
Rutland backs MBO of Total Rail Solutions
Deal is the seventh investment from Rutland's third fund, which closed on £263m in 2015
Agilitas-backed Hydro International buys Oxford Scientific
Agilitas acquired the wastewater treatment products and services provider earlier this year
DIP Capital injects £1.5m into Wejo
DIP Capital was established in February 2018 and focuses on investing in disruptive businesses
Beringea leads $10.5m round for Festicket
Booking platform for music-festival package deals is undertaking international expansion
General Atlantic bids for Premiership Rugby - report
GP is reportedly the latest in a number of PE houses to have shown an interest in the pro league
Livingbridge hires LGT's Crackett as investment director
New recruit leaves his role as executive director at LGT after six years with the firm
Albion invests £5m in The Evewell
Women's health clinic will look to capitalise on increasing demand for fertility treatments
Nauta Capital invests £3.5m in series-A for Mercaux
Nauta Capital general partner Carles Ferrer will join the company's board to support the management
Cairngorm buys Arnold Laver, creates National Timber Group
Deal is the fourth acquisition in the GP's UK timber market consolidation strategy
Privet sells Vivid Toy Group to Goliath
Sale of the toymaker brings to an end a holding period of just 20 months for the vendor
Nyca leads £5m series-A for Fluidly
Octopus and Anthemis also take part in the round for the financial software developer
Q&A: Inverleith’s Paul Skipworth
Unquote speaks to managing partner Skipworth about fundraising process and deploying capital in the embattled UK consumer space
Hg Capital Trust sells Atlas to Riverside's Mintra
Deal represents the second add-on for Riverside's Mintra, following the acquisition of OCS HR
Northzone, Balderton inject £20m into Nested
Online estate agent has concurrently raised £100m in debt as it pursues nationwide expansion
Inverleith acquires Montezuma's
Chocolate manufacturer's founders will retain a minority stake in the company as part of the deal
ECI invests in Moneypenny
Reports value the deal for the outsourced customer services business at more than £100m
Kernel Capital leads €2.25m funding round for Nova Leah
Company plans to use the fresh capital to scale up its team and develop its products
P2P lender Zopa raises £60m
Zopa is in the process of obtaining a banking licence, which will allow it to launch a banking unit
Livingbridge sells VCT business to Gresham House for £30m
Livingbridge steps away from the VCT space in order to focus on its core private equity activities