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UK unquote

Chocolates and confectionery
Carlyle exits Lily O’Brien’s in €40m deal

GP invested in 2014 via its Carlyle Cardinal Ireland fund for an estimated £12.5m

  • Exits
  • 05 January 2018
Bone setting and bioceramics companies
Baird Capital exits RaySpec

Polatechno acquires RaySpec for its products and future collaboration opportunities

  • UK / Ireland
  • 04 January 2018
Cyberbullying
Maven invests £1.95m in E-Safe Global

Deal comes two years after the GP made a £450,000 investment in the cyberbullying detection business

  • Expansion
  • 04 January 2018
Several promotions and appointments
ECI appoints three, promotes two

Daniel Bailey, Isa Maidan and Laura Morrill join the GP's investment team

  • People
  • 04 January 2018
Cloud computing and hosting services
Tenzing invests in buyout of Converge TS

Acquisition of the cloud-based IT business is the GP's second investment from its maiden fund

  • Buyouts
  • 03 January 2018
University services and student loans
HgCapital-backed A-Plan buys Endsleigh from Zurich

Endsleigh will continue to operate as a separate entity under its existing management team

  • Portfolio management
  • 03 January 2018
Neom sells scented candles and room fragrances
Piper invests in Neom Organics

GP acquires a minority stake in the UK-headquartered skincare and fragrances brand

  • Expansion
  • 03 January 2018
Crowdfunding platforms
VC-backed Funding Circle plans £1bn IPO

Peer-to-peer lending platform has raised more than £250m over six funding rounds

  • Exits
  • 03 January 2018
Meat producers and packaging
BGF injects £10m into DB Food

Funding will be directed towards the group's low-fat meat and protein division Muscle Food

  • Expansion
  • 02 January 2018
Car insurance
Connection Capital in £13.3m Tempcover MBO

GP invests £7.5m in the transaction for the online temporary insurance provider

  • Buyouts
  • 02 January 2018
Lawyers and corporate attorneys
Bowmark sells LBR to Levine Leichtman

Secondary buyout of the legal publishing company brings to an end a five-year holding period

  • Exits
  • 02 January 2018
GPs can pick and choose which investors to work with thanks to strong LP appetite
CapVest's Valeo buys Raisio's confectionery brands for €100m

Acquisition of Big Bear, Nimbus and Candy Plus is the ninth bolt-on made by the group

  • Expansion
  • 22 December 2017
Computer animation of DNA strand
VC firms in £85m series-B for Orchard Therapeutics

Fresh capital will be used for the global launch of the company's lead gene therapy product

  • Early-stage
  • 21 December 2017
Tom Haywood of Foresight Group
Foresight appoints Haywood as investment manager

New recruit previously co-founded biotech company Puridify, which was sold to GE Healthcare

  • People
  • 21 December 2017
Books and libraries
Aurelius buys Connect Books

Division comprises six brands and has projected combined revenues of €250m for 2017

  • Buyouts
  • 21 December 2017
UK buyouts completed between January and November
UK buyout activity reaches post-crisis peak in 2017

Small-cap and lower-mid-market invested strongly during the course of the year, while fundraising activity continued apace

  • Investments
  • 21 December 2017
Wealth managers and financial advisers
AnaCap sells First Names to Astorg's SGG

Transaction sees AnaCap generate a 2.6x money multiple on its investment in the administration business

  • Exits
  • 20 December 2017
Tomatoes and Italian sauces
BGF invests in APS Group

Tomato producer will invest in a new glasshouse, site expansion and automation technology

  • Expansion
  • 20 December 2017
Nurseries and childcare
Ontario Teachers' partially divests Busy Bees to Temasek

Nursery school business has undertaken an acquisitive growth strategy under the LP's tenure

  • Exits
  • 20 December 2017
Chat bots and customer communication
Global Founders leads $14.75m series-A for DigitalGenius

Fresh funding will enable the company to invest in product development and marketing activity

  • Expansion
  • 19 December 2017
Sleep aids
Atami Capital leads £40m series-B for Simba Sleep

Saracens chair Nigel Wray also takes part in the round alongside Wharton Asset Management

  • Expansion
  • 19 December 2017
Company management teams and non-executive directors
TA buys Old Mutual Wealth's Single Strategy division

As of 30 September 2017, the Single Strategy business had £25.7bn in funds under management

  • GPs
  • 19 December 2017
Afternoon tea at the Wolseley in London
Graphite divests Corbin & King to Minor Hotels

Luxury restaurant group opened four new restaurants and one hotel during the GP's holding period

  • Exits
  • 19 December 2017
Crisps in a bowl on a wooden table
Apera Capital backs refinancing of LDC's Seabrook

LDC mandates Apera to provide facilities worth £23.5m to support Seabrook's growth

  • Refinancing
  • 19 December 2017
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