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Core Capital invests in Avonside Group Services
Deal will support the roofing company's acquisition of competitor Bracknell Roofing
Oak Hill-backed Pulsant bolts on LayerV
Development comes a year after the UK-based IT business bolted on competitor Onyx Group
Bray Capital leads funding round for Glint
Funding will be used to complete development of Glint’s currency and app-based technology
Active sells Rapha to RZC Investments
Deal reportedly values the UK-based cycling clothing and accessories business at £200m
Blackstone et al. buy stake in Rothesay Life from Goldman Sachs
Deal comes four years after the consortium of investors acquired a majority stake
Pantheon ramps up co-investments amid rising secondaries valuations
Fund-of-funds manager also said its venture investments have been disappointing
Livingbridge leads £3.5m series-A for Symphony Ventures
GP injected capital into the robotic automation business from its Baronsmead Venture Trust
MML invests £36m in CSI
Buyout is the eighth deal completed by MML Capital Partners Fund VI
Sovereign's Arachas to acquire Capital Cover
Deal is the first bolt-on for the insurance brokerage firm since the GP backed its MBO in February
Mobeus promotes three
Trio of promotions follows the closing of Mobeus's first institutional fund
Core Capital sells AlliedPRA to CI Capital
Deals brings to an end an eight-year holding period in which the company sold its European arm
Beringea leads £1.75m series-A for DeepCrawl
Funding will be used primarily to scale up the operations of the data analytics firm
Livingbridge appoints Stanford as associate director
Susie Stanford leaves her position of investment manager at Lewis Trust Group to join the GP
Calculus invests £2m in Origin Broadband
Deal comes just seven months after the firm invested £3m in the fibre-optic broadband provider
AAC fully exits Strix via £190m IPO
Listing of kettle component manufacturer brings to an end a 12-year holding period for the GP
Rubicon in exclusivity over John Lawrie acquisition
Proposed deal for metal recycling business is reportedly based on an EBITDA figure of £10-12m
Dunedin reaps 2.8x multiple on Blackrock PM sale
GP has fully exited the business after a holding period of two years and four months
Disruptive Capital sells Gentoo for an expected 15x return
Sale is expected to complete in Q4 2017, following regulatory approval
BGF invests £7m in Netcall for MatsSoft acquisition
BGF's investment is in the form of a loan note with annual interest of 8.5%
Blackstone and CVC to buy PaySafe in £2.96bn deal
Transaction would value equity in the digital payments company at around 13x its 2016 EBITDA
Calculus leads £3.5m funding round for Cornerstone
Online shaving products supplier has secured £8m to date since its launch in 2014
Goodwin promotes Luxembourg specialist in London funds practice
Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine joins Goodwin’s PE and funds practice as a partner in London
Equistone-backed TOM Vehicle Rental acquires Transflex
Deal is the first bolt-on by TOM since Equistone invested in the company in December last year
Mobeus holds £166m final close for maiden LP-backed fund
Buyout vehicle is already 20% deployed across four transactions, with another deal in due diligence