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Endless-backed Book People bolts on Qwerkity
Acquisition of novelty gift retailer will expand Book People's range of products
LDC invests £11m for minority stake in Lucid
Deal for medical communications agency is the fifth investment by the GP's London team in 12 months
UK general election: private equity and advisory reactions
Lack of an overall majority in parliament creates uncertainty for PE but calls into question Tory threats of a "no-deal" Brexit
LDC sells Clifford Thames to US trade buyer
Business will be acquired by OEConnection Holdings, a US-based e-commerce technology group
Hartenberg's FutureLife bolts on Galway
FutureLife acquired the business through its subsidiary ReproMed, which the group bought in 2016
TA invests in Biocomposites
GP is currently investing from its $5.3bn 12th fund, which held a final close in 2015
Shawbrook to reject BC, Pollen Street's £868m take-private bid
Independent directors tell shareholders the 340 pence per share offer undervalues the company
CD&R, SSA sell 12.5% stake in B&M for £454.3m
Following the partial divestment, CD&R will retain a 4.9% stake in the discount retailer
Endless sells Imtech UK & Ireland to EDF
Sale of technical services business comes less than two years after its acquisition by the GP
Nordic Capital and Avista in partial exit for ConvaTec
Sale is understood to have generated £805m in gross proceeds for the private equity owners
LDC reaps 3.3x in sale of A-Gas to KKR
Refrigeration gas business has undertaken an acquisitive growth strategy under the vendor's tenure
Rutland invests in Aston Barclay
Deal for the car auction business is the fifth investment made from the GP's third fund
Baird acquires aircraft components company CAV
Baird partners James Benfield and Dennis Hall will take a seat on the CAV board as part of the deal
VC-backed Bicycle Therapeutics raises £40m series-B
Round is led by new backer Vertex Ventures and includes several existing investors
HgCapital exits The Parts Alliance in £205m trade sale
Sale delivers a 2x investment multiple and 19% gross IRR after five years of ownership
InfraVia buys Irish nursing homes operator Carechoice
GP recently closed its third European infrastructure fund, InfraVia European Fund III, on €1bn
HgCapital's A-Plan in £170m refinancing
Refinancing consists mainly of two term loan B facilities worth £98.8m and £66.2m
Endless in £25m Capita recruitment arm carve-out
Affinity Workforce will be the 11th buyout for Endless's fourth fund, closed on £525m
Stirling Square hires ex-Segulah partner Henrik Lif
Lif will join the firm's origination team in London and target the European market
Epiris promotes Wood, Wilson and Gray
Owen Wilson and Ian Wood become investment partners, while Nicola Gray is promoted to investment director
Earlybird, Panakés lead €6m round for Alesi Surgical
Round included existing investors IP Group and state-backed investment firm Finance Wales
Idinvest sells eRepublik via trade sale
Deal sees the GP fully exiting its holding after a nine-year ownership period
FPE to merge newly acquired SGL and Masstech
New company will be run by Masstech's management and will be headquartered in the UK
Maven invests £1.5m in data and graphics startup Ebb3
Funding for the deal will come from Maven Capital Partners's venture capital trusts