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Investcorp hires Minoli as director
Minoli will join a 10-strong advisory team as corporate investment advisory director
Livingbridge invests in Direct Ferries
Deal for the online ticket aggregator marks Livingbridge's 100th investment to date
Spring Ventures invests £20m in BIMBO of IGF
Provider of SME financing will undertake a recruitment drive and expand across the UK
Endeit and Beringea in $25m series-B for Blis
London adtech company is to expand into the US market and invest in marketing activity
Accel raises $500m for latest European and Israeli vehicle
Early- and growth-stage fund will target e-commerce, SaaS and IT companies
LDC backs £17m MBO of Panther Logistics
Investment in UK courier business comes just two months after its SBO of CitySprint
Octopus raises £100m for VCTs
Increased consumer appetite for VCTs follows the introduction of new UK pension laws
Maven backs £12m MBO of Westfield Medical
Sterilisation packaging company will look to increase production and international sales
Scottish Enterprise et al. in £27.5m Touch Bionics trade sale
Deal comes five years after a £2.5m investment in the Scottish prosthetics company
Dunedin promotes Hoare and Rowan to partner
Davidson and Chung are also promoted following an active first quarter for the UK firm
AnaCap reaps 4.5x on Simply Business exit to Aquiline
Secondary buyout reportedly values the online insurance broker at around £120m
Advent sells down 14% stake in DFS for £90m
GP acquired the sofa retailer from its founder in a £500m deal six years ago
Bain and Advent sell down £740m stake in WorldPay
The GPs will retain a 28% stake in the company following the divestment
Clearwater makes raft of promotions
Corporate finance outfit Clearwater has promoted seven people across its UK offices
Park Square closes third subordinated debt fund on €1.2bn
The vehicle surpassed its target of €1bn and has access to an additional €300m in leverage
Calculus injects £2.25m into Duvas
UK pollution monitoring company is preparing to bring its systems to market in the US
Samaipata and Elderstreet in $7.5m round for Jinn
UK-based courier and food delivery service is looking to expand into southern Europe
Catapult exits FDAS
Catapult first backed the quality control testing company when it was created in 2004
Index et al. exit Onefinestay in €148m sale to AccorHotels
Accommodation rental platform had raised €80m from four institutional investment rounds
Palamon in £20m round for portfolio company Feelunique
GP acquired the online cosmetics retailer in 2012 in a £26m deal alongside Sirius Equity
CIC and Octopus in £13.7m round for Origami Energy
VCs previously took part in a £3.5m seed round for the UK-based software-as-a-service firm
Livingstone names Carberry as partner
Carberry has worked in Livingstone's industrial team for 11 years
William Hill acquires OpenBet for £270m
Deal values OpenBet at 8.4x EBITDA and provides an exit for Vitruvian Partners
Palatine in £40m SBO of Verdant Leisure from RJD
SBO provides an exit for RJD Private Equity Fund II, six years after acquisition