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Kernel leads €1.7m round in Zeto
Kernel invested via the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds
LDC makes 2.3x on Original Additions sale
LDC acquired the branded beauty goods supplier in 2011 through a secondary buyout
Palamon scores 13x on £600m Towry sale
Permira-backed Tilney BestInvest won the competitive process, which attracted strong PE interest
Atlantic Bridge III holds first close
Vehicle has collected commitments from EIF, AIB as well as Enterprise Ireland
Lone Star set for £450m Forterra IPO
US GP will list the British brick maker on LSE after a six-month holding period
Albion holds early close after raising £36m
VCT manager was initially expecting to raise £25m by September
Iterum Therapeutics raises $40m
Newly created company has also been granted global licensing rights for a new antibiotic
Notion Capital leads $13m round for GoCardless
London-based direct debit provider GoCardless raises $13m from Notion, Balderton et al.
Spring Ventures backs £10m HFH MBO
Spring Ventures also underwrote the debt for the deal
NVM appoints new investment director
Charles Winward joins the investment team to source, transact and manage VCT investments
Mirriad Advertising raises $15m
The company has developed technology to mitigate the rise of ad blocking
Notion leads £1.7m round for Apperio
Apperio was set up by former CMS lawyer and private equity practitioner Nicholas d’Adhemar
Synova scores 3x on TLG exit
Synova acquired TLG in an off-market deal in July 2008
Atlantic Healthcare raises $24m from LDC et al.
Funding will allow the company to complete phase-3 trials of its inflammatory bowel disease treatment
Paladin leads $5m series-A for Elliptic
Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler and others have joined the funding round
YFM and Octopus exit Callstream
Investment duo first backed the company in 2010, when it was known as Bluebell Telecoms
ECI backs pet food producer MPM
The Macclesfield-based company’s management team will remain at the helm following ECI’s investment
Riverside invests in Guestline
Following the deal, Riverside will support Guestline's organic and acquisitive growth
Campbell Lutyens appoints new principal in London
Jeffrey Griffiths, formerly of Credit Suisse, has joined the firm as principal
Insight sells Jagex to Shandong
Shandong has paid $300m for the business despite suffering losses of $55m in 2015
Inflexion picks up Global Reach
Following the management buyout, Global Reach will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy
Bowmark merges its property services businesses
The two companies, Leaders and Romans, will continue to operate separately following the deal
Endless’s Enact backs Kesslers
Deal marks fourth transaction for Endless's SME-focused Enact fund
UK buyout activity suffers deepest decline since 2009
The volume of buyouts witnessed so far for the first quarter of 2016 is the lowest on record since 2009