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Susan Martin of LPFA
LPFA appoints Martin as CEO

Susan Martin, LPFA

  • UK / Ireland
  • 06 January 2014
Isis sells Kafevend to Eden Springs

Isis Equity Partners has sold Kafevend to Eden Springs, reaping a 2.5x multiple and an IRR of 13.8% for the Baronsmead VCTs.

  • Exits
  • 06 January 2014
Beechbrook backs Simply Biz and N-Sea

Beechbrook Capital has made two new mezzanine investments via its second fund, backing support services business Simply Biz and sub-sea infrastructure services provider N-Sea.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 06 January 2014
Twenty and fifty pound notes
August Equity hits £200m hard-cap for Fund III

UK lower-mid-market investor August Equity has exceeded its £180m target to reach the £200m hard-cap for its latest vehicle August Equity Partners III.

  • Funds
  • 06 January 2014
Bowmark raises £375m

Bowmark Capital has hit its hard-cap of £375m for its latest fund, surpassing its initial £350m target.

  • Funds
  • 03 January 2014
Imperial increases investment in TopiVert

Imperial Innovations has injected a further £4.5m into existing portfolio company TopiVert, a UK-based developer of treatments for inflammatory eye and gut diseases.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 03 January 2014
Enterprise Ireland et al. back Metabolomic

Enterprise Ireland, SOSVentures and the AIB Seed Capital Fund have injected €750,000 into the series-A funding round of Ireland-based Metabolomic Diagnostics.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 03 January 2014
Envestors pumps £900,000 into NRG

Envestors has led a £900,000 funding round for value-focused health and fitness chain NRG Gym.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 02 January 2014
News Corp pays €18m to boost video efforts

News Corp has bought Storyful, a Dublin-based social news agency backed by investors including ACT Venture Capital, for €18m.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 23 December 2013
BGF signs Thames Card Technology deal

The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has committed £3.2m to Essex-based plastic card manufacturer Thames Card Technology (TCT).

  • UK / Ireland
  • 23 December 2013
Hogan Lovells promotes Whelan to PE co-head

Hogan Lovells has appointed London partner Tom Whelan as global co-head of private equity.

  • People
  • 20 December 2013
StreetHub raises $1.2m seed round

Index Ventures and Octopus Ventures have led a $1.2m seed funding round for StreetHub, an online platform for independent retailers.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 20 December 2013
Kurtosys secures $8m

London-based Kurtosys, a financial technology (fintech) software company, has raised $8m in its series-C funding round from Triangle Peak Partners and existing backer True Ventures.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 20 December 2013
BGF invests £4m in Palmer Hargreaves

The Business Growth Fund has invested £4m in Midlands-based marketing and communication agency Palmer Hargreaves.

  • Expansion
  • 20 December 2013
Westbridge Capital reaps 3x on Mobile Computing Systems

Westbridge Capital has sold its stake in software business Mobile Computing Systems (MCS), generating a 3x money multiple.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 20 December 2013
Neil Woodford to join Oakley Capital

High-profile fund manager Neil Woodford is set to join London-based private equity and asset management business Oakley Capital.

  • People
  • 19 December 2013
BGF injects £6m into Medicina

The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £6m in Bolton-based medical devices company Medicina.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 19 December 2013
Sovereign’s Kindertons buys Plantec

Accident management firm Kindertons, backed by Sovereign Capital, has acquired Plantec, a UK-based provider of services to the motor insurance industry.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 19 December 2013
LDC backs £17.8m GMG Property MBO

LDC has supported the £17.8m management buyout of estate agent software provider GMG Property Services from Guardian Media Group.

  • Buyouts
  • 18 December 2013
Christmas presents
UK retail: who will be celebrating this Christmas?

As private equity continues to dominate the UK consumer sector, who is set to see soaring sales during the festive flurry? Alice Murray reports

  • Consumer
  • 18 December 2013
Crescendo Biologics secures £17.5m series-A

UK biotech Crescendo Biologics has raised £17.5m in its series-A funding round from Imperial Innovations, Astellas Venture Management (AVM) and existing investor Sofinnova Partners.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 18 December 2013
Maven invests £5m into R&M Engineering MBO

Maven Capital Partners has supported the management buyout of R&M Engineering with a £5m investment in return for a majority stake.

  • Buyouts
  • 17 December 2013
MyOptique Group raises £8m

Online optical retailer The MyOptique Group has raised £8m from existing and new backers to boost plans for international expansion.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 17 December 2013
Kester doubles money on Chiltern sale

Kester Capital has sold its stake in clinical services business Chiltern, reaping a 2x money multiple and a 25% IRR.

  • Exits
  • 17 December 2013
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