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Albion leads investment in Aridhia Informatics
Albion Ventures has led a funding round for health and biomedical informatics firm Aridhia Informatics.
Connection invests £4.1m in Earthmill
Connection Capital has invested £4.1m in wind turbine installer Earthmill.
Manchester: it’s about who you know
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Forward Investment Partners backs Wool and the Gang
Forward Investment Partners has committed capital to Wool and the Gang, joining the late stages of the firm’s recent $2.8m round.
Isis backs Carousel with replacement capital
Isis Equity Partners has acquired a stake in logistic service provider Carousel Logistics through replacement capital.
BGF invests £8.7m in PTS
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £8.7m in London-based PTS Consulting Group.
Sovereign invests in Kindertons
Sovereign Capital has invested in Kindertons, a UK-based specialist provider of outsourced accident management services.
SEP supports Tryzens MBO
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has supported the management buyout of UK-based digital solutions provider Tryzens from its parent company Jaywig.
3i's Go Outdoors in £33m refinancing
Go Outdoors, a UK-based outdoor activities equipment retailer backed by 3i and YFM Private Equity, has secured a new £33m debt facility from Barclays.
Bridges Ventures closes fund on £125m
Bridges Ventures has held the final close of Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund III on £125m, beating its £100m target.
Octopus et al. back Swoon Editions with £1.2m
Octopus Investments, Index Ventures and angel investors have injected £1.2m into furniture designer Swoon Editions.
Albion invests £1.4m in Isis Renewables
Albion Ventures has backed Isis Renewables, a UK-based provider of commercial solar panels, with a £1.4m investment.
Inflexion buys On the Beach from Isis for £73m
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired online travel agent On the Beach in a £73m secondary buyout from Isis Equity Partners.
Silverfleet appoints Perella's Jack Priestman
Silverfleet Capital has poached analyst Jack Priestman from Perella Weinberg Partners.
Rutland engineers Millbrook deal
Rutland Partners has acquired Millbrook Proving Group from parent company General Motors (GM).
Sequoia backs Skyscanner
Sequoia Capital has invested in Skyscanner, a Scottish travel search engine, in a deal that values the company at $800m.
North West Fund sorts £500k PVC Recycling deal
The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental has invested £500,000 in plastic waste recycling company PVC Recycling.
Braemar et al. back Sefaira
Braemar Energy Ventures, Chrysalix SET and Hermes GPE have invested $7.2m in Sefaira alongside a $2m debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
Omnes injects €3m into Opsona
Omnes Capital has made a capital injection of €3m into immunology drug developer Opsona Therapeutics, in an extension of the company’s series-C round.
Warburg-backed Poundland considers IPO
Following a 15.6% underlying earnings boost, Warburg Pincus-backed Poundland is reported to be mulling an IPO.
Shackleton sells Nanosight for £15m
Shackleton Ventures has sold Nanosight, a developer of particle-size measurement instrumentation, to Malvern Instruments for £15m.
Aztec appoints Richard Hills as non-executive chairman
Richard Hills, Aztec
Logentries raises $10m from VCs
Dublin-based Logentries has secured a $10m series-A investment from a consortium of investors comprising Polaris Partners, Frontline Ventures, RRE Ventures and the Floodgate fund.
Advent mulls DFS listing
Advent International is in the early stages of considering a listing of home furniture retail chain DFS.