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Leaf leads €1m round for BlikBook
Leaf Investments has led a €1m funding round for BlikBook, a university online interaction platform, alongside Delta Partners, Forward Investment Partners and Enterprise Ireland.
BGF backs Better Bathrooms with £10m
Business Growth Fund (BGF) has injected £10m into UK-based bathroom retailer Better Bathrooms in exchange for a minority stake.
Lebus replaces Armitage as LPEQ chairman
Andrew Lebus, LPEQ
Isis picks up 35% stake in Nigel Frank
Isis Equity Partners has acquired a 35% stake in recruitment agency Nigel Frank International alongside HSBC Bank in a £22m investment.
Isis backs BathEmpire with £8.5m
Isis Equity Partners has injected £8.5m into BathEmpire.com, an online bathroom products retailer.
Synova-backed Clearwater in bolt-on
Specialist care provider Clearwater Care, a portfolio company of Synova Capital, has acquired TL Care, a UK-based supported-living provider.
ECI sells CliniSys to Montagu, reaps 2.5x return
ECI Partners has sold CliniSys, a provider of IT systems to the healthcare sector, to Montagu Private Equity, reaping a 2.5x money multiple on its investment.
Northzone backs £9.5m Ocapo series-A round
Northzone Ventures has led a £9.5m series-A funding round for online performance marketing and technology company Ocapo.
Dwell bought back by founder
Dwell, a UK-based furniture chain backed by Key Capital Partners that went into administration at the end of June, has been bought back by founder Aamir Ahmad.
ECI eyes £150m sale of CarTrawler
ECI Partners is preparing its Dublin-based portfolio company CarTrawler for a possible auction that could value the business at £150m, according to reports.
Private equity firms circle Card Factory
UK greetings card retail chain Card Factory, backed by Charterhouse Capital Partners, has attracted interest from Advent International, KKR and Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
Enterprise Ventures fund backs Centaur
The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by Enterprise Ventures, has backed a £750,000 funding round for Centaur Technologies alongside the Lancashire Rosebud Fund.
Kelso's Nicole Farhi goes under
High-end fashion company Nicole Farhi, backed by Kelso Place, has gone into administration.
Carlyle picks up Oaktree’s Chesapeake
Carlyle has acquired packaging company Chesapeake from Irving Place Capital and Oaktree Capital Management.
MAIP exits Red Bee Media to Ericsson
Macquarie Advanced Investment Partners (MAIP) has sold UK-based media company Red Bee Media to Swedish communications technology company Ericsson.
Isis raises £51.5m co-investment fund
Isis has raised a fund to co-invest alongside its Baronsmead VCTs. The fund comprises four limited partners and is the first time a VCT has raised an institutional co-investment fund.
Albion exits Opta for £40m, reaps 3x money
Albion Ventures has divested its stake in London-based Opta, a provider of sports data and analysis, to trade player Perform Group for £40m, reaping a 3x money multiple.
Frog divests GB Group
Frog Capital has sold its stake in AIM-listed GB Group, a software company specialising in ID verification.
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Investec provides £110m debt package to Sun's Paragon
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a £110m integrated debt facility to refinance the acquisition of Paragon Print & Packaging by Sun European Partners.
Blackstone and Lion eye Lucozade and Ribena
Blackstone and Lion Capital are to join forces and make a formal bid exceeding £1bn for Lucozade and Ribena, owned by GlaxoSmithKline, according to reports.
Maven injects £3.8m into Lambert Contracts
Maven Capital Partners has invested £3.8m in Paisley-based Lambert Contracts.
Q&A: Duke Street’s Buchan Scott
Q&A: Duke Street
KCP backs WHP Projects
Key Capital Partners has led a £3m investment in WHP Projects, a provider of support services to the UK mobile phone industry.