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SL Capital appoints new partner and managing director
SL Capital Partners has promoted Patrick Knechtli and Mark Nicolson to partner and Jamie Ebersole to managing director in the firm's Edinburgh office.
Strong Q3 puts UK back on track
A strong third quarter showing in UK deal activity has helped put the market back on track for 2012, according to the latest unquote” UK Watch, in association with Corbett Keeling.
Redx Pharma secures £4.7m for spinout
Redx Pharma has been awarded £4.7m from the British Regional Growth Fund to launch new subsidiary Redx Anti-Infectives Ltd.
SVB makes two senior hires for PE team
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has appointed a new director and new relationship manager for its UK private equity services group.
Octopus invests in IOVOX
Octopus Investments has backed London-based telephony analytics provider IOVOX, taking a minority stake in the business.
Unquote” Regional Mid-Market Barometer
The latest unquote" Regional Mid-Market Barometer, produced in association with LDC, shows that mid-cap investors are not letting a lacklustre economy hamper their ability to close deals.
UK & Ireland unquote” October 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron’s much vaunted ‘big society’ project finally got off the ground this month, with government-established investor Big Society Capital (BSC) making its first investments.
Index Ventures leads £8m funding for Secret Escapes
Index Ventures has led an £8m funding round for UK-based online luxury travel club Secret Escapes.
JC Flowers considers buying RBS assets
JC Flowers is reportedly considering a bid for 316 RBS branches worth up to £1bn.
Enterprise Ventures invests in Powelectrics
Enterprise Ventures (EV) has invested in UK-based sensors and telemetry business Powelectrics.
Palio plans £150m debt fund IPO
Debt fund Palio is planning an IPO to raise more than £150m for investment in debt opportunities for UK lower mid-market companies.
Cinven buys Amdipharm for £367m
Cinven has acquired UK-based pharmaceuticals business Amdipharm Group for £367m.
Enterprise Ventures backs LabelSneak
Enterprise Ventures has backed online men's fashion retailer LabelSneak with a £525,000 investment.
Carlyle awarded second extension for Chemring bid
Carlyle has been granted a second extension on its deadline to make an offer for British military supplier Chemring.
Notion and e.ventures lead $3.2m funding for Shutl
Notion Capital and e.ventures have led a $3.2m financing round for British delivery company Shutl.
Canaan Partners leads $26m round for borro
Canaan Partners has led a $26m funding round for UK-based personal asset lender borro.
Deloitte appoints Nick Soper as debt advisory director
Deloitte has named ex-Investec director Nick Soper as the new director of its debt advisory division.
NBGI appoints UK investment manager
NBGI Private Equity has appointed David Turner as an investment manager in its UK team.
Accel Partners leads $40m round for HouseTrip.com
Accel Partners, Balderton Capital and Index Ventures have taken part in a $40m series-C round of funding for UK-based international holiday home rental website HouseTrip.com.
YFM sells Primal Pictures to Informa
YFM Equity Partners has sold Primal Pictures, a publisher of medically accurate 3D models of the human anatomy, to Informa UK, a subsidiary of the international publishing and events business Informa Group.
YFM backs £3m BIMBO of Insider Technologies
YFM Equity Partners has backed the £3m buy-in management buyout of software solutions business Insider Technologies.
August sells Enara for £111m
August Equity has sold UK-based domiciliary care provider Enara to listed trade player Mitie for £111m.
HgCapital acquires Valueworks
HgCapital has acquired a majority stake in British online marketplace provider Valueworks.
Asante Capital hires associate
Private equity placement agent Asante Capital Group has hired Marie-Christine Feghali as an associate.