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Enterprise Ventures and PHD Equity Partners invest in Barber
Enterprise Ventures (EV) and PHD Equity Partners have invested £2.7m in the £4.4m all-equity buyout of British equipment supplier Barber.
RIT partners with Rockefeller Financial Services
Investment trust RIT Capital Partners and asset manager Rockefeller Financial Services have announced the creation of a strategic partnership between the two entities.
Finance Wales backs QPC with £2.3m
Finance Wales has invested £2.3m in Welsh information technology company QPC.
DC Advisory appoints executive director
Corporate finance firm DC Advisory Partners has appointed Jack Dessay as executive director in its European Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) team, based in London.
Terra Firma denies plans to float Infinis (update)
Terra Firma has met banks to discuss a potential £1bn IPO for its energy portfolio company Infinis.
Rutland Partners' Notemachine completes £63m refinancing
GE Capital, Barclays and European Capital have provided a £63m senior debt refinancing package for Rutland Partners' UK portfolio company Notemachine.
Gimv invests £5.7m in series-B round for Prosonix
Gimv has committed £5.7m to the second closing of a series-B financing round, now totalling £17.1m, for UK-based pharma Prosonix.
LDC-backed Avelo acquires TrigoldCrystal
LDC portfolio company Avelo has completed the strategic acquisition of London-based mortgage solutions provider TrigoldCrystal.
Carlyle backs Avail-TVN with $100m for On Demand acquisition
The Carlyle Group has provided $100m in growth capital to US video provider Avail-TVN to acquire UK-based On Demand Group.
CVC reduces stake in F1 prior to IPO
CVC Capital Partners has sold a $1.6bn stake in Formula 1 Group to BlackRock, Waddell & Reed and Norges Bank Investment Management prior to the company's IPO, according to reports.
notonthehighstreet.com receives £10m series-D funding
Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE) has joined previous investors Index Ventures and Greylock Partners in a £10m funding round for UK online business notonthehighstreet.com.
Ingenious expands corporate finance team
Ingenious Media has recruited new corporate financiers David Brooks and Toby Ramsden, who will join as managing directors.
DFJ Esprit appoints Peter Keen as venture partner
DFJ Esprit has hired Peter Keen as a new venture partner, specialising in medical technology and life science investments.
David Rolfe joins NVM Private Equity
David Rolfe has been appointed as investment partner for the South of England at NVM Private Equity.
£70m restaurant bill could generate 2x for Caird
Caird Capital may be about to exit its minority stake in restaurants chain D&D London.
Montagu's Host Europe buys Mesh Digital
Montagu-owned Host Europe Group (HEG), a London-based web hosting business, has acquired domain registration services provider Mesh Digital.
CBPE buys minority stake in IVF clinic
CBPE Capital has bought a minority stake in London-based Assisted Reproduction & Gynaecology Centre (ARGC).
LDC buys Ocean Outdoor from Smedvig
LDC has completed the £35m buyout of UK digital advertising firm Ocean Outdoor from Smedvig Capital.
Simon Borrows steps in as 3i CEO
3i Group has officially appointed Simon Borrows as CEO, taking over from Michael Queen with immediate effect.
Terra Firma in partial exit from Phoenix Group
Phoenix Group, a portfolio company of Terra Firma, has agreed to sell subsidiary Phoenix Supply to Northern Irish gas supplier Airtricity.
Baird acquires e2v technologies spin-off for £15m
Baird Capital Partners Europe has acquired the instrumentation solutions business of listed UK firm e2v technologies for £15m.
HgCapital completes financing for Wandylaw wind project
HgCapital has completed the financing for a 20.5MW wind project in Northumberland, England, in cooperation with its portfolio company RidgeWind.
Oxford Capital leads £2m round for BagThat
Oxford Capital Partners has led a £2m financing round for UK-based online shopping firm BagThat Trading.
Swander Pace supports Cambrian Pet Foods
US private equity firm Swander Pace Capital has backed Welsh pet food firm Cambrian Pet Foods.