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Octopus-backed SimplyCook acquired by Nestlé
SimplyCook will continue to be led by its founding team from its base in London
Quantile sold to minority owner Spectrum for £11m
In January 2021, Spectrum Equity injected $51m in growth capital funding into Quantile
FPE sells IWSR to Bowmark Capital
FPE Capital acquired the business in April 2018 and Allied Irish Bank provided acquisition finance
Primary Capital takes minority in Sigma Sports
Founders Ian Whittingham and Jason Turner will both remain with the company following the deal
Downing leads $10m StorageOS series-B
StorageOS intends to invest further in its go-to-market strategy and scale its sales
RJD's Survey Solutions acquires Survey Systems, Kempston
Survey Solutions has made the acquisitions to augment its geographical coverage and service offering
Mobeus leads £5m series-A for Vivacity
Vivacity manufactures sensors and develops software to improve traffic insights and safety procedures
OCI invests £13m in Dexters
OCI's liquid resources that are available for future deployment are estimated to be £176m
Moore Strategic Ventures, Rovida et al. in $120m round for Blockchain.com
Company has raised $190m since being founded in 2011
VC-backed Apcintex acquired by Centessa
Centessa was launched this week following the merger of 10 private biotechnology companies, including Apcintex
Bestport invests in Playful Promises
Will Hobhouse, previously chairman of Heals, Jack Wills and Sunspel, is joining the board as chairman
Kempen co-invests in £46.5m Eque2 MBO
WestBridge acquired Eque2 in December 2020, marking the firm's sixth investment from its second fund
Oxx leads $21m series-B for Peak
Funding round was oversubscribed and saw participation from MMC Ventures and Praetura Ventures
Passion Capital closes venture secondaries deal
Fund closed in 2011 on £37.5m but now boasts a NAV north of £100m
Tenzing invests in Jeffreys Henry MBO
Management team at the company will be led by managing partner Justin Randall and partner Jon Isaacs
GCP sells Infinity Works to Accenture
GCP invested in Infinity Works in March 2019 as a minority partner to the founder management team
Sofinnova, Ally Bridge lead $108m Mainstay round
Mainstay intends to use the funds to support the company's commercial launch of ReActiv8 in the US
Ambienta buys Collingwood from Baird
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Baird, which invested in the company via its $310m Baird Capital Global Fund I
ECI-backed Edenhouse sold to trade
Accenture is a listed professional services conglomerate and acquires the IT service to improve its SAP provision capabilities
Piper promotes Stern
Stern led on the recent sale of Proper and on investments such as Neom and Wattbike
YFM invests in Outpost VFX
Investment coincides with the appointment of Robin Shenfield to the board as chair
CVC acquires System C – report
William Blair advised on the sale process, which was marketed based on £80m sales and £15m EBITDA
JTC acquires Indos Financial
Staff from the depositary advisory firm will join JTC's institutional client services division
Apax to acquire Herjavec Group
Apax is currently investing from its 10th-generation fund, which closed on $9bn in February 2020