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LDC-backed Onecom acquires BGF's Olive Communications
BGF invested £10m in Olive in 2016 in a deal that also raised £5.25m in debt provided by Barclays
K1 provides growth equity investment to XTM
XTM International has been bootstrapped up until this investment from K1
Tiger Global leads €40m round for Flipdish
Fresh capital will go towards growing Flipdish's international footprint
BlackRock in talks to buy Aquila Heywood for £350m – report
Aquila Heywood is a pensions administration software company that generates revenues of £32.4m
LDC sells Adey for £210m
LDC acquired Adey in June 2016, with Alcentra providing a €60m unitranche to support the deal
Braavos leads SpyBiotech's $32.5m series-A
Proceeds will advance the clinical development of SpyBiotech's vaccine technology platform
Great Hill acquires Notonthehighstreet
Great Hill has previously acquired online marketplaces Wayfair and TheRealReal
Goodwin hires partner O'Dea
O'Dea's appointment follows expansion of the firm's practice in London in 2020
Silver Lake, Nestlé lead €3.5bn investment in IVC Evidensia
Existing owner EQT partially exits its stake from EQT VII, but reinvests through EQT IX
Levine Leichtman promotes O'Neill to head of Europe
O'Neill joined Levine Leichtman in 2015 from Graphite Capital, where he was a partner
YFM sells CPMS for 2x return
In 2018, YFM funded an MBO of CPMS with a £4.5m investment from its first buyout fund
Finch holds first close for third European fintech fund
New fund is targeting €150m and will double down on AI-enabled fintech companies in Europe
VCs back Hoxton Farms in £2.7m round
Hoxton Farms intends to create an edible fat from plant-based ingredients
Epiris-backed James Hay to take Nucleus private for £145m
James Hay is using financing made up of equity drawn down from the Epiris Funds and debt from Ares
Kester Capital backs Optibrium
GP invests in the company via its second fund, which closed on its £90m hard-cap in August 2020
MML acquires Western Global in £90m deal
MML has completed 15 transactions in the last 12 months, according to a statement
Rutland backs infrastructure service JSM
JSM represents the 10th investment from Rutland Fund III, which closed on £263m in January 2015
Inflexion reinvests in BES
Rothschild was appointed to run a sale process to select a minority investor for the company
Vespa Capital acquires SelectScience
GP is currently investing via Vespa III, which held a final close in February 2020 on £150m
Oaktree invests £200m in RedCat
It is expected that the company will raise an additional £300m in debt, according to the Daily Telegraph
Soleus leads $35m series-C extension for Inivata
Investment will primarily be used to accelerate the clinical development and rollout of RaDaR
Moonfire leads $2.2m round for Mindstone
Zanichelli Venture and NexD also participated in the round, as well as a series of angels
ICG appoints Laurant as co-head of special situations
Laurant previously worked at Pimco, where he founded and ran the European credit opportunities platform
Foresight prices IPO at £455m market cap
Trading for the UK-based multi-asset fund manager commenced on 4 February 2021