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Talis makes three promotions
Beatrice Aliprandi and Kirill Tasilov have both taken the role of principal
Ex-Investec James Stirling joins Westbrooke's debt fund
Stirling spent 14 years at Investec, most notably as head of growth and acquisition finance
Former-Carlyle team holds €115m close for debut Melior fund
Unquote understands the fund has been garnering interest from investors from both Europe and North America
VC-backed WorldRemit acquires Sendwave
Acquisition is a cash and stock transaction that is expected to close in Q4 2020
CR-CP leads $44m series-C for ReViral
Investors participating include Andera Partners, Brace Pharma Capital and Green Sands Equity
PE-backed Kaseya acquires Graphus
Insight Partners first invested in Kaseya in June 2013 and is the majority shareholder in the company
Limerston-backed CHA acquires Trinity Homecare
In March 2020, Limerston acquired introductory care agencies Patricia Whites and Country Cousins
Aliter invests in Temple Grange Partners
Aliter is currently investing from its debut fund, which closed on £92m in February 2017
LDC-backed Babble acquires CMT
Acquisition is expected to bolster Babble's cloud services offering across the UK
Williams Grand Prix to sell WGPE to Dorilton for €152m
New York-based Dorilton Capital invests in companies with EBITDA of $4-25m
The Craftory invests $20m in Present Life
Present Life intends to use the funds to invest in product development and customer acquisition
DIF invests £25m in 4th Utility
Fresh capital will go towards installing more fibre broadband across the UK
Capital D to launch next fund in Q4
Capital D is investing from a fund and its side vehicle, which closed on €100m in October 2018
Hg sells Citation to KKR
KKR will also be investing from its Global Impact Fund, which closed on $1.3bn
Baird Capital acquires eCube
Baird Capital's James Benfield and Andrew Dyer will join the eCube board of directors
VCs in £33m round for Form3
Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide contributed to the funding round as new investors
Tencent buys minority interest in Goldman Sachs-backed Voodoo
Voodoo CEO Alexandre Yazdi will retain majority ownership of the gaming company
PE-backed Ardonagh acquires Thames Underwriting
Thames will join Ardonagh's suite of MGA brands and will operate within Geo Specialty Group
Notion leads €7m series-A for Claimsforce
Notion had been in discussions with the Claimsforce management team since Q1 2019
Inflexion-backed Bollington Wilson acquires Watson Laurie
Inflexion will continue to support Bollington in its growth plans, according to a statement
General Atlantic invests in Gymshark at £1bn valuation
First round bids for the minority stake were collected in early July 2020
Mobeus sells Access-IS, nets 23.4% IRR
Since Mobeus's investment, Access has doubled revenues from £11.5m to more than £19m in 2019
GP Profile: FPE Capital
FPE Capital is now gearing up to begin making investments again in the technology sector, says managing partner David Barbour
LDC's Onecom bolts on Glamorgan Telecom Group
Add-on is the first since LDC and Ares provided financing of £100m to the telecoms company in 2019