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Piper to launch next fund in 2021
Managing partner Chris Curry told Unquote the fund is expected to target £150-175m
VCs in £25m round for Cazoo at valuation of $1bn
Since launching in December 2019, the online car retailer has generated £20m in revenues
HSBC contributes $7m to Privitar's series-C
Warburg Pincus led an $80m series-C funding round for the data privacy company in April 2020
Coatue leads $150m Checkout series-B with $5.5bn valuation
US-based late-stage investor Coatue has previously taken stakes in companies such as Instacart
Epidarex Capital III closes on £102m
Fund invests in new life science companies from emerging research hubs across the UK
MMC leads $3m seed round for Agamon
Fresh capital will be used to scale the company's deployments with more hospitals globally
August-backed Code acquires Isopharm
Based in Sheffield and founded in 1999, the dental training company employs 50 people
Inflexion acquires Rosemont for £156m
Inflexion has worked on a number of other carve-outs, including Ocorian, THE and Marley
Capita to sell Eclipse to PE-backed Access UK for £56.5m
Access UK was backed by Hg in 2018 in a deal that valued the software developar at £1bn
Inflexion-backed ONP invests £1.5m in Lavatech
Founded in 2013, Lavatech is the developer of legal app InCase and is based in Manchester
SoftBank in $19.5m in Splyt series-B
SoftBank vice-president Daichi Nozaki will join the company's board of directors
EQT sells credit business to Bridgepoint
There were five or six bidders in the early stages of the sale auction, including Schroders
Hoxton closes second fund on almost $100m
Hoxton Ventures II has a 30% carry rate with a 2.5% management fee and no hurdle
Mobeus leads £4m round for MyTutor
Fresh capital will be used to increase the availability of MyTutor's platform
Seventure, Vostok lead $10m round for TransferGo
Venture capital firms Hard Yaka, Revo Capital and Bootstrap Europe also participate
Corten closes debut fund on €392m
Corten began raising in January 2019, thus avoiding potential delays in the current market
VCs invest £60m in Monzo for £1.24bn valuation
Online bank's previous £113m funding round valued the company at £2bn in June 2019
Livingbridge invests in Chill Insurance
Financing for the acquisition of the insurance broker has been provider by Pemberton
IQ appoints Hirtzel as general partner
Hirtzel previously served as chief operating officer of Kreos Capital after working at PA Consulting
Zamo invests in SASC
Zamo Capital I, the firm's debut fund, has made its first investment in investment manager SASC
LDC takes minority stake in Connect Health
For the year ending on 30 June 2019, Connect Health reported revenue of £31.2m, up from £25.4m
Foresite et al. in $41.5m series-A for Bit Bio
Foresite is currently investing from its fourth-generation fund, which closed on $668m in 2018
Guernsey Finance launches fast-track applications for managers
Scheme aims to allow fund managers with funds not registered in whitelisted jurisdictions to migrate
NB closes Euro Crossroads 2018 fund on €260m
LPs in previous Crossroads vehicles include the Iowa State University Foundation and WSI Investments