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Xenon acquires Metricfire
San Francisco-based Xenon Partners has acquired Dublin-based data monitoring company Metricfire
CataCap to acquire AerFin
CataCap has acquired aerospace services company AerFin alongside management and Schroder Adveq
Edge, Par Equity et al. exit DeltaDNA
Edge Performance VCT sells its stake in DeltaDNA to trade buyer Unity Technologies
Investors exit Trainline in £285m placing
KKR, Index Ventures, Ares and Alven Capital have each sold 50% of their shares in the company
Lovell Minnick, Pantheon to acquire Charles Taylor in £261m deal
US-based Lovell Minnick has made an offer for listed insurance services business Charles Taylor
K1 invests $25m in AppLearn
Fresh capital will be used for product development, and to invest in sales and marketing
Palatine-backed Vernacare refinances
Palatine-backed medical equipment manufacturer Vernacare refinances its debt facilities
Investors back $240m series-C for CMR Surgical
Existing investors in the round included LGT Capital Partners and Escala Capital Investments
NVM invests in Mobius
NVM Private Equity makes its second acquisition in Leicestershire in September 2019
Sidley Austin hires Campbell Lutyens' Maher
Maher started his career at Simmons & Simmons before moving on to Kirkland & Ellis
Exponent to acquire East End Foods
Exponent Private Equity has taken a majority stake in the Asian ingredients producer
ADM acquires HHP assets
Cibus Fund, which is focused on food production companies, has acquired several divisions of HHP
LDC invests £24m in SRL MBO
Crescent Capital Group also provides equity and debt financing to the traffic systems company
HIG appoints two to PE team
Giambelli joins from Amlon Capital, while Borkowski joins from Bronfman Family Office
BTG appoints four partners
Anthony Brennan and Paul Davies join from CameronBarney and Menzies respectively
LDC-backed Lucid acquires Healthcare 21
LDC portfolio company Lucid Group Communications has acquired a medical communications group
Connection takes stake in Rosa's Thai Café MBO
TriSpan acquired the majority stake in the business in a buyout in June last year
Altor, Shamrock partially exit BTI Studios
Altor Equity Partners and Shamrock Capital will remain invested in the merged company
NVM acquires Secure Retail
NVM Private Equity has acquired the UK-based payments products distributor Secure Retail
British Private Equity Awards – last chance to vote
Time to pick your winners in the shortlist for this year's Unquote British Private Equity Awards – voting closes at 5pm today
VCs in £7.5m round for Voxpopme
US-based Origin Ventures has led the round, with participation from NVM Private Equity and Mercia
ECI-backed Make It Cheaper acquires Think Business Finance
ECI-backed Make It Cheaper makes its fourth bolt-on acquisition since ECI's initial investment
VC firms invest £18m in Yasa
Yasa intends to meet growing customer demand from the automotive and aerospace sectors
Sun European makes two appointments
Sun European Partners has made two senior appointments with Mark Corbridge and Davide Vassena