Western Europe

BGF’s Daina Spedding: Female deal leads can be a 'real advantage'

'Having diversity either amongst your investment team or in the businesses you back can be a real competitive advantage and a differentiator.'

Great Hill Partners to make majority investment in Vivup and Perkbox  

Vivup is a health and wellbeing benefits provider.

Ardian closes acquisition of Verne; KKR agrees Encavis takeover

Bain Capital buys Finova and MSO.

Bain Capital invests in two mortgage software businesses

Iress has agreed to divest its UK mortgage business.

Ardian wraps up acquisition of Verne from D9 for $575 million

Verne is a green data centre platform based in the UK.

LDC picks up stake in The 55 Group

The 55 Group is a procurement and technology company.

AstraZeneca to buy PE-backed Amolyt Pharma for $1.05bn

Amolyt Pharma is a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.

Estancia Capital Partners pumps €126m into Flagstone

Flagstone is a fintech company based in London.

GCP-backed Bridewell bolsters public sector footprint with Arculus deal

Arculus is a cyber security consultancy.

Eurazeo to sell 100% of Peters Surgical’ share capital to Advanced Medical Solutions

Peters Surgical provides surgical sutures, mechanical haemostasis and internal cyanoacrylate devices.