Mid-market

Abingworth raises Europe’s biggest biotech fund

Abingworth, the UK life sciences VC house, has raised Europe’s largest ever venture fund dedicated to life sciences. Abingworth Bioventures V (ABV V) has €455m at its disposal, well over the target size of €380m.

VCs exit Acolyte

3M buys UK biotech business

Digica delivers for Bridgepoint

Computacenter in €42m acquisition

Platina in double fundraising

Platina Finance, a London and Paris headquartered private equity house, has raised €56m for Mistral Wind Farms I (MWF I), and €30m for Mistral Energy II (ME II).

VCT to raise £15m

British Smaller Companies VCT, a listed vehicle dedicated to investing in UK small and medium enterprises, is to raise up to £15.375m in a new placing.

August Equity gains £42.3m

August Equity sells Securistyle Holdings

Another restaurant for Gresham

HBOS sells Town Centre Restaurants

Start-up Seeks $100M To Back Smaller LBO Funds

Advent Expands Brazilian Cleaning Co., Looks To IPO

Cambridge Consultants return to company creation

UK technology development company Cambridge Consultants (CCL) and venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners have joined forces and launched a €15m VC fund. The money will be used exclusively to fund company creations four years after it abandoned the idea.