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BVCA: Miliband’s private equity attack a ‘slick slogan’

Opposition leader Ed Miliband's branding of private equity firms as 'asset strippers' is nothing more than a ‘slick slogan’, says the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA).

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Personal Development Bureau raises £25,000 from the crowd

Unemployment service start-up Personal Development Bureau has become the second business in the UK to close a financing round through the equity crowdfunding website Crowdcube after raising £25,000 in seed capital.

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Confluence to expand with Midven support

Commercial fund manager Midven has supported the management buy-out (MBO) of construction management and compliance consultancy Confluence Management with a £500,000 investment from their Exceed Fund.

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Branson joins as a backer of blogger Tumblr

British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has joined Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners in an $85 million (£54 million) venture capital funding round for blogging platform Tumblr.

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Carlyle Group acquires ITRS

Alternative asset manager Carlyle Group has acquired London-based ITRS Group, a provider of trade monitoring technology and services to the financial services sector.

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Reed Elsevier to buy Accuity Holdings

Publishing group Reed Elsevier, the owner of the LexisNexis database, will buy Accuity Holdings from investment firm Investcorp.
Round-up of today's M&A Deals

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Northstar investment allows LoveYourLarder to expand

Online food-and-drinks marketplace LoveYourLarder.com will expand their website after a £100,000 investment from Northstar Ventures, an investor in high growth businesses across the north east of England.

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Safend rides the acquisition wave

Wave Systems is to acquire Israeli company Safend to bolster its portfolio of security and encryption products.
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Northstar investment allows LoveYourLarder to expand

Online food-and-drinks marketplace LoveYourLarder.com will expand their website after a £100,000 investment from Northstar Ventures, an investor in high growth businesses across the north east of England.

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Safend rides the acquisition wave

Wave Systems is to acquire Israeli company Safend to bolster its portfolio of security and encryption products.
Round-up of today's M&A Deals

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Imperial Innovations leads £5 million round for Plaxica

Clean technology company Plaxica has secured £5 million for further product development in a Series B fundraising round led by existing investor Imperial Innovations.

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Capita snaps up Cedar

Capita will continue its aquisition spree following Monday's £40 million takeover of Vertex's private sector operations with the purchase of Cedar HR Softwarefor £15 million.
Round-up of today's M&A deals

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Quantix sale marks sixth ISIS exit for 2011

ISIS Equity Partners has exited Quantix after the IT services provider was sold to London-based Interoute Communications for an undisclosed amount. 

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Rakuten acquires Play.com

Internet service company Rakuten and online retailer Play.com have announced that they have entered into an agreement that will see Rakuten acquire Play.com for about £25 million.

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