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With corporate M&A on the up, EMC Corporate Finance has closed transactions in excess of £100 million over the past 12 months.

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MMC Ventures backs Base79 rebranding with £2.75 million

Digital rights management company MyVideoRights has been rebranded as Base79 following a £2.75 million investment from MMC Ventures.

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Core Gaming makes a play with Betlow acquisition

UK-based Betlow has been acquired by Core Gaming as part of a long-term plan to design and deliver branded and original content to land-based and online operators.
Round-up of today's M&A deals

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Cobham secures acquisition and contract

Aerospace and defence company Cobham has made an American investment with the purchase of Trivec-Avant for $126 million (£80 million).

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Cashcade founders launch digital gaming venture fund

The two founders of Cashcade, an online gambling marketing company which owns a raft of bingo websites, have secured a £15 million investment to launch a venture capital fund that will back digital monetised gaming start-ups.

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Hoberman’s mydeco secures eVenture investment

Home interiors website mydeco, founded by lastminute.com’s Brent Hoberman, has secured investment from pan-Atlantic private equity company eVenture Capital Partners.

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North West Fund backs Evgen first close

Pharmaceutical business Evgen, a developer of a drug that may prevent and treat prostate cancer and other cancer, has closed a Series A investment round led by The North West Fund for Biomedical.

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UK M&A grows

As strange as it might seem, M&A in the UK is experiencing strong growth. The second quarter of 2011 showed a rise of 19 per cent on the first quarter.

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North West Fund backs Evgen first close

Pharmaceutical business Evgen, a developer of a drug that may prevent and treat prostate cancer and other cancer, has closed a Series A investment round led by The North West Fund for Biomedical.

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UK M&A grows

As strange as it might seem, M&A in the UK is experiencing strong growth. The second quarter of 2011 showed a rise of 19 per cent on the first quarter.

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Irish LED business sees the light

LED lighting business Nualight has bought out Dutch business Lumoluce, bringing its revenues above €25 million (£21.6 million) for 2011.

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SM Trust befriends FreeAgent in £2 million deal

Online accounting software company FreeAgent has closed an investment round of more than £2 million that will fund an increase in headcount and the acceleration of product development.

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Walmart acquires ad targeting start-up OneRiot

OneRiot, which targets mobile advertising based on social data, has been bought by Walmart through WalmartLabs, the Silicon Valley unit founded out of the acquisition of Kosmix.

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Business TV shows unrealistic about enterprise

Entrepreneurial television shows such as The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den could be damaging UK enterprise because they promote ‘an unrealistic view’ of business, research finds.