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Articles on UK private equity, featuring latest news on buyouts, investments and exits, plus analysis on the advantages and risks for investors and those seeking capital.

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Streetcar backers make new investment

Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) business The Smart Cube has received a capital injection through an investment from Smedvig Capital.

Exit Strategies

Know your exit strategy before you invest in a business

The blunt truth is that private equity houses need to understand what the exit strategy is the moment they start talking to potential investee companies. GrowthBusiness blogger Wol Kolade explains.

Venture Capital Funding

Private equity returns to the fore

After spending much of 2009 shying away from investments, private equity showed renewed strength in 2010 through its exits.

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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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Private equity firms need to refinance debt

The majority of private equity firms do not expect the number of new buyouts to decline in the next year but many private equity houses have not refinanced their debt 'storing up trouble for the future', research shows.

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ECI acquires Peter Jones’s Wireless Logic

Entrepreneur and investor Peter Jones has disposed of his interest in Wireless Logic to private equity firm ECI Partners and management in a deal worth £38 million.

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Anthemis and business angels back FinanceAcar

Online car marketplace FinanceAcar has closed a venture funding round led by private equity firm Anthemis Group and several angel investors.

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GMT acquires MeetingZone in second 2011 deal

Technology, media and telecoms private equity firm GMT Communications Partners has teamed up with the management team to acquire MeetingZone for £38.5 million.

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Angel Springs secures investment from LDC

Private equity provider LDC has invested in water cooler business Angel Springs in order to support its buy-and-build strategy.

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Global private equity on the rise

Private equity-backed M&A has risen by 51 per cent over the same period last year, with transactions totalling $128.2 billion (£80.4 billion).

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Inflexion sees Red with sale to Dunedin

Mid-market private equity investor Inflexion Private Equity has agreed to sell portfolio company Red Commerce to Dunedin in a secondary buy-out valued at £44 million.

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Private equity deals rise on technology investments

The number and value of deals completed in the first half of 2011 soared as technology, media and telecommunications businesses attracted the most private equity investment.

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