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  Bridges Ventures new fund raises initial £72m
Jan 3, 2012
Bridges Ventures new sustainable growth fund, Bridges Ventures Fund III has reached a first close on equity commitments of £72m – a sum almost equal to the final close of the firm’s second fund.
  Renovus Capital Partners raise $100m
Oct 3, 2011
Philadelphia-based Renovus Capital Partners has raised $100m for its debut fund including matching leverage from the US Small Business administration.
  Piper raises £107m for new fund
Jul 31, 2011
Piper Private Equity has raised £107m to invest in consumer businesses.
  Baring Private Equity buys Singapore tertiary education business
Jul 1, 2011
Baring Private Equity Asia, the Hong Kong based private equity firm, has acquired the tertiary education business of Singapore-based PSB Academy Pte Ltd (PSB) for an undisclosed sum.
  SPARK Ventures achieves 15 times return on sale of stake in Mind Candy
Jul 1, 2011
SPARK Ventures has sold half of its stake in Moshi Monsters creator, Mind Candy Inc. for £3.1m, representing a 15 times return on investment since seed investment by a syndicate led by the London-based venture capital firm in 2004.
  K12 raises $125m through private placement
May 2, 2011

K12 Inc, the listed US provider of proprietary curriculum and online school programmes for K-12 students has raised $125m from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) through a private placement to support the company’s accelerated expansion strategy in the online education sector, particularly outside of the US.
  Another loss at Justin Craig
May 2, 2011
Justin Craig, the GCSE and A Level revision course business, has reported a £472k post tax loss (2009: £255k loss) for the year ended 30 June 2010 according to abbreviated accounts filed recently at Companies House.
  Develop Training reports improvement in continuing business
May 2, 2011
Develop Training, the vocational training company backed by Barclays Unquoted Investments, has reported a 12% fall in revenue from continuing operations to £14.5m (2009: £16.5m) for the year ended 30 September 2010.
  Study Group announces first International Study Centre in Ireland
May 2, 2011
Study Group, the Australian based provider of university pathway programmes and English language teaching, has reached agreement with Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD) to open the first international study centre (ISC) to be based in Ireland.
  NS Optimum acquires the trade and assets of Pars Technology
May 2, 2011
NS Optimum (NSO), the Leamington Spa based education ICT services company, has acquired the trade and assets of PARS Technology from administrators Rendle & Co for an undisclosed sum.
  Drop in graduate recruitment hits Group GTI
May 2, 2011
Group GTI, the Exponent Private Equity backed graduate recruitment business, has reported a 23% fall in revenue to £19.5m (2009: £25.2m) for the year ended 30 April 2010 according to accounts filed recently at Companies House.
  Random House invests in Flat World Knowledge
May 2, 2011
Random House Inc has become the latest investor in Flat World Knowledge (FWK), the US open source HE textbook publisher.
 
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