With an £18m investment from LDC, the future is looking healthy for innovative drug development company TMC. David Prosser learns of plans for international expansion

With private equity looking for quality assets, a management team that has been there, done that and got the T-shirt is very appealing. Jason Sinclair looks at how Gresham House Ventures and BGF teamed up to invest in Panthera Biopartners.

Is too much venture capital chasing too little return? Has too much enthusiasm led to a bubble? Jon Moulton reflects on an excess of investor cash looking for a home

Mobeus Equity Partners’ investment in telesales company Gungho Marketing was really all about pulling together. David Prosser speaks to the investor and its advisers on the management buy-out

As we enter a tougher economic period, Jason Sinclair looks at the past five and a half years of deal activity as we profile the 10 firms completing the most mid-market deals.

ESG has arguably been the most talked-about topic in private equity – publicly, at least – says Andrew Green, a corporate partner at Addleshaw Goddard. But what is being said and what does it mean in the buy-out world?

Lisa Wootton, PwC director, explains that with private equity in intense competition for prized assets, there is ever-increasing adoption of a more bespoke approach.

Jon Moulton argues that the idea that big buy-out funds can keep growing doesn’t make sense. But then again, he thought that 10 years ago, too.

WestBridge Capital partner Guy Davies speaks to Marc Mullen about the challenges that face small-cap private equity in the UK, as well as detailing the achievements of WestBridge so far.

Six acquisitions in three years proved part of a successful growth strategy for LDC-backed communications provider Babble. In November 2020, a controlling stake was sold to Graphite Capital, valuing the communications business at £90m. Alice Murray finds out about a deal during lockdown, and where the high-tech company is going next.