Private Equity 8 Hours

Last updated: August 13, 2026, 5:43 AM ET

Private Equity Deals

WestBridge has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Beckett Investment Management from Foresight Group, a financial planning firm that grew assets under management from £800M to £2.1bn since 2021. The deal is part of a broader PE push into travel and tourism (though the primary focus remains Beckett). Separately, Marlin Equity Partners’ Radar Healthcare completed an add-on acquisition of Cemplicity, a patient experience and outcomes platform active in Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and the UK.

Venture & Deep Tech

A London Docklands venture lab is quietly building deep-tech startups focused on climate sustainability, operating under the radar of typical VC funding. Meanwhile, Spanish startup Multiverse Computing is nearing a €500M Series C round, positioning itself as a potential European AI champion in quantum-inspired optimization.