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PE firms line up for UK greetings card company
10 Mar 2010
Permira, Cinven, Summit Partners and Warburg Pincus are among the private equity firms bidding for UK greeting cards retail chain Card Factory in a deal that could fetch £400m (€438.9m), according to...
Citadel Capital appoints CEO for financial platform company
10 Mar 2010
North African private equity firm Citadel Capital has appointed City of London investor Amr Seif as CEO of Finance Unlimited, its regional financial services platform investment.
Carlyle to seek $1bn buyer for defence and aviation company Arinc
10 Mar 2010
US private equity firm Carlyle is seeking buyers for defence and aviation company Arinc in a sale that could fetch $1bn, according to reports.
Limited partners warn EU over regulation
10 Mar 2010
An investor association whose members hold over $1tr in private equity assets under management has warned EU regulators that proposed regulatory measures could close Europe off from international private...
GMAC CFO heads to Providence Equity Partners
10 Mar 2010
Providence Equity Partners, a global private equity firm specialising in media, entertainment and communications investments, has hired former GMAC executive vice president and CFO Robert Hull. He will...
PE firms line up for Marsh & McLennan’s Kroll
09 Mar 2010
KKR nabs Sen from Citi for India office
08 Mar 2010
Cartilage treatment business Carticept gets $20m
10 Mar 2010
Carticept Medical Inc, a developer of products for the treatment of cartilage injuries and osteoarthritis, has completed a $20m series B financing round. New investor SonoSite Inc, a medtech company in...
New Enterprise Associates adds Ron Bernal as venture partner
10 Mar 2010
New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the technology-focused venture capital firm which raised $2.5bn earlier this year, has appointed industry veteran Ron Bernal as a venture partner. In this new role, Bernal,...
SiBEAM raises $36.5m to take wireless chipset mainstream
09 Mar 2010
California-based semiconductor company SiBEAM Inc has closed $36.5m in series D funding led by Foundation Capital. The financing will be used to push its 60 GHz wireless chipsets into the mainstream marketplace...
Biopharma company Genticel receives €13.1m to treat cervical cancer
09 Mar 2010
French biopharmaceutical company Genticel, formerly known as BT Pharma, has secured €13.1m in funding to develop its immunotherapeutic treatments for cancers caused by the human pipillomavirus (HPV)....
Israeli venture firm launches six new yuan funds
09 Mar 2010
Israeli venture capital firm Infinity has launched six new yuan-denominated funds through its China-Israel Infinity-I China unit in the latest example of the country's allure.
Open Sky Technologies Fund lands first close
05 Mar 2010
New Zealand angel investment hits NZ$50m in 2009
05 Mar 2010
Another exec leaves Wilshire Private Markets
10 Mar 2010
Wilshire Private Markets’ CIO Jeff Ennis has resigned, with the private equity fund of funds halting fundraising, a report by consultant Hymans Robertson has revealed.
Finnish pan-European FoF in €97m first close
04 Mar 2010
Pohjola Private Equity Funds, a Finland-based fund of funds investing across Europe, has held the first close of its latest vehicle, Selected Private Equity Funds II, on €97m.
SVG Capital upbeat as NAV bounces back
04 Mar 2010
SVG Capital, the UK-based fund of funds, has posted a significant recovery in its net asset value per share for the second half of 2009, following tough times for its investments in buy-out group Permira’s...
Maven invests £1.5m of Capital for Enterprise cash in PrismTech
24 Feb 2010
UK lower mid-market firm Maven Capital Partners has invested £1.5m (€1.7m) in communications software provider PrismTech from the £75m (€85.34m) government-backed SME fund of funds Capital for Enterprise...
Religare commences $1bn asset manager buy-up with Northgate Capital purchase
23 Feb 2010
India financial services group Religare Enterprises has acquired a majority stake in US and UK-based fund of funds investor Northgate Capital. Reportedly valued at $36m, the deal is the opening salvo in...
UKIIF raises £200m for first close of tech fund
22 Feb 2010
Fund of funds Pantheon Ventures in $775m MBO
10 Feb 2010
Coller Capital in pole position for HBOS portfolio
08 Mar 2010
HBOS is lining up the sale of its portfolio of investments, which include Vue cinemas and coffee chain Caffè Nero, with the sale expected to fetch £500m (€555m) – a stark contrast to the portfolio’s...
Cipio bags 20 times return from €60m eCircle exit
05 Mar 2010
Growth private equity firm TA Associates has agreed to acquire a majority stake in eCircle, an email marketing service provider, from direct secondaries house Cipio Partners for €60m.
Secondary deals to pick up in 2010
02 Mar 2010
Secondary private equity deals are likely to pick up this year due to a narrowing price gap between buyers and sellers, according to Reuters. After a fallow year for secondaries, investors are likely...
Encore Ventures exits ex-3i VC investment ApaTech through sale to Baxter
01 Mar 2010
Encore Ventures, a division of European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, is set to make a sizeable return after entering an agreement with Baxter International Inc that will see the New York Stock Exchange-listed...
Secondaries trading platform SecondMarket raises $15m
25 Feb 2010
SecondMarket, an exchange for the purchase and sale of illiquid assets such as private equity fund stakes, has raised $15m in series B financing from the Li Ka Shing Foundation and Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s...
Natixis mulls PE unit sale to AXA Private Equity
19 Feb 2010
3i mulls UK government assets bid
11 Feb 2010
Bridgepoint to bid for Lloyds portfolio
10 Feb 2010
Adams Street hires Coller Capital principal
05 Feb 2010
Hollyport Capital to launch new secondaries fund
01 Feb 2010
Apollo to buy Citigroup’s real estate division
10 Mar 2010
US private equity firm Apollo Management has agreed to purchase the real estate investment division of financial services giant Citigroup, according to Bloomberg.
Carlyle ramps up debt business with new hire
09 Mar 2010
Morgan Stanley’s former sales and trading chief, Mitch Petrick, will join private equity firm Carlyle to head its distressed debt and leveraged finance business in the US and Europe.
Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz bailed out by private equity
09 Mar 2010
Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has turned to US private equity firm Colony Capital to help repair her finances, according to reports. Under the terms of the arrangement, Colony is to become Leibovitz’s...
KIC plans $100m investment in emerging market IFC fund
04 Mar 2010
South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corporation, has announced plans to invest $100m in a private equity fund managed by the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private...
Carlyle invests in troubled Bermuda bank
03 Mar 2010
UK’s Foresight Group adds investment director
01 Mar 2010
