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Venture capital investments in cleantech fall by 50 per cent in 2009

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 10:45
US venture capital investment in cleantech companies in Q4 2009 decreased 45 per cent to USD564.5m compared to the prior quarter, while the number of deals increased 21 per cent to 62, according to an Ernst & Young analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource.  »

Aureos Africa Fund closes fundraising at USD381.1m

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 07:01
The Aureos Africa Fund has raised a total of USD381.1m at the final close of its fundraising. »

ATG Media creates eight full time positions

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 06:02
ATG Media, a provider of information and services to the auction industry backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners, has increased its headcount to 58 full time members of staff in the last three months. »

Private Equity Wire 2010 Awards – Reader Survey

Tue, 09/02/2010 - 04:00
We are conducting a survey of the Private Equity Wire readership to assess the best private equity performers and service providers during 2009 in a range of categories covering the entire private equity space. Managers and service providers are welcome to nominate their own funds/firms – with relevant justification. The response so far to the survey from our 56,000 readers has been significant, so send your nominations to us asap. »

PILinvests and Quantum LifeCare to launch care home sector fund

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:45
Alternative investment fund specialist PILinvests is teaming up with Quantum LifeCare to launch The Park Gate Care Home fund. »

Longbow launches fund investing in emerging healthcare firms

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:00
Venture investor Longbow Capital has launched the Longbow Approved EIS Fund, a tax-efficient investment vehicle offering investors the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of emerging healthcare, life science and wellbeing companies. »

Matrix Private Equity Partners hires investment manager

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 13:32
Matrix Private Equity Partners, the small buyout specialist, has expanded its team with the appointment of Christopher Price as an investment manager.  »

LGV sells interest in LGC Group to Bridgepoint

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:53
LGV Capital has sold its majority interest in LGC Group to Bridgepoint in a transaction valuing LGC at GBP257m.  »

Liquidity improving for private equity investments

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 06:04
Liquidity is improving both in entering private equity investments and coming out of them, according to a report by Neuberger Berman. »

Riverstone acquires Seajacks International

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 16:06
Private equity firm Riverstone Holdings has acquired Seajacks International for a total cash consideration of USD207m. »

LDC supports ten of the fastest growing private equity-backed firms

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 13:06
Ten companies backed by LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, have won places on a league table ranking Britain’s 100 private equity-backed mid-market companies with the fastest growing profits over their last two financial years. »

Ursataur and BASF invest in Quantiam Technologies

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 12:05
Ursataur Capital Management and BASF Venture Capital have invested USD6m in Quantiam Technologies, which develops coating products for extreme-operating environments and energy-related applications. »

Mourant advises on Resource Eastern European Equity Partners I

Sun, 07/02/2010 - 10:28
A team at Mourant du Feu & Jeune has advised on the Jersey legal aspects of the establishment of Resource Eastern European Equity Partners I, a private equity fund targeting mid-cap agribusinesses in Poland as well as in other EU member states in Central and South-Eastern Europe. »

Catterton acquires water filtration company

Fri, 05/02/2010 - 05:57
Sun Water Systems, the maker of home water filtration system Aquasana, has been acquired by North American private equity firm Catterton Partners. »

Dow invests in Clean Filtration Technologies

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 13:10
Clean Filtration Technologies has concluded a first closing of USD1.5m in a new round of financing led by The Dow Chemical Company through its venture capital group. »

Climate Change Capital invests EUR10m in solar technology company

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 12:06
Climate Change Capital Private Equity, a EUR200m fund dedicated to investments in clean technology companies, has led a convertible bond issue in Metallkraft, a Norwegian company that has developed a patented process to recycle spent slurry used in cutting solar silicon wafers. »

Peak Ridge AgTech Fund adds Tommy G Thompson to advisory board

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 10:32
Peak Ridge Capital Group’s venture capital fund, the Peak Ridge AgTech Fund, has expanded its advisory board to include Tommy G. Thompson, former four-time governor of Wisconsin and US secretary of health and human services. »

Marwyn appoints sector acquisitions specialist

Thu, 04/02/2010 - 06:09
Marwyn, an alternative asset manager, has appointed Glynn Thomas to lead the origination and execution of acquisitions in the support services sector. »

Lovell Minnick Equity Partners III tops USD450m at final closing

Wed, 03/02/2010 - 15:53
Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm providing buyout and growth capital to companies in the financial services industry, has completed the final closing of Lovell Minnick Equity Partners III. »

Ozannes and Mourant to merge

Wed, 03/02/2010 - 12:53
Ozannes and Mourant du Feu & Jeune, two law firms in the Channel Islands, are planning to merge. »