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Phones

CallMiner raises USD4m from Sigma, Intersouth and Inflexion

CallMiner, a provider of enterprise speech analytics, has closed USD4m in series C financing from Sigma Partners, Intersouth Partners, Inflexion Partners and an undisclosed partner. »

Computers

Crescent Financial Partners acquires stake in IT Trading’s software

Crescent Financial Partners has purchased a minority stake in IT Trading’s proprietary quantitative trading software for USD3.2m. »

Money and calculator

John DelPonti joins Navigant’s valuation and financial risk management practice

John DelPonti has joined the valuation and financial risk management practice of Navigant Capital Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navigant Consulting, as a managing director in the Washington, DC office. »

John Televantos, a partner at Arsenal Capital

Arsenal’s Novolyte Technologies creates joint venture with Foosung

Arsenal Capital Partners' portfolio company Novolyte Technologies, a manufacturer and supplier of specialty electrolyte materials for lithium ion battery and energy storage applications, has created a joint venture with Foosung, a producer of specialty lithium salts for lithium batteries. »

Jeff Greenberg, chief executive of Aquiline

Aquiline leads USD225m investment in CRT Capital Group

Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, has made a USD225m investment in CRT Capital Group, an independent institutional broker-dealer based in Stamford, Connecticut. »

Sunrise

Private equity emerges from the economic crisis, says Towers Watson

Market conditions are now providing opportunities for private equity managers and their investors in selective areas of the market, according to research produced by professional services company Towers Watson. »

Renatto Barbieri, Galtere

Galtere launches agribusiness private equity strategy

Galtere, a US registered investment manager, has launched an agribusiness private equity strategy that aims to take advantage of a fundamental shift in global market dynamics and a growing worldwide demand for commodities from institutional investors. »

Phil Carpenter, a senior managing director at Irving Place Capital

Irving Place Capital to acquire Alpha Packaging

Irving Place Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Alpha Packaging, a blow molder of plastic bottles and jars for the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and personal care markets. »

Networks

Ridgemont to acquire majority interest in Unite Private Networks

Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market buyout and growth equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement for a majority investment in Unite Private Networks, a provider of high-bandwidth, fibre-based communications networks. »

Wind farm

BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners acquires wind farm in Ireland

The fund managed by BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has acquired 100 per cent of Gortahile Windfarm, which owns and operates a 20 megawatt wind farm in County Laois, Ireland, from ABO Wind Ireland.  »

Fareed Asadi, chairman of Black Pearl Capital

Black Pearl Capital closes its first private equity fund

Black Pearl Capital, an asset management and advisory firm, has closed its first private equity fund with a committed capital of USD50m. »

Mobile phone

Royalton completes sale of mobile phone retailer mPunkt

Royalton Capital Investors, a private equity fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has sold 100 per cent of mPunkt Polska to Cyfrowy Polsat, the biggest Polish DTH platform offering pay TV services and mobile telephony and broadband internet access. »

Man with laptop

Kneip acquires fund reporting company Co-Link

Kneip, an independent service provider to the asset management industry, has acquired Co-Link, a specialist in fund reporting technology and services for investment funds. »

Todd Chaffee, general partner of IVP

Institutional Venture Partners raises oversubscribed USD750m fund

Institutional Venture Partners has closed Institutional Venture Partners XIII, a USD750m later-stage venture capital and growth equity fund.  »

Socks

Carlyle invests in Brazilian hosiery and lingerie company

Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has made an investment in Scalina, Brazil’s largest manufacturer and retailer of woman’s hosiery and lingerie. »

Exit sign

Candover opts to wind itself up

Private equity firm Candover Investments has ended months of uncertainty over its future by announcing that it is to wind itself up. »

Chris Rynning, chief executive of Origo

Origo acquires stake in Unipower Battery

Private equity firm Origo Partners has acquired a 16.5 per cent stake in Unipower Battery for an aggregate amount of USD4.3m.  »

Carey Olsen partner Robert Milner

Carey Olsen advises GCP Infrastructure Investments on LSE listing

Channel Islands law firm Carey Olsen has advised a new Jersey fund, GCP Infrastructure Investments, on its listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. »

Harry Nelis, Accel Partners

Accel Partners invests EUR37m in Showroomprive.com

Accel Partners is investing EUR37m in Showroomprive.com, a members’ only fashion e-commerce site which sells designer brands at discount prices. »

Patrick Sayer, chairman of the executive board, Eurazeo

Eurazeo returns to growth in first half

Eurazeo has reported group net income of EUR88.5m for the first half of 2010, compared with a loss of EUR120.9m for the first half of 2009. »