The California Endowment, the state’s largest, private health foundation with assets of more than USD3 billion, has committed USD10 million to DBL Investors’ second fund—the DBL Equity Fund (BAEF II, L.P. or Fund II). DBL Investors, a pioneer in double bottom line venture capital investing, has invested in 28 start-up
During Q3 2011, 97 private equity funds reached a final close, raising an aggregate USD44.8bn, according to Preqin. While the latest quarterly figures are expected to improve slightly (10-20%) as more information becomes available, fundraising levels are significantly down on those seen in recent quarters. Some USD82.8bn was raised by
Atlante Ventures, a venture capital fund of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, has finalised an investment of EUR1milion in YOGITECH SpA, part of a capital increase round totalling EUR 1.5 million. The remaining EUR500.000 was subscribed by the current financial shareholder Fondo Toscana Ventures, part of SICI Sgr SpA. “We are
LDC, the leading mid-market private equity house, has exited its investment in claims management provider Davies Group through a management-led secondary buyout backed by Electra Partners. The business was sold for a price of GBP60m. Davies Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of claims management solutions to the
A number of private equity transactions across Europe have collapsed or been delayed in recent weeks, as the impact of the deepening sovereign debt crisis causes the market to deteriorate. Mark Spinner (pictured), partner at international law firm Eversheds, comments… The current uncertainty in the Eurozone and volatility in the
A leading Managed IT Services Provider, Adapt, is set to execute a buy-and-build strategy to capitalise on market opportunities after securing backing from growth investor Lyceum Capital. Adapt delivers enterprise-class cloud, infrastructure management, network and data centre services to a wide range of mid- market clients that operate business critical
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has responded to HM Treasury’s review of the VCT scheme rules. The AIC proposes allowing individual VCTs to invest greater amounts in individual SMEs and this would be achieved by removing the annual £1million investment limit. This reform would benefit both individual VCTs and
Yieldex, a provider of inventory and revenue management solutions for digital publishers, has raised USD10 million in its third round of venture capital funding. Triangle Peak Partners and Hearst Interactive Media led the round. Existing Yieldex venture capital investors Sequel Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and FFP Holdings also participated
The Bird & Bird Paris corporate restructuring team has assisted BNP Private Equity in its Management Buy Out (MBO) of DNV IT Global Services. The takeover took place in association with Annie Combelles, Manager of the company. Through this operation, DNV IT Global Services, IT consulting company to companies and
BeCapital, a European private equity firm focusing on expansion capital investments in cleantech companies, announced the final closing of its first fund at EUR148.325 million, well above the EUR100 million initial target. Initiated by BeCitizen, Cobepa and La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild, BeCapital gathered interest from a unique network of investors, mostly
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