Dale Pfost has joined Advent Venture Partners as a venture partner.  Dr Pfost has more than 25 years of experience as a life science entrepreneur and CEO, with expertise in high technology research tools, genomics, diagnostics and therapeutics.  He will be based in the US and will assist General Partners

Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund focused on value investing and business improvement in the smaller end of the middle market, has sold its portfolio company, SRC, to Buckingham Capital and Stelaris Capital. Although financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, Monomoy received cash and

Middle-market private equity firm Irving Place Capital (IPC) has acquired Dots, a women’s fashion and accessory retail company. Terms of the transaction, which closed on January 3, 2011, have not been disclosed. Dots is a specialty retail company offering women the newest fashion trends at affordable prices. Founded in 1987,

Specialist private equity fund-of-funds KCC Management has been renamed Cuyahoga Capital Partners after gaining independence from Key Capital Corporation. The new firm will be led by Managing Partners Chris Hanrahan and Bart Shirley (pictured), while the entire KCC Management team of investment professionals will remain with Cuyahoga Capital Partners. Cuyahoga

The total value of smaller private equity buyouts completed during 2010 rose to over GBP2.5billion, a 150 per cent increase on 2009 levels, according to data from The UK Growth Buyout Dashboard. The quarterly trend analysis of private equity transactions in the GBP10 million to GBP100 million segment produced by

Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm with a focus on technology and healthcare investments, has completed a majority equity investment in technology staffing and clinical data management consulting firm Eliassen Group. Eliassen Group was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA with five additional offices along the

Exit activity for venture-backed companies moved closer to levels seen before the economic downturn as 514 companies achieved liquidity in 2010, netting USD39.3 billion, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource.   That represents a 25% increase in exits from 2009 and is not far from the 613 exits completed

Private equity firm Olympus Partners has sold T&H Group to Alliant Insurance Services.   Olympus has owned T&H Group – a New York-based insurance broker with specialties in surety, construction-related insurance and employee benefits, since April 2006 when it acquired Tanenbaum-Harber and Thesco Benefits.  T&H Group later acquired RFF &