Vision and fundraising are more important skills for chief executives today, according to a study of venture capital-backed company leadership by executive search consulting firm Spencer Stuart and the National Venture Capital Association. Vision ranked fourth among important chief executive skills in 2010, but only seventh in the 2001 study.
Credit Agricole Egypt has agreed to invest USD5m in Beltone Midcap Management’s new midcap fund. This new fund was initiated to provide support and help in developing the small and medium enterprises sector in Egypt. Beltone Private Equity was established in 2006 to capitalise on the unprecedented changes taking place
Dunedin, the UK mid-market private equity house, has invested in the secondary buyout of Weldex in a deal which values Weldex at over GBP100m enterprise value. Dunedin has backed the existing owners, Dougie McGilvray and his family, to continue their expansion of the business. Weldex, the largest crawler crane
Wheb Ventures, a European clean technology private equity firm, has invested EUR4.4m in the German company VIA Optronics, becoming a co-investor with BayBG which was an existing shareholder. VIA Optronics supplies energy saving LCD displays for products such as handheld devices, laptops, televisions, and industrial devices. The products of
Lyceum Capital’s strategy to consolidate the energy consultancy sector has continued with its GBP6.25m acquisition of risk management specialist Encore International on behalf of platform investment McKinnon & Clarke. The enlarged business will be re-named M&C Energy Group on 1 July. The mid-market growth investor acquired McKinnon & Clarke,
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm that focuses on investments in the software, healthcare, financial services and industrial technology industries, has made an investment in Netsmart Technologies. Genstar Capital will provide the capital and strategic software and healthcare expertise to help Netsmart manage its growth and expand its solutions to
George Osborne, the youngest Chancellor of the UK Exchequer in over a century, has had to produce a budget in some of the toughest times in recent years. Kinetic Partners outlines the key headlines from the budget, including an increase in the rate of capital gains tax to 28%
Private equity firm Huron Capital has sold its portfolio company, Ross Education, in a transaction that produced 18.7 times its original investment and a 76 per cent internal rate of return. Based in St. Clair, Michigan, Ross Education operates a group of 17 post-secondary schools that offer career-oriented training in
The world’s population of high net worth individuals is growing at 17.1 per cent, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management’s 14th annual World Wealth Report. The report indicates that emerging wealth recovery has nearly recouped 2008 losses, returning to levels last seen in 2007. High net worth
Funds managed by BNP Paribas Private Equity have invested EUR1.8m in Acropolis Telecom. After making an initial investment of EUR700,000 in May 2009, BNP Paribas Private Equity is continuing to support Acropolis Telecom’s development plans, which include acquisitions in the French market to build a national footprint. Acropolis Telecom will
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