Deutsche Börse’s IPO indicator for quarter two 2010 shows that sentiment concerning initial public offerings on the German equities market is increasingly positive. Falling volatility on equity markets combined with increasing share prices indicates heightened issuing activity. Parallel to this, market participants’ expectations concerning IPOs have continued to improve. Market

In the first quarter of 2010 venture capitalists from around the world invested USD7bn in 919 deals for companies based in the US, Europe, Canada, Israel, mainland China and India, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. This is a 13 per cent increase over the USD6.2bn invested in 860 deals during

Venture capital funding in the life sciences sector, which includes the biotechnology and medical device industries, captured the highest percentage of venture capital dollars invested during the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, shows that life sciences funding

Tremor Media, a video monetisation and advertising company, has raised USD40m in funding led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund with participation from DFJ and Triangle Peak Partners. Existing investors including Canaan Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and SAP Ventures also participated significantly in this financing. The capital will allow Tremor

Climate Change Capital Private Equity, a EUR200m fund dedicated to investments in clean technology companies, has led a EUR9.1m funding round in Nualight, a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions to the retail sector. Nualight is based in Cork, Ireland. CPE subscribed for EUR3.75m of ordinary and preference shares in a

Ground Truth, a mobile intelligence provider that helps operators, advertisers and publishers to measure and grow their businesses, has raised USD7m in series B financing.  Emergence Capital Partners and Openair Ventures joined existing investors Steamboat Ventures and Voyager Capital in the financing round. The transaction brings Kevin Spain, principal at

In quarter one 2010 the total value of private equity investments in support services amounted to GBP1.1bn, equal to the total value recorded in the whole of 2009, according to a Grant Thornton report. Competition is set to intensify in this sector in the coming months, according to the corresponding

Zong, a mobile payment service used by online gaming and social networking websites, has completed a USD15m round of funding led by Matrix Partners. Formerly a division of Echovox, Zong is now a standalone company headquartered in Palo Alto. It will use the investment to accelerate the growth of its

Stability is returning to the European mergers and acquisitions market in 2010, according to a study by CMS. In the first European study to look at the M&A market before and after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, CMS draws on data from more than 750 M&A transactions in Europe. Martin