Private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Hillman Companies from Code Hennessy & Simmons, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and certain members of company management. Oak Hill Capital is investing in partnership with Hillman’s current management team, led by chief executive Mick

Low Carbon Accelerator had an unaudited net asset value of GBP44.22m, or 51.4 pence per ordinary share, at as at 28 February 2010, an increase of 2.2 per cent increase on the 30 November 2009 audited NAV of 50.3 pence per ordinary share. It represents the third consecutive quarter of

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group and RPK Capital Management, an aircraft leasing and investment company, have formed a partnership to invest USD600m in equity in a spectrum of commercial aviation assets, including aircraft, engines and related securities and loans. With leverage, the new partnership, RPK Capital Partners, is expected

Axa Private Equity has acquired a USD1.9bn portfolio of limited partnership interests in private equity funds from Bank of America. Axa says this represents one of the largest secondary private equity transactions in history. The portfolio strengthens Axa Private Equity’s position in the US and adds to a series of

Amonix, a designer and manufacturer of concentrated photovoltaic solar power systems, has raised a USD129.4m series B financing round led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. Other participants in the round include Adams Street Partners, Angeleno Group, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Vedanta Capital, New Silk Route, The Westly

MMC Ventures has invested growth capital to accelerate the expansion of Creativity Software, a supplier of end-to-end location based services solutions to mobile network operators.  Creativity Software is one of the few providers of an LBS one stop shop suite of network infrastructure, middleware and end user applications, enabling mobile

Wheb Ventures, a European clean technology private equity firm, has completed the fourth closing of its second clean technology fund, Wheb Ventures Private Equity Fund 2 at GBP100.3m (EUR114m or USD153m). Wheb has so far attracted support from family offices and financial institutions and will hold the fund’s final closing

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, a US-based provider of insurance claims administration services, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Stone Point Capital and Hellman & Friedman for USD1.1bn (EUR816m). Sedgwick is currently controlled by US title insurer Fidelity National Financial, leveraged buyout specialist Thomas H. Lee Partners, Evercore

GE Antares Capital, a unit of GE Capital, has served as administrative agent for a senior secured credit facility in conjunction with the acquisition of Caravan Trading by Sterling Foods, an existing portfolio company of TGF Management and Austin Ventures. Proceeds of the new facility were used to finance the