Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has increased its investment in Aricent, following the completion of an agreement between KKR and CPP Investment Board with Flextronics to purchase certain securities. The transaction, valued at USD255m, closed on 16 September 2009. “We are pleased to invest further in a company that
Calypso Medical Technologies, a developer of technology used for the precise tracking of tumour targets, has completed a USD50m round of venture capital financing, led by Skyline Ventures and Frazier Healthcare Ventures. Bay City Capital and InterWest Partners were also major investors in the financing. Proceeds from this financing will
Esbatech, a Swiss based unquoted portfolio company, has been acquired by Alcon to obtain Esbatech’s ophthalmic assets for USD150m upfront and USD439m in achievement based milestones. International Biotechnology Trust currently has an investment in Esbattech of GBP1,039,545, invested since July 2006. The director’s have changed the valuation of IBT’s interest
Beacon E&P, an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has received USD150m in equity commitments from Kayne Anderson Energy Funds, BAML Capital Partners, management and other investors. Beacon was formed in June 2009 by Jim Lightner, Rod Mellott and Stu Wagner. Lightner previously served as chairman,
For all those convinced that the culture of risk embodied in hedge funds was a prime cause of the financial and economic meltdown of the past two years, yesterday’s headlines provided more than a frisson of outrage: Barclays Bank has provided a group of 45 departing employees with some USD12.6bn
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has written a letter to the co-chief executives of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts outlining their concerns over the private equity firm’s planned ini
American Capital has completed the sale of its portfolio company Axygen BioScience, including its subsidiaries Axygen and Sorenson BioScience, to Corning for approximately USD400m.
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets’ acquisition finance team in London has provided a GBP7.5m package of senior debt to support Sovereign Capital’s GBP18m acquisition of London Care and the b
Adobe Systems and Omniture have entered into a definitive agreement for Adobe to acquire Omniture in a transaction valued at approximately USD1.8bn on a fully diluted equity-value basis
Barbara Ridpath, chief executive of the London-based International Centre for Financial Regulation, argues that with members of the financial indus
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