Plastic Jungle, a website for selling, buying and exchanging gift cards, has secured USD4.8m in its series A preferred stock financing, led by Shasta Ventures with investments from Bay

Daphne International Holdings, a retailer of ladies’ footwear in China, has entered into an agreement with TPG Capital under which TPG will make an investment in Daphne through the subs

Formation Group, a sports and talent management agency, has confirmed that it is in exclusive talks with Gresham Private Equity over certain parts of the Formation business.

Guidepoint Global, a primary research firm, has acquired Vista Research from Standard & Poor’s. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Investors led by John Kanas and including funds advised by The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Centerbridge Partners and WL Ross, have invested USD900m in a depository institution

Vista Equity Partners Fund III has sent a letter to the board of directors of SumTotal Systems encouraging the board not to inhibit the auction process for the company.

Ludgate Environmental Fund, the Aim-listed investment company focused on the environmental/cleantech sector, has made a further investment of EUR2m into agri.capital. 

Law firm McDermott Will & Emery is representing Morgan Stanley and Rothschild in their role as financial advisers to CF Industries Holding, in that company’s three-way battle with A

Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent administrator for the alternative investment industry, has opened a Chicago office to focus on client relationship management and US business develop