Atlanta Equity Fund, a private equity firm with USD109m in capital under management, has announced that its affiliate has acquired Richmond Cold Storage.

Florida Merchant Capital Investors, a Tampa, Florida-based private equity investment firm, has purchased employment website WorkTree.com for an undisclosed sum.

A total of 32 technology companies raised EUR54 million in the first quarter of 2009, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePul

ExactTarget, a provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, has agreed a USD70m deal with three venture capital firms that will accelerate the company’s growth and ex

Azla Advisors, a boutique secondary sell-side advisory firm, has advised Merrill Lynch on the divestment and syndication of EUR150m of original commitment in Kreos Capital III, the 2006

Silo Financial, a direct private lender, has announce a strategic alliance in which KPO Ventures has committed USD100,000,000 in strategic real estate capital.

Vista Equity Partners Fund III has increased its offer to acquire SumTotal Systems to USD4.50 per share in cash.

StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled business services companies throughout the US, has announced the close of its oversubscribed USD244m Fund II.

Pangborn, a member of the Atlas Holdings group of businesses, has purchased the second-largest wheel blast and surface preparation equipment provider in Europe, known as the Othello Gro