Tribal Nova, a Montreal-based developer of parent-friendly virtual worlds and online educational gaming services for three to 12 year olds, has announced the closing of a CAD3m growth f

Lycera, which is developing novel small-molecule pharmaceuticals to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, has closed a USD36m Series A f

New Atlantic Ventures, an early-stage information technology venture capital fund manager with offices in Reston, Virginia and Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced the final closing

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, says it has outperformed against all the targets set for the five years to 2008 by the Department for International Development.

The US healthcare venture capital market produced 100 transactions totalling USD1.83bn in the first quarter of 2009, which represents slightly less funding and only three fewer deals th

Venture capitalists invested just USD3.90bn in US companies in the first quarter of 2009, a 50 per cent decline from the same period in 2008 and the lowest quarterly investment total si

Private equity and venture capital investment by UK-based firms in 2008 fell below GBP20bn for the first time since 2005, according to the BVCA’s forthcoming report on investment activi

Pennsylvania-based Context Capital Partners has announced that it has raised and is now deploying additional capital for its Context BH Equity Fund family.

Equinox Fund Management, a Denver-based commodity pool operator, has announced the formation of Equinox Capital Markets, an affiliate created to provide institutional placement agent se