Greycroft Partners, a venture capital firm that specialises in early stage internet and media companies, has held the closing of the fundraising for its latest fund, Greycroft III. The fund was substantially oversubscribed, but held to the original capped amount of USD175m. Virtually all of Greycroft’s previous investors committed to
Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses aspects of the forthcoming Autumn Statement, due on 5 December… It is universally expected that the accompanying economic growth forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility will be significantly downgraded as growth has disappointed since the March Budget. Reflecting the
Mayfair-based Murano Systems is planning to open an office in New York in the spring of 2013. This will be the boutique company’s second office and will offer the same asset-raising services as the company’s existing London operation. Murano’s way of streamlining the asset raising process caters to both investors
Ingenious Investments, part of UK-based investment and advisory group Ingenious, has launched the African Solar Fund, a social impact investment fund which aims to transform the energy supply for some of the most economically deprived households in Africa. Social impact investment is a rapidly developing asset class that enables investors
Clinical stage biotechnology company MabVax Therapeutics has closed the first tranche in the company’s series B financing. Numoda Capital Innovations led the round and was joined by existing investors Burrill Capital Fund IV and RTP Venture Fund for an aggregate investment of USD5.25m. The additional capital will allow MabVax to
The US fiscal cliff is for now the major tail risk still on the table, says Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, Head of Strategy at ING IM… Although there is hope that a compromise may be reached before year-end, the uncertainty keeps US businesses and consumers as well as investors cautious. We
Capital For Enterprise Ltd (CfEL), the UK Government’s fund of funds manager, has confirmed the launch of Longwall Ventures ECF, the 12th enterprise capital fund and second fund for the Longwall Venture Partners. Longwall Ventures ECF comprises GBP25m of government investment alongside GBP15m from private investors. Enterprise capital funds address
Valores Capital Partners (VCP), a new boutique merchant bank with offices and senior personnel in New York and Mumbai, has launched with the intention of focusing on "high growth/high margin" businesses within the global financial services sector. Within the financial services sector, Valores has a dual focus. One is the
For the period ending 30 June 2012, European private equity performance showed positive returns across all investment horizons and moved in a positive trajectory in the one-year, three-year and ten-year time horizons, compared to December 2011, according to Thomson Reuters. Venture capital fund returns in the one-year time horizon moved
In 2013 at least one European next-generation technology company will achieve a USD1bn value through a sale, IPO or fundraising. This prediction from Magister Advisors, global M&A advisers to the technology industry, reflects how quickly the next wave of European tech companies is maturing into high value businesses. The
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