Andreessen Horowitz – the venture capital firm created by Netscape and Opsware founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz – has led a Series C USD58m round in Europe’s leading financial tech start-up TransferWise. TransferWise’s existing investors, including Sir Richard Branson, Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Index Ventures, IA Ventures, and Seedcamp,

Connection Capital has successfully completed a commitment, on behalf of its clients, to the third fund from 17Capital, a London-based specialist investor of preferred equity in private equity funds.  Due to the high level of demand from its clients, Connection Capital exceeded its original allocation to 17Capital Fund 3.  Connection

Private equity house Maven Capital Partners has led the GBP4.5 million Management Buy-In of CB Technology Limited (CB), an established contract electronics manufacturer with a focus on complex manufacturing and testing for deployment in harsh environments. Maven has assembled a strong buy-in team for CB led by John Cameron, formerly

Private equity investment firm Harvest Partners has formed Harvest Partners SCF (HP SCF), a private investment advisor that provides structured equity and junior debt solutions to business owners. HP SCF intends to target investments with private equity-like returns while assuming the risks more characteristic of debt investments. HP SCF will

Verne Global has secured USD98m of equity funding, led by Stefnir, an Icelandic asset management and private equity firm that is working with several of the largest Icelandic pension funds.  Existing investors – the Wellcome Trust, Novator Partners and General Catalyst – also participated in the round. Verne Global will

Private equity funds manager TPH Partners has partnered with Clark and David Nicklas to form Laurel Mountain Energy, an independent upstream company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Laurel Mountain is focused on the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties across the Appalachian Basin, with a primary focus on the

Seafort Advisors GmbH and ThyssenKrupp have signed an agreement on the sale of the Emder Werft und Dockbetriebe shipyard in Emden.  Completion of the deal is subject to the necessary permits and approvals and is scheduled for the first quarter of 2015. A team led by lead partner Dr Tobias