The Cambridge Associates Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index rose by 2.90 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest quarterly report released by The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL). For the 12 months ending 30 September 2012, the C|A Australia Index
Carrick Capital Partners is to invest USD28m in Axiom, a 1,000 person new model firm that helps general counsel manage their workload more effectively. This announcement marks Carrick’s first deal since closing the firm’s first fund in November 2012. Carrick focuses on investing in companies that provide technology-enabled service offerings,
Omnes Capital (formerly Crédit Agricole Private Equity), via the LCL Expansion and Omnes Expansion funds, is investing in a management buyout for Groupe Eyssautier alongside the group’s management team. Founded in 1935 by the Eyssautier family, the group is now the leading marine and transport insurance broker in France. It
Albion Ventures has invested up to GBP2m in MyMeds&Me, a healthcare software as a service (SaaS) company which provides a web-based solution for the capture of adverse event, product complaint and targeted medical information for pharmaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical industry processed around six million such events last year and the
Social marketing software provider Spredfast has raised USD18m in venture capital, led by OpenView Venture Partners with follow-on investment participation from existing investors Austin Ventures and InterWest Partners. The funding comes as Spredfast reports 400 per cent revenue growth and a doubling in employee headcount in 2012. The company plans
Riordan, Lewis & Haden | Equity Partners (RLH) has invested in The Chartis Group, a strategy consulting firm that helps the senior executives and boards of directors of hospitals and Integrated Delivery Networks address their most important and pressing challenges. The company assists its clients with key strategic decisions on
Spire Capital, a lower middle market focused private equity firm specialising in investments in the business services, information services, education, media and communications sectors, has acquired Performance Assessment Network (PAN), a technology-enabled provider of human capital management assessment solutions. Spire Capital, a lower middle market focused private equity firm specialising
Panattoni Europe has disposed of two portfolios of logistics assets located in Poland, totalling 402,000 sq m of space, to affiliates of LogiCor, the pan-European logistics platform established by real estate funds managed by affiliates of The Blackstone Group. The first transaction closed in October 2012 and consisted of four
A private equity fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors has acquired a controlling interest in two Maldives-based seaplane operators – Maldivian Air Taxi (MAT) and Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA). Following the transaction, Lars Erik Nielsen (founder of MAT), Lars Petré and Hussain Afeef (majority shareholders
Bain Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Apex Tool Group, a tools manufacturer. The purchase from Danaher Corporation and Eaton was valued at approximately USD1.6bn. Apex Tool is one of the largest global producers of industrial hand and power tools, tool storage, drill chucks, chain, and electronic soldering products
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