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SEI extends relationship with Key Capital to include PE operations outsourcing

SEI has extended its relationship with Key Capital Investment Management Limited to include an operational outsourcing solution for the firm’s private equity business. Key Capital’s private equity offering is designed to provide family offices and high-net-worth private clients with exposure to a pre-identified list of Europe’s leading private equity firms

Pangaea Ventures holds first close of third fund

Pangaea Ventures Ltd has held a first close of Pangaea Ventures Fund III, LP, having attracted the initial USD50 million into the target USD100 million USD fund.  Limited Partners in the new fund include world-leading industrials Asahi Glass Co Ltd, Asahi Kasei Innovation Partners, Inc, nv Bekaert sa, 9th Street

Target Partners invests in adeven GmbH

Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners has led a seven-figure financing round for adeven GmbH, a technology company headquartered in Berlin and London, that verifies and optimizes mobile advertising campaigns for publishers and advertisers in real time. The financing will support the company’s international growth. Adeven GmbH analyzes the overall

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PE funds raised USD7.8bn in Q1, says EMPEA

Some 30 emerging markets private equity funds raised USD7.8 billion in the three months ended 31 March 2012, compared to 46 funds that raised USD9.9 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to figures released by the Emerging Markets Private Equty Association (EMPEA). On the investment side, 198 deals

Eversheds advises Baird Capital Partners Europe on technology acquisition

International law firm Eversheds has advised private equity firm Baird Capital Partners Europe on its acquisition of the instrumentation solutions business of e2v technologies plc for GBP15 million. The acquired business will be re-named SGX Sensortech Ltd (SGX). SGX designs and manufactures sensors that provide environmental, health & safety research

Quikr attracts USD32 million PE investment

Quikr, an internet and mobile-based classified ads specialist, has attracted an investment of USD32 million led by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing. Existing investors Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners and eBay Inc. also participated in this round of fund raising, which is the

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Global M&A activity up 23 per cent year-on-year, says IntraLinks DFI

For the first quarter of 2012, the IntraLinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI), which provides an early view of current deal flow activity and trends in the global market prior to public announcement, shows a 23 per cent increase in global merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity compared to Q1 2011.

Dunedin sells WEFL to KMW

Mid-market private equity house Dunedin has sold WFEL, a leader in mobile tactical military bridging, to KMW, a German land defence systems provider. The sale has realised a multiple of 2.4x for Dunedin. Under Dunedin’s ownership WFEL has seen significant growth in sales, predominantly exports, increasing by nearly 70% to

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BV Investment Partners invests in Health Information Designs

Middle-market private equity firm BV Investment Partners has made an investment in Health Information Designs (HID). HID is a leading provider of primarily healthcare-related information technology and data analytics services, which help healthcare organisations improve patient health and reduce operating costs. The company also offers insurance identification and verification services focused

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