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Cinven to acquire CPA Global

European private equity firm Cinven has reached an agreement to acquire CPA Global – a global provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software – for an undisclosed consideration, from its current shareholders, including Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and the founder shareholders. The transaction is subject to the approval

AAC Capital sells Volution Group to TowerBrook

Mid-market buy-out firm AAC Capital UK has sold Volution Group to funds advised by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP (TowerBrook). AAC UK generated a money multiple of 2.4x on its original investment of GBP49.25m. Headquartered in Crawley, Volution supplies a range of ventilation products to improve the built environment with an emphasis

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Symplified closes USD20m VC round

Symplified, the Cloud Identity Company, has raised USD20m in a Series C round of venture capital financing led by Ignition Partners. The company, which tripled revenues and customer adoption last year, is the market share leader in the rapidly expanding cloud identity and access management (IAM) segment with more than

American Capital receives USD215m in cash proceeds from sale of CIBT Solutions

American Capital received has USD215 million in cash proceeds from the sale of portfolio company CBIT Solutions Inc – USD2 million (1 per cent) less than the company’s third quarter 2011 valuation of the investment. American Capital’s compounded annual rate of return earned over the life of its total investment in

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Neomagic secures PE financing

Embedded memory and logic technology specialist NeoMagic Corporation has executed a private financing (PIPE) for 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock priced at USD0.01 per share. The financing is led by Bluestone Financial LTD investor group and Mediastone LLC, two prominent venture capital and private equity firms. David Tomasello,

Dollars

Women’s VC fund leads USD1 million funding for Ivycorp

Ivycorp, creators of Ivytalk, a next-generation enterprise messaging network for businesses and organisations, has received an initial USD1 million in Series A investment capital from a combination of investors led by the Women’s Venture Capital Fund. "Ivycorp is a great example of the large and growing pipeline of women entrepreneurs

OMERS Private Equity and Partners sell Cari-All Group to Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik

OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, and a consortium equity group, including the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, have sold Cari-All Group Inc to German based cart manufacturer Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH. Founded in 1969, Cari-All is the leading manufacturer and

Correlation Ventures raises USD165 million in oversubscribed initial fund

Correlation Ventures has closed its initial USD165 million venture capital fund, 10 per cent above the USD150 million target. The firm leverages its analytics to offer entrepreneurs and lead investors co-investment decisions within two weeks. Limited partners include leading endowments, foundations, pensions, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, including over 30

Walker Morris advises on Barratts rescue deal

Lawyers from Walker Morris have acted for Barratts Trading Limited on its acquisition of the majority of the Barratts and Priceless shoe chains from administrators. The acquisition follows the appointment of administrators, Deloitte LLP, to the Barratts Priceless group of companies on 8 December 2011. Barratts Trading Limited has acquired

Revolution Growth Fund makes first investment in FedBid

FedBid, Inc, which operates the FedBid online marketplace at www.FedBid.com, has secured the first investment made by the Revolution Growth fund, which was launched in December 2011 by Steve Case, Ted Leonsis and Donn Davis. Revolution Growth is now the largest investor in FedBid. Leonsis has been named Chairman of

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