Chinese venture capital firm Qiming Venture Partners (Qiming) has held the closing of Fund V, its fifth US Dollar venture capital fund with USD648 million in commitments. This fund continues Qiming's strategy of funding innovations through outstanding Chinese entrepreneurs in the Information Technology, Internet and Consumer (Intersumer), Healthcare, and Cleantech
Noerr has advised the French Pernod Ricard Group on the agreement of a strategic partnership with Black Forest Distillers. The second largest spirits and wines group worldwide has taken over a strategic majority in the Black Forest company and will, in future, cooperate with the manufacturer of the well-known Monkey
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has launched the Fee Reporting Template, which builds upon ILPA’s reporting guidelines first issued in 2011 and is the first deliverable of the ILPA’s Fee Transparency Initiative launched in May 2015. The Template marks the industry’s first attempt to unify and codify the presentation
Idinvest Partners is making an investment in Secret Escapes, the exclusive members only travel club. Following the USD60 million Series C fundraising closed by the company during the summer of 2015, Idinvest Partners has decided to join some of the most successful international venture firms (including Google Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Index
Golding Capital Partners (GCP) has closed 2015 with another record by raising almost EUR850 million new capital for GCP investment programmes, outstripping the previous record set in 2014 by almost 10 per cent. The successful fundraising is further testimony to GCP's leading position in the European market for private equity,
A stronger euro helped boost second quarter 2015 returns as measured in US dollars in private equity and venture capital funds investing primarily outside the US. Funds focusing on ex US developed markets outperformed those targeting emerging markets – a result that was the reverse of the outcome for public
Atlanta-based venture capital firm BIP Capital has launched a franchise development division, the BIP Franchise Accelerator, to help emerging brands accelerate their growth. Currently, the BIP Franchise Accelerator's portfolio includes fast casual concepts Tropical Smoothie Café and Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, and the company is seeking to invest in brands
SL Capital Partners has entered into an agreement to manage Aviva Investors’ private equity portfolio from 1 February 2016. SL Capital is a subsidiary of Standard Life Investments. With the majority of the private equity portfolio in run-off, Aviva Investors has taken the decision to delegate the management and monitoring
Private equity investment firm Pamplona Capital Management has acquired VText Holdings from Investcorp which acquired the business in 2010. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Veritext, headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey, is the leader in deposition and litigation support solutions in the United States. Veritext provides law firms and corporations
BGF has invested GBP2 million in Castleton Technology (LSE: CTP) the software and managed services provider to the public and not-for-profit sectors, to support the acquisition of Kypera Holdings Limited and Castleton’s longer term growth strategy. At the same time, the Group’s existing investor MXC Capital has invested GBP1.5 million
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