Romulus Capital has raised USD50 million from a group of individual investors from the US, Western Europe, Russia, South Asia, the Middle East and Hong Kong. The fundraising of Romulus’ second fund makes it one of the largest seed funds in the world. “By design, few things about us
Seventy six per cent of the world's top entrepreneurs plan to increase the size of their workforce in the year ahead by an average of 19 per cent, largely driven by growing global demand for goods and services and technological advances. That’s according to the third EY Global Job Creation
Jersey Finance is hoping that a recent increase in visits to the Gulf by both the regulator and senior government ministers will boost finance business attracted from the region. In addition to the recent activity which included visits to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), SunGard, AlpInvest and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have all joined The AltExchange Alliance, the global private equity group looking to implement a common data standard. As the Alliance’s focus shifts from formulating the standards to promoting widespread adoption, the participation of ILPA is important given the
Private equity firm The CapStreet Group has held the final closing of CapStreet IV. CapStreet launched fundraising for CapStreet IV on 5 November 2013, with the opening of an electronic data room, held a first close in December 2013 with commitments of USD249.5 million and a second close in February
Private equity and venture capital funds in Australia posted returns of 22 per cent in the 12 months to 31 December 2013, outperforming the ASX 300 Index by over 200 basis points. That’s according to new data released by the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL).
Ogier has advised X2 on the launch of its new natural resources venture, X2 Resources Partners, a Guernsey closed-ended investment vehicle. X2 Resources has been formed by the core executive team that built Xstrata into a USD50 billion mining major from a USD500 million debt-constrained company, led by former chief
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Macquarie Russia & CIS Infrastructure Fund (MRIF) are to develop a “smart grid” programme alongside the Russian power transmission and distribution company, JSC Russian Grids. One of the main focuses of the project will be to reduce electricity losses through measures such as
Low-cost airline Wizz Air, the largest budget airline in Central and Eastern Europe, is to float on the London Stock Exchange. Wizz Air, whose network spans 35 countries from 17 bases in nine Central and Eastern Europe, intends to apply for admission of its ordinary shares to the premium segment
Northleaf Capital Partners has held the final closing of Northleaf Secondary Partners (NSP), its specialist private equity secondaries fund. With strong support from both new and existing Northleaf investors, NSP raised USD255 million, surpassing its initial USD200 million target. NSP will capitalise on attractive opportunities in the current market,
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