Private equity firm Cartesian Capital Group and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s USD10bn government-sponsored private equity fund, have acquired stakes in the Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS from ZAO UniCredit Bank. Following the transaction, the RDIF will own approximately 2.7 per cent and Cartesian will own approximately 2.5 per cent

RIT Capital Partners, the London listed investment trust chaired by Lord (Jacob) Rothschild, has made a long-term investment in Corsair Capital, resulting in it having a minority investment in the GP of the firm. This investment is consistent with RIT’s strategy of identifying and investing in high quality asset managers,

Bain Capital Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity firm, has launched StartUp Academy, an initiative to provide students with exposure to entrepreneurship and insights on how to build a business and work with innovative technologies. Through the StartUp Academy programme, Bain Capital Ventures will seek elite technical talent from

The Aureos Latin America Fund (ALAF) has invested USD10m in a Mexican clinical research organisation, Investigación Farmacológica y Biofarmacéutica (IFaB). ALAF is a fund established by Aureos Capital, a small and mid-cap private equity fund manager investing in global growth markets.   IFaB is a provider of outsourced research and

Coller Capital, an investor in private equity secondaries, has held the final closing of Coller International Partners VI (CIP VI) with commitments of USD5.5bn. CIP VI, which had a target size of USD5bn, will acquire private equity portfolios – positions in existing private equity funds and interests in privately-held companies

RollUp Media has secured EUR1.2m in funding from venture capital firm Arts Alliance and other investors, bringing total funding since its founding to EUR2m. The new investment will enable RollUp Media, which publicly launched in the UK and Australia in May, to continue expansion of its service to help niche

RiverRock European Capital Partners has held the final closing of its European Opportunities Fund (EOF). The close is built upon new commitments from major European institutional investors, family offices, the German Ministry of Economics and Technology and LfAFörderbank Bayern. These investors will join existing investors, including the European Investment Fund

Tikehau Investment Management and Macquarie Corporate and Asset Finance’s lending group have agreed to cooperate in providing unitranche, mezzanine, and private bonds to mid-market companies in France. The Tikehau/Macquarie French credit programme is designed to deliver reliable lending product to borrowers with greater speed, simplicity and certainty of execution. Tikehau

HarbourVest Global Private Equity had an estimated net asset value per share of USD11.49 at the end of June, a USD0.08 per share increase from 31 May 2012 (USD11.41).  This change mainly reflects positive public markets and foreign currency movement, as well as increases in the value of privately-held investments