Graphite Capital, the UK mid-market private equity specialist, has provided equity funding to enable Teaching Personnel to acquire Protocol Education, creating a leading provider of supply teachers and support staff to schools in England and Wales. Both businesses provide short and long term temporary teachers, teaching assistants and nursery staff,
Gert Tiivas (pictured), CEO of East Capital Explorer since its launch in 2007, is to leave his current position to take up a new role within the East Capital Group. In his new position Tiivas will be responsible for developing East Capital’s Private Equity investment business in the Baltic countries.


Asian private equity firm SAIF Partners, IDG China Media, a China-focused investment arm of Boston-headquartered International Data Group (IDG), and Relativity Media have formed a partnership to develop, produce, distribute and acquire Chinese material that also possesses worldwide appeal. Relativity will distribute all of its future films in China, including
Berkshire Partners has enlisted the help of Dimension Data as the private equity firm makes the move into new offices. Dimension has optimised the technology capabilities of Berkshire Partners’ new offices and accelerated the company’s communications systems, by implementing multiple network and communications solutions and integrating the company’s Microsoft Office
Morgan Stanley Private Equity (MSPE) and Denver-based Sterling Energy Company have formed a strategic partnership whereby MSPE has made a majority equity investment in a newly formed company called Sterling Investment Holdings, LLC (Sterling Energy) to support the growth of Sterling Energy’s midstream business in Colorado and North Dakota. Terms
Venture capital (VC) funding in the Life Sciences sector, which includes the Biotechnology and Medical Device industries, leapt 37 per cent during the second quarter of 2011, according to a new PwC US report, "High-dollar deals." The report includes data from the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report,
High Street Partners (HSP) has closed a USD6.3m Series C round of financing led by institutional venture capital investor Baird Venture Partners. The funding round also included existing investor Sigma Partners and Gold Hill Capital. HSP will use the proceeds to build-out its Shared Service Centers and accelerate the
Intel Capital has created a USD300 million Ultrabook Fund to help help drive innovation in this new category of devices. As announced at Computex earlier this year, Ultrabook systems will marry the performance and capabilities of today’s laptops with tablet-like features. Ultrabook devices will deliver a highly responsive and
Ares Management LLC has acquired the investment platform of Wrightwood Capital, a highly respected provider of debt capital to the US commercial real estate sector. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "This transaction represents a unique opportunity to further build out the Ares Private Debt Group by adding specific
The quarter ending 31 March, 2011, was the eighth in a row to yield positive returns for private equity and venture capital funds, according to Cambridge Associates LLC. Private equity continued to outperform venture capital over the five- and 10-year periods ending 31 March, while the situation remained reversed for
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