Shamrock Capital Advisors has announced the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund III, a USD400 million fund focused on providing buyout and growth capital investments in companies in the media, entertainment and communications industries.  Shamrock targets companies benefitting from growth trends in the media, entertainment and communication sectors. The fund

Maven has successfully exited from Walker Technical Resources via a secondary buyout funded by Gresham Private Equity. The sale realised a gross return of 2.9x the initial investment in just two years, with an IRR of 70%. Walker has seen exceptional growth since Maven’s original investment in June 2009, achieving

Thirty-seven US venture capital funds raised USD2.7 billion in the second quarter of 2011, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).  This level marks a 28 per cent increase by dollar commitments, but a 23 per cent decline by number of funds compared to the second

Climate Change Capital Private Equity LP (CPE) has led an EUR8m investment in Orège SA (Orège), a French company that has developed patented wastewater treatment technologies for complex effluents and sludge from the oil & gas, mining, petrochemical and chemical industries.

 CPE, which manages a EUR200m private equity fund focused

Private equity firm TLG Capital has increased its investment in Quality Chemicals Industries Ltd (QCIL), the Uganda based pharmaceutical manufacturer, to 12.5 per cent shareholding. This further deployment of funds into QCIL, a leading sub-Saharan plant, comes after the company received a Good Manufacturing Practices certification from the World Health

Olympus Partners has acquired FFR-DSI, Inc from Cortec Group. FFR-DSI, headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio, is a leading North American designer, marketer and value-added supplier of merchandising, loss prevention and operational efficiency solutions primarily to retailers and consumer packaged goods companies.    FFR-DSI’s solutions provide multiple benefits and ultimately enhance profitability

Elystan, GI Partners’ investment platform, has acquired a 21,000 square metre office building from a joint venture between a Stiller Immobilien, Frankfurt, and Drees & Sommer, Stuttgart (F10). Located at Feringa Str 10-12, Munich Unterföhring, F10 (pictured) is one of the largest and most modern multi-tenanted office buildings in the

Oak Hill Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell Primus International (Primus), a global manufacturer of aerospace components, to Precision Castparts Corp for USD900 million. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Primus is a leading supplier of highly engineered metallic and composite parts, kits and assemblies to the aerospace industry, serving