Investment banking veteran Dominic A Petito (pictured) has formed Wisdom Capital Partners, LLC, a private investment firm focused on middle market companies with solid growth potential.   Petito formed the firm in order to provide insight, relationships and differentiated solutions to companies that would not normally have access to private equity

Ingenious Ventures, a leading manager of VCTs in the entertainment sector, today announces that it has invested GBP2 million in a new arena-based live cricket event, Titans of Cricket. The investment has been made through Ingenious’ Entertainment VCTs (www.ingeniousvcts.co.uk), which invest in a range of music festivals, live events and

Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organisation, has agreed to invest USD5m in JSE Listed Allied Technologies Limited (Altech), Intel Capital’s first investment in South Africa. This commercial investment agreement, subject to Altech shareholder approval, is part of a strategic collaboration in which Intel and Altech will explore various areas of

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has reached an agreement to acquire RAC Limited (RAC), the motoring services provider, from Aviva plc (Aviva). The transaction represents an enterprise value of GBP1bn. Completion, which is subject to regulatory and competition approvals, is expected at the end of the third quarter

Shazam, the world’s leading mobile discovery company, has raised USD32 million in new funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), with existing investor DN Capital participating. The investment will be used to support the company’s continued growth and the development of Shazam’s real-time

Bacchus Capital Management, LLC, a San Francisco-based investment firm focused on providing strategic capital and making private equity wine industry investments, has provided growth and refinancing capital to Andretti Winery, a well-known Napa Valley wine producer owned by one of the world’s greatest racing car drivers, Mario Andretti. "Andretti is

Equitix, the UK-based developer, investor and fund manager specialising in core infrastructure, is delighted to announce that more than GBP100 million has now been invested in Equitix Fund II, following an initial close of GBP70 million at the beginning of the year.  Fund II has already invested in six PFI contracts

AnaCap, the London based private equity firm that specialises in financial services companies, has completed its acquisition of the Czech subsidiary of Italy’s Banco Popolare. The deal to buy Banco Popolare Ceská Republika (BPCR) has been under discussion with its Italian parent for some time and is AnaCap’s third acquisition

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has entered into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of Sagemcom, a global high-technology group specialising in broadband communications and energy activities, from the Gores Group.   Carlyle would invest through Carlyle Europe Partners III (CEP III), a EUR5.4 billion buyout fund focused on