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

Some 81% of venture capitalists believe an active IPO market is essential to the success of the venture capital industry, according to a new report on the global venture capital industry, issued by Deloitte and the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA). The majority of respondents (84%) surveyed

Maven has led the off-market acquisition of certain trade and assets from the Ely Property Group, most notably a number of long term student accommodation management contracts in the UK and Ireland. The new business, which will be branded as Space Student Living and operate from a commercial hub in London,

JZ Capital Partners Limited (JZCP), the London listed closed ended investment company which principally invests in US and European micro cap buyouts, has seen its NAV per share increase 6 per cent during Q1 2011 and now stands at USD9.03 (on an annualised basis) up from USD8.93. The company’s interim

International law firm Eversheds has advised private equity house Endless and the Board of Crown Paints on the sale of Crown Paints to Danish company Hempel. Endless acquired Crown Paints in September 2008 from Akzo Nobel. Endless and the management team at Crown Paints then turned around a loss-making business