Investec Specialist Private Bank’s Structured Property Finance division (Investec) has provided senior debt development finance to Pace Investments (Pace) to fund the construction of Botanic House in Cambridge, the first speculative development in the city for over 20 years. The proposed 53,000 square foot office building, which is already under

FF&P Private Equity, the private equity business of Fleming Family & Partners, has announced the first close of its third Club fund, FF&P Investor 3 LP, giving the firm additional capital of over GBP47 million to invest. The funds have been raised from 56 private and a single institutional investor

Vision Capital has acquired a portfolio of three companies from Paragon Secondary Partners LP (Paragon); the remaining investments in Paragon’s 2005 fund. This transaction marks Vision Capital’s first portfolio acquisition in Germany. For this transaction, Vision Capital has partnered with Rubicon Partners (Rubicon), an industrial management and holding company with

Apex Fund Services has secured a USD30 million commitment from FTV Capital for a minority interest in the Company. FTV Capital, the first institutional investor in Apex, is a growth equity investor with extensive experience and a global network in the financial services industry, and especially asset management. Apex has

Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organisation, has made two new investments in Russian companies as part of its ongoing commitment to support technological innovation in the country.    Intel Capital announced it has led a round of investment in AlterGeo, geo-location social networks in Russia with underlined location identification

Nautic Partners, LLC, and Pamlico Capital they have sold their portfolio company MACTEC, Inc (MACTEC) to AMEC plc (LSE: AMEC) for a purchase price of USD280 million. Inclusive of prior distributions, the transaction will yield a return for Nautic and Pamlico of 2.7x their investments. Headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, MACTEC

Olswang has acted for the management team backed by Phoenix Equity Partners (Phoenix) on its investment in Karmarama, one of the UK’s fastest growing independent advertising agencies. This is the third investment by Phoenix’s GBP450 million 2010 Fund, which was raised in May 2010. The investment made in Karmarama encompasses

Cascadia Capital, a diversified boutique investment bank serving both private and public growth companies, has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Chelmsford, MA based FRX Polymers, Inc. (FRX or the Company) (www.frxpolymers.com) in its recent USD15.7 million growth equity financing.   FRX is a growth stage "green chemical" company