Bunker Hill Capital, a lower middle market buyout fund, has had a final closing on commitments totalling USD200 million for its second fund, Bunker Hill Capital II. New investors in the second fund included a diverse group of limited partners, both domestic and international. “We are thrilled to have such

Independence Equity Management has launched Independence Equity I LP, a venture capital fund that will invest in early-stage companies commercialising technologies that improve resource utilisation.   Today’s announcement follows the first close of capital for the new fund, which will begin making investments this year.  A second close is tentatively

The total value of european private equity deals in 2010 totalled EUR71.5bn, and increase of 143 per cent on 2009, according to Candover’s latest Private Equity Barometer. In the final quarter of 2010 there were 230 private equity-backed deals recorded with a value of EUR22bn, slightly down on the 235

Amgen is to acquire BioVex Inc a portfolio company of Forbion Capital Partners. Biovex Group is a privately held biotechnology company that has two biologics in clinical development, including Biovex’s lead product candidate, OncoVEXGM-CSF, a first in class oncolytic vaccine that may prove to be a paradigm-shifting approach to treating

In 2010, some 2,799 venture deals raised USD26.2 billion, a 6% increase in deals and an 11% increase in capital invested over 2009, when 2,636 deals raised USD23.6 billion, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. And the growth in venture capital investment was driven by capital commitments outside of the Information

I2BF Global Ventures (“I2BF”), the international clean technology asset management group, has announced the listing of Nesscap Energy Inc (Nesscap Energy) on Toronto’s Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange (TSX).   The listing follows a reverse takeover by Nesscap Inc, a portfolio company in I2BF’s flagship venture capital fund I2BF Holdings

German venture capital funds have generated comparable or better returns than their US counterparts, as new data presented by three of Germany’s largest venture capital firms Earlybird, Target Partners and Wellington Partners shows. The three VC firms analysed today’s most recent data provided by the "Private Equity Analyzer online database"

In the wake of the credit crunch, private equity fundraising remains difficult but the sector is showing signs of recovery, according to Michel Davy, the new Guernsey managing director of private equity administration specialist Ipes. “The number of funds in the market has increased and limited partners are once again