Palamon Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Eneas Energy in a transaction valued at NOK375m.  Eneas is a supplier of corporate energy services in the Nordic region, generating revenue approaching NOK700m during 2010.  It provides a range of services aimed at reducing

Inflexion Private Equity, a mid market private equity investor, has held the first and final close of its 2010 Buyout Fund with commitments of GBP375m.   The fund was more than twice oversubscribed and fundraising was completed between June and the end of September. The fund includes investment from a

Vision Capital has opened its New York office and completed of its acquisition of the assets of Terphane, a manufacturer of speciality polyester films, from a syndicate of financial investors.  Vision Capital has invested in the Americas since 2004 and has three existing portfolio companies in the region, which are

HarbourVest Global Private Equity, a closed-end investment company listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange, has reported an increase in economic net asset value of 4.4 per cent over the six months ended 31 July 2010. As at 31 July 2010, HarbourVest’s economic

California based SDS Ventures is launching a biotechnology fund in October 2010. The fund is raising up to USD75m with a focus on oncology biotechnology companies with at least one phase three drug in the pipeline. SDS Ventures has already identified a California based prospective portfolio company and is currently

Protox Therapeutics, a developer of receptor targeted fusion proteins for the treatment of diseases of the prostate and cancer, has entered into an investment agreement with private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Under the agreement, Warburg Pincus Private Equity X and Warburg Pincus X Partners have committed to invest up to

Rypple, a provider of social software for workplace feedback, has raised USD7m in financing led by Bridgescale Partners. Howard Gwin (pictured), a Bridgescale partner and former executive vice president at PeopleSoft, and Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management, will join the company’s board of directors. Additional investors

Platina Partners and Environmental Technologies Fund have completed a GBP20m management buy-out of TAG Energy Solutions, the UK’s first manufacturer of tubular foundation structures for offshore wind turbines.   The investment was led by Platina, a private equity firm specialising in renewable energy and special situation buyouts, and supported by