Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, has closed Bertram Growth Capital II with USD500m in limited partner commitments. Founded in 2006, Bertram Capital’s mission is to help profitable companies realise their potential through a strategy of buy and build and internally generated growth initiatives. Bertram

DN Capital, a media and technology early stage and growth capital investor, has led an investment in windeln.de, a baby care specialty website which will launch in September 2010. German venture capital firm High-Tech Gründerfonds also took part in the investment, and the financing round was complemented by business angels

LGT Capital Partners, an alternative assets and fund of funds manager, has closed several private equity funds of funds and single investor accounts with total commitments of USD4.1bn. The firm recently held final closings for the following investment programmes: • Crown Premium IV in May 2010, with EUR562m in subscriptions • Crown

Conviva, a streaming solutions provider, has closed a USD15m series C round of funding, bringing Conviva’s total amount raised to USD44m since its launch in 2006. GGV Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates and Pelion Venture Partners (formerly UV Partners). Conviva has

Chief executives of UK mid-market growth companies have a very positive outlook for the year ahead, a survey by ECI Partners and Arbor Square Associates shows. The findings suggest that the mid-market will be a significant driver behind UK economic growth and will help lead the UK out of recession.

IK Investment Partners, a pan-European private equity firm, has agreed with the owners of GHD GesundHeits GmbH Deutschland, founder and chief executive Andreas Rudolph and Barclays Private Equity to acquire a majority stake in the company.  Financials for the deal were not disclosed.  GHD provides homecare services in Germany, with

HarbourVest Global Private Equity had an estimated economic net asset value of USD738.8m or USD8.90 per share as at 31 August 2010.  This represents a 1.6 per cent increase from the 31 July 2010 estimated economic NAV per share of USD8.76. HarbourVest’s portfolio has been re-valued to reflect 30 June

Macquarie Group has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the membership interests in Presidio Partners, a US-based real estate private capital raising and advisory firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010, subject

The Private Equity Council has added 18 new members and has changed its name to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council. The council earlier this year launched a major effort to broaden membership beyond the founding firms. In the last few months, the following new members have joined: Avista Capital

Winshuttle, the ERP usability company, has raised USD12m in growth equity financing from Summit Partners. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s expansion.   Founded in 2003, Winshuttle has designed solutions such as Winshuttle Transaction, Query, and the new Studio suite, allowing non-technical users to solve critical data