Climate Change Capital Private Equity, a EUR200m fund dedicated to investments in clean technology companies, has led a EUR9.1m funding round in Nualight, a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions to the retail sector. Nualight is based in Cork, Ireland. CPE subscribed for EUR3.75m of ordinary and preference shares in a
Ground Truth, a mobile intelligence provider that helps operators, advertisers and publishers to measure and grow their businesses, has raised USD7m in series B financing. Emergence Capital Partners and Openair Ventures joined existing investors Steamboat Ventures and Voyager Capital in the financing round. The transaction brings Kevin Spain, principal at
Kleinwort Benson, the UK-based investment management and financial services group that is one of the largest fund administrators in the Channel Islands, will have its banking licence withdrawn by the Jersey Financial Services Commission when the firm is acquired by Belgian investment firm RHJ International from Germany’s Commerzbank. The Jersey
In quarter one 2010 the total value of private equity investments in support services amounted to GBP1.1bn, equal to the total value recorded in the whole of 2009, according to a Grant Thornton report. Competition is set to intensify in this sector in the coming months, according to the corresponding
Zong, a mobile payment service used by online gaming and social networking websites, has completed a USD15m round of funding led by Matrix Partners. Formerly a division of Echovox, Zong is now a standalone company headquartered in Palo Alto. It will use the investment to accelerate the growth of its
Stability is returning to the European mergers and acquisitions market in 2010, according to a study by CMS. In the first European study to look at the M&A market before and after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, CMS draws on data from more than 750 M&A transactions in Europe. Martin
The value of European private equity deals in the first quarter of 2010 reached EUR10.5bn, a modest rise of 2.6 per cent from EUR10.3bn in the last quarter of 2009, but significantly above the EUR4bn of deals recorded in the Q1 2009. In terms of volumes, the number of private
Carne Global Financial Services, a business adviser to the asset management industry, has opened a New York office to complement its presence in Dublin, Dubai, Luxembourg, London, Geneva and the Cayman Islands. Joe Hardiman, managing director, and Paul Bishop, director, will lead the US business. Hardiman was previously global head
Sovereign Capital, a UK private equity firm, has acquired Sterling Homecare as the first bolt-on for its domiciliary care provider City & County Healthcare. Based in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, Sterling provides approximately 7,000 hours of care per week to the elderly in their own homes, under contract to local authorities, primary
J.P. Morgan Private Equity says its net asset value per USD equity share increased by 4.7 per cent to USD1.34 at 31 March 2010 from USD1.28 at 31 December 2009. Excluding the impact of currency, J.P. Morgan Private Equity’s NAV per USD equity share increased over seven per cent during
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