WinBuyer, a provider of onsite comparative pricing applications, has completed a USD6.9m first round investment led by Pitango Venture Capital alongside Giza Venture Capital. WinBuyer’s OCP solution accelerates consumer purchasing behaviour and maximises income for online retailers by enabling price comparisons at the point of sale. Isaac Hillel (pictured), Pitango

Pharos Financial Advisors has launched the Pharos Miro Agriculture Fund, a USD350m private equity fund focused on acquiring and operating agricultural land in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Africa.   Pharos Financial Advisors is an emerging markets investment manager that is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority. It is

KKR’s assets under management were USD54.8bn as of 30 September 2009, up 7.9 per cent from USD50.8bn at 30 June 2009. Fee related earnings were USD61.5m for the quarter ended 30 September 2009, compared to USD54.3m for the quarter ended 30 June 2009 – an increase of 13.3 per cent.

TowerBrook Capital Partners is leading the creation of a new independent commercial lending institution called Haymarket Financial. Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Omers Private Equity are investing alongside TowerBrook in this transaction. HayFin will be headquartered in London and funded entirely by permanent equity capital of approximately USD700m. The

SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has acquired TheNextRound, a provider of software solutions for the private equity and alternative investment communities. The acquisition extends and complements SS&C’s private equity software and services offering for the alternative investment management market. With more than 225 clients

The Wolverine Venture Fund, part of the University of Michigan’s Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Ross School of Business, made a USD2m return on its strategic venture capital investments in HandyLab. An Ann Arbor-based developer and manufacturer of molecular diagnostic products, HandyLab entered

Pinnacle Foods has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Birds Eye Foods from a holding company controlled by Vestar Capital Partners, Pro-Fac Cooperative and Birds Eye management in a transaction valued at USD1.3bn.  Birds Eye Foods owns consumer brands in frozen vegetables and meals such as Birds Eye, Birds Eye

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to freenet in relation to the proposed sale of its Strato web hosting business to Deutsche Telekom for a total consideration of EUR275m (USD409m) in cash. The proposed sale was announced on 19 November 2009. Strato provides web hosting and SaaS solutions

Aerostar Capital has partnered with Presidio Global to explore private equity investment opportunities in Asian aerospace markets. The move comes on the heels of dynamic developments in Asian aerospace, including the emergence of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China as a future competitor to the long-standing Airbus/Boeing duopoly, the delivery