Venture capital returns declined 2.9 per cent during the first quarter of 2009, according to the Cambridge Associates US Venture Capital Index, the performance benchmark of the National

Germany1 Acquisition’s shareholders have approved all of the proposals in connection with the acquisition of AEG Power Solutions during its annual general meeting of shareholders.<

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TA Associates, a growth private equity firm, has closed a USD4bn private equity fund, TA XI.

Gilt Groupe has closed a series C round stock financing of USD43m with General Atlantic and Matrix Partners.

iMedX, a healthcare software and services company, has received a USD13m equity investment from RFE Investment Partners of New Canaan, Connecticut.

JLL Partners says a total of 33,852,508 restricted voting shares in the capital of Patheon have been validly deposited to JLL’s offer to acquire, at a price of USD2.00 cash per share, a

NB Private Equity Partners’ unaudited net asset value per share was USD8.39 at 31 July 2009, representing an increase of 3.2 per cent compared to the unaudited NAV per share of USD8.13

Walkers, a global offshore law firm, has launched an initiative aimed at increasing local accessibility to its services in Central and Eastern Europe.

Zap, a designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles, has secured up to USD25m in financing with Cathaya Capital.