State Street Corporation says the tightening of credit conditions in the US has constrained deal flow, as it announces third quarter results of the State Street Private Equity Index.

Massachusetts-based Black Duck Software, a provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, has secured USD9.5m i

Altor Fund III and Bure Equity have signed an agreement to acquire Max Matthiessen, an independent Swedish adviser on pension insurance, life insurance and long-term savings, from the S

Livescribe, a developer of a mobile computing platform within a pen, has secured USD10.17m in additional financing through an internal round led by Lionhart Investments and Vantage Poin

Pennsylvania-based Milestone Partners has announced the closure of its latest fund, Milestone Partners III, with capital commitments of some USD230m, exceeding its USD200m fundraising t

Houston-based Quintana Capital Group has announced that Quintana Energy Partners and its affiliated partnerships, alongside D-O-R Engineering, have completed the formation of Prize Petr

The family of iconic reggae singer Bob Marley and Hilco Consumer Capital, a private equity firm that invests in retail brands, have established a joint venture to license Marley’s liken

NDS Group, News Corporation and Permira Advisers have completed a scheme of arrangement, under which two subsidiaries of funds advised by Permira and News Corporation will own 51 per ce

MMC Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in UK growth companies, has announced that it has invested a further GBP2m of equity in Small World Financial Services Group.