Octopus Ventures, a specialist investor in early-stage and expanding companies, has invested GBP2m in Zoopla.co.uk, an online property information service and community website.

Job security concerns are widespread in the US private equity and venture capital industries due to difficulties in raising future rounds of capital, according to a survey by JobSearchD

Millennium Private Equity, the private equity arm of Dubai-based investment bank Millennium Finance Corporation, has announced an investment of AED92m in Kuwait Energy Company, one of t

Zurich-based business development, finance and strategy consultancy HS LifeSciences has established an investment fund called QureInvest, dedicated to new start-up biotech companies.

North American limited partners remain attracted to real assets, European markets offer huge opportunities to well-capitalised investors and Asia is becoming an important source of limi

Private equity firm TGF Management Corporation and venture capital firm Austin Ventures have acquired Sterling Foods.

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire USD175m in common stock of Nuance Communications, which will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes as well as potentia

Washington DC-based Emerging Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, has announced the sale of its minority position in Somdiaa, a pro

Angelo Gordon’s Net Lease Group has acquired the headquarters and distribution facility of Conney Safety Products in Madison, Wisconsin for USD6.7m.

Starwood Energy Group Global has announced that an investment affiliate has acquired a majority interest in Nautilus Solar Energy, a solar power generation developer headquartered in Ne