Chicago-based OCA Ventures, an early stage technology venture capital firm established by the founders of derivatives trading firm O’Connor & Associates, has announced the final close

Battery Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm investing in technology and innovation worldwide, has led a USD100m equity investment in Pocket Communications Northeast, a prov

Ukraine-based Horizon Capital, a private equity fund manager focusing on central and eastern Europe, has announced the final close for its newest fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund II, with

The USD50bn leveraged buyout of Bell Canada’s parent BCE, the largest such deal in history, by four private equity investors, has been cast in doubt by an assessment from the company’s aud

New York-based private equity firm Vanterra Capital has closed its first round of USD152m for its debut fund less than four months after commencing operations.

General Dynamics, a defence industry contractor, has agreed to acquire AxleTech International, a supplier of off-highway and specialty vehicle drivetrain systems and components, from pr

The Aureos Colombia Fund has teamed up with Arrendadora ARG, an Aureos investee company, to invest in the MBO of Colombian vehicle and machinery rental company Rentandes.

Altium, an independent, pan-European investment banking group, has advised Zeus Private Equity on the structure of its secondary buy-out of MJ Quinn Integrated Services in a multi milli

Activity in Canada’s venture capital market continued at the slower pace in quarter three 2008 that has been apparent since the first half of the year, according to a report by Canada’s