Future Ventures has launched an oversubscribed fund of USD200 million to invest in frontier technologies across diverse industries including machine intelligence, sustainable mobility, the future of food, computational biology, high-performance computing, aerospace, and more. Future Ventures is co-founded by Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko. Jurvetson is well-known as an early
Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International continues to grow, with 70 per cent of its deals in 2018 having Private Equity (PE) involvement.
Anaqua, a provider of innovation and intellectual property management solutions, has secured a significant equity investment from Astorg, a European private equity firm. As part of this transaction, Astorg will become the controlling shareholder of Anaqua, replacing Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, both of whom have been investors since
The Cambridge Associates Global ex-US Developed Markets Private Equity Index returned 20.4 per cent for the year ending 30 June 2018. Over the same period, the equivalent index for listed companies, the MSCI EAFE Index, returned just 6.9 per cent. The MSCI EAFE Index is designed to represent the performance
The State Street Global Exchange Private Equity Index (GXPEI) posted a moderate increase of 3.03 per cent in the third quarter of 2018. The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 per cent gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 per
Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management have completed the previously announced acquisition of Aspen. The transaction, which was first announced on 28 August 2018, closed following receipt of regulatory approvals and the approval of Aspen’s shareholders. Under the terms of the previously announced agreement and plan of merger,
Lone Star Funds has completed the final closing of Lone Star Fund XI, (LSF XI), the firm’s eleventh dedicated opportunity fund. Capital available to LSF XI totals approximately USD8.2 billion, which includes third-party commitments and anticipated co-investments from associated entities. Lone Star, a global private equity firm, invests on
Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider, has become the latest firm from Jersey to be admitted as a Listing Member of The International Stock Exchange (TISE). Alter Domus (Jersey) Listing Services Limited has been approved to act as a Listing Agent for non-retail debt securities and Sponsor to
Schroders has appointed a private assets specialist to oversee the continued growth and development of its business on a global scale. Georg Wunderlin, most recently the Chief Executive Officer of HQ Capital, a leading alternatives manager, will assume the newly-created role of Global Head of Private Assets in May.
UK venture capital firm Vala Capital has appointed Jane Holland, ex-Financial Director at investment company The Ingenious Group, as the firm’s new COO. Holland’s appointment will help the firm grow its radical, investor-friendly EIS fund with her overseeing the management of the firm’s day to day operations. The new
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