A total of USD59bn has been invested in 5,272 venture capital deals globally in 2014 so far, compared to USD37bn invested in 5,940 deals over the same period in 2013, an increase of 60 per cent, according to Preqin. While activity for the third quarter is below that of Q2
SL Capital Partners’ infrastructure team, led by Dominic Helmsley, is in advanced stages of executing a number of prospective direct infrastructure investments. The team’s strategy is to focus on direct investments in core infrastructure in the UK and selected European geographies and on mid-market transactions in utilities, transportation and energy.
Law firm Goodwin Procter has promoted 23 lawyers, including London-based Greg Barclay, to the firm’s partnership. Barclay is a member of the firm’s private investment funds group. The appointments are effective from October 2014. Barclay advises on the formation of, and investment in, European and international private funds,
Comvest Partners has selected the iLEVEL Private Capital Data Platform to monitor and analyse portfolio performance. Comvest Partners is a multi-strategy investment firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida that specialises in providing equity and debt capital to middle-market companies in the US. Private capital fund managers use iLEVEL
Dillon Eustace has expanded its global practice with the senior hire of Jonathan Law to its Cayman office and the addition of Fionnán Gannon to its Dublin office. Law joins the funds and corporate team in Cayman as partner, and brings with him over 10 years of Cayman law expertise.
Pamplona Capital Management has appointed Jeffrey Kirt as a partner, as it continues to strengthen its US private equity presence. Kirt joins from Oak Hill Advisors, where he was a partner responsible for stressed and distressed investments, having joined the firm in 2002. He also had senior research responsibility for the
Law firm White & Case has advised private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on the EUR820 million sale of Dutch-based full service payment service provider GlobalCollect to Ingenico. GlobalCollect employs around 500 people and helps clients accept payments from more than 170 countries in more than 150 currencies,
Three Hills Capital Partners, the new private equity investment platform launched in November 2013, has held the final close of its first fund at the hard cap of EUR100 million (USD127 million). Three Hills Capital Partners was founded by Mauro Moretti, a former partner at Hutton Collins, the firm he
In Q3 2014, 185 private equity funds held a final close and secured an aggregate USD73bn, a figure which is expected to increase by 10 to 20 per cent as more information becomes available. This is the lowest quarterly amount of capital raised in three years, when USD66bn was secured
Perella Weinberg Partners has held the final closing of its USD600 million PWP Growth Equity fund. The fund exceeded the original USD400 million target and met the revised cap of USD600 million. PWP Growth Equity is a private equity investment strategy focused on primarily US-based growth-oriented companies in the
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