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New Vernon Capital chooses Gravitas Private Cloud

New Vernon Capital will use Gravitas Private Cloud for several core systems.    Gravitas Private Cloud is a secure, scalable and integrated solution built on VCE’s VBlock state-of-the-art virtualisation and cloud technology.   New Vernon Capital’s decision to migrate their infrastructure to the Gravitas Private Cloud provides it with a

TuneIn raises USD25m led by Institutional Venture Partners

TuneIn, a service for listening to the world’s radio, has completed a USD25m round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures and General Catalyst Partners.   TuneIn has also surpassed one billion listening hours in the first four months of

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Graphite Capital sells Aberdeen-based Dominion Gas to Praxair

Mid-market private equity specialist Graphite Capital has sold Aberdeen-based oilfield services company Dominion Gas to Praxair.   Praxair is a US-based Fortune 500 industrial gases group listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which conducts business in over 50 countries.   With facilities in the UK, Norway, Singapore and West

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Cowen adds to equity capital markets team

Eric Helenek has joined Cowen’s equity capital markets group as managing director.   Based in New York, Helenek will report to Grant Miller, Cowen’s head of equity capital markets.   “I am very pleased to welcome Eric to our team,” says Miller. “Eric has extensive experience in the origination and

Lat-Am PE activity on the up again, says Thomson Reuters

Private equity and venture capital investment in Latin America soared to USD11.6bn in 2012, the second highest level in the past decade and more than double the performance in 2011, according to Venture Equity Latin America, an annual report from Thomson Reuters. The report describes the deal, fundraising, and exit

Harris Williams advises Alma Lasers on sale to Fosun International

Middle market investment bank Harris Williams has advised on the sale of Alma Lasers, a developer, manufacturer and provider of laser, light-based, radio-frequency and ultrasound devices for aesthetic and medical applications, to subsidiaries of Fosun International, a Chinese strategic buyer, for an enterprise value of USD220m.    Harris Williams acted

British Columbia Discovery Fund to acquire shares of Vigil Health Solutions

British Columbia Discovery Fund (VCC), a venture capital investment fund managed by Discovery Capital Management Corp (DCMC), has exercised warrants previously issued to it in May 2011 to purchase 1,153,846 common shares of its portfolio company, Vigil Health Solutions.   These shares represent nine per cent of the outstanding common

VIY Management chooses SS&C’s TNR Solution

VIY Management (Venture Investments & Yield Management) has selected SS&C’s private equity software, TNR Solution, to manage its internal operations for its newly formed Luxembourg fund.   London-based VIY Management selected TNR Solution to provide automated management of its financial, performance and regulatory reporting. VIY was impressed with TNR’s portal

A&M appoints Trenouth as MD for European private equity practice

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), a professional services firm, has appointed Mike Trenouth as a managing director for its expanding European private equity practice in London.   Trenouth’s (pictured) appointment comes against the backdrop of an increasingly complex and competitive deal environment in Europe, where there is rising demand for a

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