Legislation, such as Basel III and the Volcker Rule – part of the Dodd-Frank Act in the US – coupled with liquidity concerns and a fall in client appetite, has resulted in a decline in banks’ involvement in the private equity asset class, a Preqin study reveals. Banks accounted for
Pangaea Ventures Ltd has held a first close of Pangaea Ventures Fund III, LP, having attracted the initial USD50 million into the target USD100 million USD fund. Limited Partners in the new fund include world-leading industrials Asahi Glass Co Ltd, Asahi Kasei Innovation Partners, Inc, nv Bekaert sa, 9th Street
Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners has led a seven-figure financing round for adeven GmbH, a technology company headquartered in Berlin and London, that verifies and optimizes mobile advertising campaigns for publishers and advertisers in real time. The financing will support the company’s international growth. Adeven GmbH analyzes the overall
The Taipei office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has appointed Paul J Cassingham as a senior legal consultant in its corporate practice. He joins K&L Gates from Yangming Partners. Cassingham advises clients in the electronics, chemicals, industrial equipment, and other sectors on an array of corporate matters, including
Some 30 emerging markets private equity funds raised USD7.8 billion in the three months ended 31 March 2012, compared to 46 funds that raised USD9.9 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to figures released by the Emerging Markets Private Equty Association (EMPEA). On the investment side, 198 deals
International law firm Eversheds has advised private equity firm Baird Capital Partners Europe on its acquisition of the instrumentation solutions business of e2v technologies plc for GBP15 million. The acquired business will be re-named SGX Sensortech Ltd (SGX). SGX designs and manufactures sensors that provide environmental, health & safety research
Quikr, an internet and mobile-based classified ads specialist, has attracted an investment of USD32 million led by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing. Existing investors Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners and eBay Inc. also participated in this round of fund raising, which is the
For the first quarter of 2012, the IntraLinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI), which provides an early view of current deal flow activity and trends in the global market prior to public announcement, shows a 23 per cent increase in global merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity compared to Q1 2011.
Harris Williams & Co has advised on the sale of Silverchair Learning Systems, LLC (SLS), a healthcare IT (HCIT) provider delivering online learning and communication solutions to the senior care industry. SLS, a subsidiary of Silverchair Holdings, Inc. (Silverchair), was sold to Vista Equity Partners (Vista). The transaction was led
Mid-market private equity house Dunedin has sold WFEL, a leader in mobile tactical military bridging, to KMW, a German land defence systems provider. The sale has realised a multiple of 2.4x for Dunedin. Under Dunedin’s ownership WFEL has seen significant growth in sales, predominantly exports, increasing by nearly 70% to
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