Romulus Capital, a seed-stage venture capital fund focused on investing and building technology businesses, has launched its third fund with over USD75 million in commitments.  Backed by investors in 15 countries, including 3 royal families, Asia's largest conglomerates, and individuals with strong ties to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),

Chrysalix Venture Capital and RoboValley are launching a new fund, with a target size of EUR100 million, aimed at driving the global robotics revolution.  The RoboValley Fund will draw on tare he collective expertise and broad international networks of both Chrysalix and RoboValley to identify, invest in and commercialise breakthrough

March Capital Partners, founded by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, has held the final close of its first fund, totalling USD240 million in commitments.  The new Southern California fund has a global focus and is the largest first-time venture fund to launch in the region. March

OrbiMed, an investment firm focused on the healthcare sector, has closed its second Israel-focused venture capital fund, OrbiMed Israel Partners II, LP, with approximately USD307 million in capital commitments.  Investors in the Fund include several of the world’s largest healthcare companies, in addition to dozens of institutional investors and family

The British Business Bank has launched the initial phase of Help to Grow, which is expected to support around GBP200 million of growth loans in its first two years. The Prime Minister announced the programme in February 2015. The first GBP30 million tranche of lending supported by Help to Grow

Omnes has launched an AMF-accredited FCPR (Fonds Communs de Placement à Risque) private equity fund for individuals wanting to invest in unlisted growth SMEs in France. The aim of the fund is to invest in French companies with a value of EUR50 million to EUR300 million presenting solid fundamentals, an

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and ADM Capital, a leading investor in stressed companies in Asia and Europe, have launched a repeat lending platform to support sound, but financially stressed companies in Asia.  The platform will act as a safety net allowing small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Midwest boutique investment bank XMS Capital Partners (XMS) has launched XA Investments LLC (XAI) to provide a platform in the registered funds space for alternative investments. The firm has hired Kimberly Flynn as Managing Director of Alternative Investments and John McGarrity as Managing Director and General Counsel to build the

Lance Hirt and Jaime Buehl-Reichard, former executives of Lindsay Goldberg have launched StoneCourt Capital, a new private equity firm focused in partnership with David Lumpkins and Nathan Ticatch of PetroLogistics Company (PetroLogistics).  Stonecourt will opportunistically capitalise on market dislocations by facilitating the growth of existing businesses and constructing or repositioning