Venture capital veteran Jeff Williams and Mutual Mobile founder Jason Story (pictured)have joined forces to launch Hangar Ventures, a USD50 million venture fund focused on early stage technology companies.  Hangar will be making new investments in companies looking to raise their first round of institutional capital.   Messrs, Williams and

Cathay Capital inaugurated the Sino French Innovation Fund at an official launch ceremony at CEIBS Beijing Campus last week along with CDB Capital and Bpifrance. As one of the new investors who have confirmed their contribution, Valeo, a leading automotive supplier, will partner with Cathay to reinforce its access to

Excelsior Growth Fund (EGF), a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution formed by New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC), has created an online lending platform for small business owners. Designed by EGF partner Mirador, the platform is customised to Excelsior credit criteria and the entire application process is completed online. Applicants

Preqin’s Real Estate Online provides comprehensive profiles for the 49 institutional investors based in Boston that actively invest in the real estate asset class, collectively representing over USD1.1 trillion in assets under management. The largest proportion of institutional investors are foundations, representing a quarter of investors located in the city.

The Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), Scottish Enterprise’s investment arm, has relaunched its co-investment funds, with the aim of investing up to GBP75 million into companies across Scotland over the next three years. By streamlining its co-investment funds from four to two and widening the investment parameters, SIB is increasing flexibility

Investment banking boutique Zeus Capital has advised clinical stage biopharmaceutical group Motif Bio on its GBP22m fundraise. Based in London, Motif Bio has responded directly to the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The firm's lead product, iclaprim, is currently in clinical development. The drug is set to fill a major

Questback, Europe’s leading supplier of solutions for Enterprise Feedback, Social CRM and online surveys, is raising GBP12 million in new capital from existing investors. The transaction will strengthen the equity base by approximately GBP12m (NOK150 million). The largest investors are Reiten & Co Capital Partners VII L.P. and First Fellow

PHEMI has raised a USD12.2 million round of venture financing to expand the commercialisation phase of the company. Secured by a combination of new and existing investors, the financing was co-led by CTI Life Sciences Fund (CTI) and British Columbia Discovery Fund (Discovery Capital). It also included significant participation from