Neuralstem has secured USD8m in debt financing with Hercules Technology Growth Capital to fund the company’s capital budget through late 2014.   "This debt financing extends our cash runway well into late 2014 at a critical time in our clinical product development cycle. We have multiple NSI-566 cell therapy clinical

European private equity fundraising remains subdued, with volumes raised over the last four years (2009-2012) being only 40 per cent of those raised in the four year period prior to that (2005-2008), according to research carried out by Acanthus Advisers.   However, for funds with well differentiated strategies and solid

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has received an irrevocable offer from an investor group for its entire stake in AXA Investment Managers Private Equity SA (AXA Private Equity). The proposed transaction would be structured with a view to protecting AXA Private Equity’s investment expertise and performance-driven culture, and to ensuring

NewWorld Environmental Infrastructure has invested in a six-project 11.6 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic electricity production project portfolio developed by Soltage.    The projects will be located in Connecticut and Massachusetts and will commence construction this month.   Soltage specialises in the development, design, ownership, finance and operation of solar power

Terra Venture Partners has held the first closing for its new fund at USD20m.   The fund’s primary investors include a US private equity fund, a Brazilian bank, European family offices, and additional strategic investors, many of which have invested in Terra’s first fund.   Terra is targeting USD50mn in

Paine & Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on investing in food and agribusiness, has made an investment in SGF Produce Holdings, the parent entity of Sunrise Growers~Frozsun Foods, which was an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners.   Following the closing, Sunrise will no longer be an

The US IPO market surged in the early part of 2013 and, in overall equity capital markets volume, the US exchanges continue to dominate the globe, driving the most deal activity.   According to Ernst & Young’s Global IPO update, 24 IPOs have gone effective in Q1, raising more than