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Fujitsu and Panasonic to consolidate system LSI businesses in new company

Fujitsu Limited and Panasonic Corporation are to consolidate the design and development functions of their system LSI businesses. With the backing of capital contributions from third-party investors, Fujitsu and Panasonic will establish a new company under a fabless business model, enabling LSI design and development functions. At the same time,

August Equity exits 4Projects investment in US trade sale

August Equity has exited is investment in 4Projects Holdings through a trade sale to TA Associates-backed Coaxis. 4Projects is a provider of secure online collaboration solutions for the building and infrastructure sectors. Its web-based solutions are delivered to a large, international, blue chip customer base via a Software as a

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Australian private equity continued to post steady returns in Q3 2012

The Cambridge Associates Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index rose by 2.90 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest quarterly report released by The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL). For the 12 months ending 30 September 2012, the C|A Australia Index

Carrick Capital Partners to invest USD28m in Axiom

Carrick Capital Partners is to invest USD28m in Axiom, a 1,000 person new model firm that helps general counsel manage their workload more effectively. This announcement marks Carrick’s first deal since closing the firm’s first fund in November 2012. Carrick focuses on investing in companies that provide technology-enabled service offerings,

Omnes Capital invests in Groupe Eyssautier

Omnes Capital (formerly Crédit Agricole Private Equity), via the LCL Expansion and Omnes Expansion funds, is investing in a management buyout for Groupe Eyssautier alongside the group’s management team. Founded in 1935 by the Eyssautier family, the group is now the leading marine and transport insurance broker in France. It

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Albion Ventures invests in MyMeds&Me

Albion Ventures has invested up to GBP2m in MyMeds&Me, a healthcare software as a service (SaaS) company which provides a web-based solution for the capture of adverse event, product complaint and targeted medical information for pharmaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical industry processed around six million such events last year and the

Social media

Spredfast raises USD18m led by OpenView Venture Partners

Social marketing software provider Spredfast has raised USD18m in venture capital, led by OpenView Venture Partners with follow-on investment participation from existing investors Austin Ventures and InterWest Partners.  The funding comes as Spredfast reports 400 per cent revenue growth and a doubling in employee headcount in 2012. The company plans

RLH Equity Partners invests in The Chartis Group

Riordan, Lewis & Haden | Equity Partners (RLH) has invested in The Chartis Group, a strategy consulting firm that helps the senior executives and boards of directors of hospitals and Integrated Delivery Networks address their most important and pressing challenges.  The company assists its clients with key strategic decisions on

Spire Capital to acquire Performance Assessment Network

Spire Capital, a lower middle market focused private equity firm specialising in investments in the business services, information services, education, media and communications sectors, has acquired Performance Assessment Network (PAN), a technology-enabled provider of human capital management assessment solutions. Spire Capital, a lower middle market focused private equity firm specialising

Poland

Panattoni Europe sells Polish logistics assets to affiliates of LogiCor

Panattoni Europe has disposed of two portfolios of logistics assets located in Poland, totalling 402,000 sq m of space, to affiliates of LogiCor, the pan-European logistics platform established by real estate funds managed by affiliates of The Blackstone Group.   The first transaction closed in October 2012 and consisted of four

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