VTB Capital and I2BF Global Ventures have jointly launched a USD100m nanotechnology venture fund with cornerstone backing from the Russian state nanotechnology fund RusNano and Kazyna Capital Management, the sovereign wealth fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan. These entities have committed USD25m each to the new fund, with VTB Capital

The Riverside Company and Tensator  have completed the acquisition of Portuguese customer journey management specialist Newvision. Newvision offers a range of products including dispersed queue management systems, self-service and multimedia information kiosks, and digital displays. Newvision develops integrated products through five product lines that provide virtual queue management, people counting,

An affiliate of Sun European Partners is to acquire American Golf, Europe’s largest golfing retailer from LDC. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. American Golf has 88 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland, the company has two online sites and around 760 employees. The business

Google and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) have teamed up to invest in a portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects held by Recurrent Energy. The portfolio of projects is financed with a combination of debt and equity, which includes a significant equity investment from Google in addition to equity from SunTap

Sterecycle, the waste treatment and renewable power company, has raised GBP5.1 million in equity finance from four investors. New investor Finance Yorkshire led the round investing GBP1.25 million. A second new investor, German businessman Lars Windhorst, and existing investors including Aston Hill Financial from Canada contributed the remaining £3.85 million.

Centre Partners, a middle market private equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, has acquired Bellisio Foods, Inc, together with the management team of Bellisio. Bellisio is a leading manufacturer of branded and private label frozen foods, based in Minneapolis. Bellisio is one of North America’s largest

The law firm Ashurst LLP has advised Crédit Agricole SA in it’s sale of Credit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) to Coller Capital. The sale is subject to authorisation from the competent authorities, which should be obtained in the first quarter of 2012. Crédit Agricole SA’s decision to sell CAPE forms

Hermes GPE LLP (“Hermes GPE”), one of Europe’s leading independent private markets specialists with assets under management of GBP4.8 billion, has announced a revised ownership structure. Hermes Fund Managers Limited and the Hermes GPE management team have acquired the interests in Hermes GPE previously held by a subsidiary of Henderson

An affiliate of Sun European Partners, LLP (Sun European Partners), the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners has made a cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Jacques Vert Plc (Jacques Vert), the womenswear clothing retailer. Under the terms of the offer, shareholders

Affiliates of Apollo Global Management have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Taminco Group Holdings, the largest independent global producer of alkylamines and their derivatives, from affiliates of CVC Capital Partners for approximately EUR1.1 billion. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2012 and is subject