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Not so long ago, private equity players dominated the headlines of the financial media with their multi-billion buy-outs of the world’s biggest firms.
Royalton Capital Investors II, a private equity fund focused on investing in Central and Eastern Europe, has acquired a 67.5 per cent stake in Activ, a parking operator in the Czech Rep
Low Carbon Accelerator, an Aim-quoted investment fund specialising in low carbon products and services, has announced that Living Villages Holdings, a UK low-carbon housebuilder, is bei
Sydney-based Pinnacle Investment Management has announced the establishment of Pinnacle Private Equity to manage a new mid market private equity fund, the Pinnacle Private Equity Fund.<
Large buy-out groups are facing further drops in investments as many leveraged takeovers of large companies are hit by the financial and economic crisis, research by the private equity
European private equity firm Permira has announced the appointment of Keith Jones as a senior adviser to Permira’s newly formed financial services team on investment opportunities in th
Canaan Partners, a global venture capital firm, has made several executive promotions in the US, India and Israel.
Alok Mittal (photo) and Izhar Shay have been named general partner, and Warren Lee has been named venture partner.
‘Each of these venture professionals have realized great success over the past couple of years and have helped Canaan expand its portfolio of emerging market leaders on both coasts of the US and globally,’ says Deepak Kamra, general partner at Canaan.
Mittal and Shay have led several of Canaan’s key, global investments in companies such as Prime Sense, a company based
Boston-Power, a provider of next-generation Lithium-ion batteries, has announced USD55m in new funding.
Bessemer Venture Partners, a global investment group, has announced two promotions to vice president: Stephen Kraus in the healthcare practice based in Massachusetts, and Subramanya S.V
Canadian private equity firm Onex Corporation has completed the latest closing for its third large-cap private equity fund, Onex Partners III, with a total of USD3bn in third-party capi
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