After only four months of fundraising, the Palo Alto firm surpasses its original mark with its fifth fund, which will target venture capital investments in expansion, late-stage private and public technology companies.
Today's investors in private equity are looking for firms, not funds. Texas Pacific was able to offer just that.
The French industrial group unloads two California assets.
Argantis, a new fund aiming to take advantage of opportunities in Germany’s Mittelstand, has announced a first closing of €100 million.
Non-US investors, and an emphasis on operations and succession planning lead to fundraising success.
After two years of negotiations and political wrangling, Advent International has reached agreement with the Bulgarian government over the acquisition of the state-owned Bulgarian Telecommunications Company.
Hungarian private equity firm Euroventures Capital has achieved a €31 million first closing of its new fund, Euroventures Hungary III Limited Partnership.
Figures published for Asian private equity activity in 2003 reveal that a record $17.5bn was invested while fundraising was up eleven percent at $3bn.
CDC Capital Partners, the UK-based emerging markets investor, has completed a $26m mezzanine investment in Orascom Telecom Algeria as part of a €545m funding package for the business.
Sterling Capital Partners is backing the nationwide expansion of Florida Coastal School of Law, a for-profit law school.
Cambridge, Massachusetts venture firm General Catalyst Partners has closed a fund, its second institutional investment vehicle.
Greenwich, Connecticut buyout firm, Littlejohn & Co., has completed its acquisition of the superabrasives business of General Electric.
The Carlyle Group has announced the final close of Carlyle Europe Real Estate Partners following a spate of deal activity in 2003.
A Denver-based energy platform backed by private equity firms, including EnCap Investments, CSFB Private Equity and Liberty Energy Holdings, today announced the completion of a $100m (€78m) add-on acquisition.
The Carlyle Group has raised Y50bn ($470m) for its first Japanese buyout fund, with nearly 60 percent of the fund’s commitments coming from Japanese institutional investors.