Carlyle Group has increased its European investment team to 18 with the announcement of two senior appointments.
The latest US venture capital investment figures highlight a sector still in the doldrums, down almost 50 per cent on Q2 2001 and 15 per cent down on the first quarter.
The global venture firm has become the latest early stage investor to release limited partners from part of their commitments.
Few people need reminding that the paucity of IPO exits is a bad thing. Could the process be made easier and better - wonders Joe Bartlett. The result of his musings are some very practical suggestions as to how things could be improved: from the role of analysts to the fees charged by advisors.
The Israeli venture capital firm has closed its new secondary fund at $90m, below the original target of $100m.
The Hungarian Innovative Technologies Fund says that its portfolio value has doubled despite a testing environment for deal making.
With E765m in equity commitments and a E300m debt facility, the GSC European Mezzanine Fund LP intends to play a lead role in European mezzanine investment.
Lloyds TSB backs ADC Wireless; ACT Ventures backs Eblana Photonics; Sagitta leads MBO at Connections+
Whitbread completes Pelican disposal; Inion secures E16m new financing; AMPJE backs Transys Projects MBO
The banks has made Olivier Boyadjian head into its 15-strong structured finance unit in Paris.
Digital Networks leads $10m funding; Argos-Soditic takes majority stake in SAIME
Dominic Shorthouse, the former Warburg Pincus dealmaker, has launched a E450m mid-market buyout fund.
Bullish on the prospects for the German-speaking market, Candover has hired Kurt Kinzius, a former Mannesmann board member, to develop the brand from a new base in Düsseldorf.
Edinburgh-based Albany Ventures has received commitments from Scottish Widows, BoS, Alliance Trusts and Martin Currie en route to a £40m final closing.
Star Capital Partners’ low-risk capital outsourcing fund and its co-investing limited partners are targeting transactions worth several billion Euros.