The French firm has completed the fundraising for its mid-market Perfectis I fund.
Turkven, an affiliate of Advent International, has closed on $41m and will invest in Turkish growth opportunities alongside Advent’s Central and Eastern European team.
Opto Speed has secured a second round of funding worth E20m to support the company’s global expansion.
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Close Brothers Private Equity has announced the closure of its latest UK mid-market investment fund at £202m.
The Carlyle Group has appointed Wolfgang Hanrieder, of Star Ventures, new managing director for its European venture capital fund.
The Russian arm of Baring Private Equity Partners has closed the first foreign fund in Russia since the economic crisis of 1998.
The German private equity firm has hired Dirk Lupberger, former head of Siemens Venture Capital.
Sustainable Asset Management has completed its first private equity fundraising efforts with closings on two related vehicles that will invest in alternative energy companies.
The venture capital unit of Deutsche Bank and IT group Hewlett-Packard have invested E24m in a UK company developing wireless infrastructure support.
The US buyout specialist has closed on $1.6bn, having scaled back its latest buyout fund.
The US buyout firm has agreed to buy the European distribution operation of the French telecommunications giant Alcatel.
The private equity firm is seeking investors for a second fund aimed at the global energy market.
Oversubscribed by $600m, the fund will be investing in North American and European real estate.
The Dubai-based Rasmala Buyout Fund is acquiring Aramex International, a courier business servicing the Middle East and India, in a $61m deal.