The Southern European firm's focus hits investor sweet spot as the mid-market finds favour in the credit crunch.
The San Diego-based venture firm has more than doubled the size of its previous fund, as well as its team, thanks in part to returning LPs like Harvard, AlpInvest and Paul Capital.
The public pension has set policies for three of the four components making up its inflation-linked asset class, but said infrastructure policy will be considered later as it is the ‘most complex’.
The public pension has set criteria for three of the four components making up its inflation-linked asset class, but said infrastructure policy will be considered later as it is the ‘most complex’.
A $304 million deal for two Mexican power plants has been completed by InterGen, a company backed by Ontario Teachers’ and AIG’s private equity arms.
Goldman Sachs, Sequoia China, Farrallon and New Horizon are among the firms that have contributed $83 million in ‘strategic equity’ for Skyflying Media, a record financing round for China’s outdoor advertising sector.
Following closure of a $500 million fund that took ‘a few weeks’ to raise, the Silicon Valley venture firm has added four seasoned tech executives to its team.
The publicly traded merchant bank’s blank cheque company listed today on the American Stock Exchange, making Robert Greenhill the latest high-profile finance professional to jump on the SPAC bandwagon.
Olivier Boyadjian, former head of investments for French buyout firm CDC Capital, will now lead HIG Europe’s Paris office.
The Montreal-based private equity and venture capital firm says its closure of two sector-specific funds is Quebec’s largest private equity initiative to date.
The independent firm renewed its relationship with investors that were interested once it had fully cut its ties to its former parent, the German bank West LB.
On the heels of its $500 million investment in MBIA, Warburg Pincus has agreed to purchase an additional $300 million in shares as part of an oversubscribed $1 billion public offering. A source familiar with the matter told PEO the company is 'wildly undervalued'.
The tech-focused Israeli firm has rounded up commitments from a heavy-hitting list of LPs, including CalPERS, HarbourVest, Portfolio Advisors and Goldman Sachs.
The buyout firm will invest $250 million in Bharti Infatel, an Indian telecom company that has already received $1 billion from private equity and sovereign funds.
The US firm’s eighth fund will continue its 20-year investment strategy, targeting early-stage tech and healthcare companies, with an increased focus on Israeli and Indian deals.