Environmental Technologies Fund is blazing a green trail with its debut cleantech fund offering for institutional investors.
Sequoia Capital India and Battery Ventures are injecting a combined $15 million in a second round of funding sought by Travelguru, an Indian online travel portal.
With its new vehicle, San Zell’s private investment firm plans to continue focusing on property-related companies in emerging markets.
The quoted private equity manager estimates there are companies worth about €70bn where an investment would be more appropriate than an all-cash take-private and it has built a heavyweight team to tackle the opportunity.
Starwood Capital’s Barry Sternlicht gets specific about the firm’s plans for India—which could include $500 million in investment in real estate on the subcontinent. By Aaron Lovell.
Figures for the third quarter show a sharp decline in venture fundraising.
Investors have informally approved the increase which should mean Coller Capital closes the largest secondaries fund early next year, eclipsing rival Lexington Partners.
Dallas-based consultancy and investment management firm Hawkeye Partners is beefing up its staff with three new hires.
Three firms have raised the bar with a double telecom deal, buying two assets in a single transaction for €1.2bn with a record debt package of €750m.
Danish investment firm Sparinvest has closed its fund of funds on $640m, which will invest in property vehicles around the world.
The Dubai fund of funds manager is hoping to be one of the first to offer access to the Indian private equity market via a quoted vehicle with a $100 million float of a fund on AIM, London’s alternative segment.
The Benelux-focused buyout firm has bought a subsidiary of the UK food business Uniq and sold CABB, a German specialty chemicals business to Axa Private Equity.
German special situations manager has closed its second fund without breaking into a sweat, while Jon Moulton’s distressed debt fund underlines appetite for turnaround deals.
The UK-based firm has done its second French deal in as many years by aqcuiring a French concrete business for about €400m.
Capricorn Venture Partners, a Belgian venture capital firm, has with the help of three cornerstone investors managed a first closing on €26m of a venture fund dedicated to clean technology