The Silicon Valley venture capital firm has brought funds under management to more than $1bn and will continue to focus on early-stage tech startups.
Gamma Capital Partners, the Austrian technology investor, has announced the final closing of its second venture fund on €17.25m.
Electra Partners Europe and Englefield Capital have acquired Global Solutions, the UK-based facilities management division of Group 4 Falck, for £207.5m
The Massachusetts venture capital firm has announced that Jon Auerbach and Fergal Mullen will continue to focus on the wireless and software sectors, respectively, as general partners.
The San Francisco-based placement agent and private equity consultant has named Kelly DePonte partner. The firm also completed fundraising for client W Capital Partners.
The German mid-market private equity firm has held a first closing of its second fund with commitments of €74m, secured from new and returning financial institutions.
Yet another Utah private equity firm, Peterson Partners, has closed a private equity fund and named an elite list of corporate executives as ‘investment partners.’ The firm was an early investor in discount airline success JetBlue.
Sorenson Capital, based in Salt Lake City, will invest in small- to mid-sized companies in the Western US with the help of a former American football star.
The Bethesda, Maryland venture capital firm touted its ties to the Washington DC research and development scene.
The sector specialist has appointed Massimo Prelz Oltramonti as senior advisor to focus on telecommunications and electronic media investments.
Vintage Venture Partners, a private equity secondaries investor focused on Israel, has completed the final closing of its debut fund with $64m of commitments.
The New York middle market firm has sold transmission parts and services franchiser Cottman to American Capital Strategies as it proceeds to harvest Fund II.
Mid-market European private equity firm Waterland has exceeded its €150m target for a new fund dedicated to medium sized investments in the Benelux and Rhineland regions.
Explorer Investments has held an initial close on €50m of its debut Explorer I fund, aimed at helping Portuguese companies invest in Spain.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts firm’s Fund II exceeds the previous $630m vehicle and is targeting middle market LBOs in the industrial sector.