Carlyle Group has increased its European investment team to 18 with the announcement of two senior appointments.
The global venture firm has become the latest early stage investor to release limited partners from part of their commitments.
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Dominic Shorthouse, the former Warburg Pincus dealmaker, has launched a E450m mid-market buyout fund.
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.
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IP2IPO Group has agreed a £5m link-up with the University of Southampton to invest in spin-out companies.
Darby Overseas Investments has acquired Prudential Financial’s $246m Asian mezzanine 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.
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.
The US buyout firm has agreed to buy the European distribution operation of the French telecommunications giant Alcatel.