Private Equity
Who’s coming back to market in 2015? We’re making our best predictions.
1 min read · 15 December 2014
A Latin American fund offering from Southern Cross jumped the highest for Washington State Investment Board out of a selection of its fund managers potentially coming back to market in 2015.
2 min read · 13 October 2014
This week there are chief investment officer, director of private equity, vice president client relations and private equity fund administrator senior associate positions for the taking.
2 min read · 07 October 2014
Driving technology company Navdy has closed $6.5 million in seed round funding led by Upfront Ventures. Other investors include Ludlow Ventures, Lightbank, Promus Ventures, MESA+ I, Eniac Ventures, Wareness.io, et al.
2 min read · 02 October 2014
Centerbridge Partners has filed a form D for its latest fund Centerbridge Capital Partners III LP specifying a target of $5.75 billion.
1 min read · 02 October 2014
Aaron Perlmutter has been promoted to head Levine Leichtman Capital Partners' corporate finance group. Matthew Frankel and Andrew Schwartz have been promoted to managing directors.
2 min read · 02 October 2014
Francisco Partners is to acquire Vendavo. Based in Mountain View, Calif, Vendavo provides revenue and price optimization and management solutions for B2B mid-market and enterprise companies.
3 min read · 02 October 2014
Orchid Underwriters, an underwriter of property insurance focusing on coastal properties, has secured backing from Gryphon Investors. CEO Michael Ray and president Brad Emmons have retained a significant ownership position in the company and will continue to lead Orchid after the closing of the transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
3 min read · 02 October 2014
Biotechnology company Visterra has completed a $30 million Series B financing round. The round was co-led by new Visterra investors Merck Research Labs Venture Fund, Vertex Venture Holdings and Temasek. Existing investors Polaris Partners, Flagship Ventures, Omega Funds and Alexandria Venture Investments and a new investor Cycad Group also participated.
4 min read · 02 October 2014
Semafone, a UK business specialising in fraud prevention software has secured growth capital investment from Business Growth Fund, Octopus Investments and other existing shareholders. BGF has taken a minority stake and BGF investment director Alistair Brew has been appointed to the board with investment manager Will Gresty joining as observer to the board.
3 min read · 02 October 2014
