This week peHUB is highlighting two senior associate positions and an analyst position at OrbiMed, State Street and UBS.
1 min read · 21 January 2014
Hamilton Lane has appointed Mingchen Xia as principal on the fund investment team and Yen Li Chew as vice president in the business development group. The new hires will be based in Hong Kong and will further strengthen the firm's presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
2 min read · 21 January 2014
Falcon Investment Advisors has reached a final close of Falcon Strategic Partners IV with $909.7 million of capital commitments, above the fund's original target of $850 million. Atlantic-Pacific Capital acted as placement agent.
2 min read · 21 January 2014
Darby Asia Opportunities Fund III has provided financing to an EQT-led consortium that acquired a majority stake in franchise operator China F&B Group. Board members and management invested together with the new controlling shareholders and the founder, Mr. Li Ping, who continues to own shares in the company and act as chairman.
3 min read · 21 January 2014
Segulah IV LP has entered into an agreement to acquire KP Components. KP Components was founded in 1969 by Poul Krogh Pedersen and focuses on offering machined metal components, using state of the art technology, to customers and applications, examples of which include hydraulics, power generation and fluid transportation.
2 min read · 21 January 2014
Synthelis, a company specializing in the production and characterization of therapeutic targets and antigens, has secured initial backing from a group of French investors. Backers include Rhone-Alpes Creation, Alpes Developpement Durable Investissement, Sud Rhone-Alpes Capital, Viaduc and the Savoy and Grenoble Business Angels networks.
6 min read · 21 January 2014
CapMan Buyout has invested in The North Alliance. The business is a Nordic digital communications group.
3 min read · 21 January 2014
Aorato has received approximately $10 million of investment from Accel Partners, Mickey Boodaei (co-founder of Imperva and Trusteer), Rakesh Loonkar (co-founder of Trusteer), Innovation Endeavors –VC funded by Eric Schmidt and Glilot Capital Partners. Aorato is an Israeli cyber-security start-up.
4 min read · 21 January 2014
The Abraaj Group has acquired a majority stake in Yörsan Group, a Turkish manufacturer and distributor of dairy products. The transaction is in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Yörük family.
5 min read · 21 January 2014
Catch up on the latest news links this Tuesday morning including EQT's latest fundraise, another Nordic investor creating the world's biggest Bitcoin database and an insight into VCs and their portfolio companies.
1 min read · 21 January 2014
