Captiva Capital Partners III, a real estate private equity fund advised and managed by Captiva Capital Management has acquired an additional shopping centre in Germany from Metro AG. Captiva Capital Management is an independent real estate investor focusing on the European real estate markets.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
Impetus has appointed Martin Brookes, director of Paul Hamlyn Foundation, to its advisory council. Originally trained as an economist, Brookes worked at the Bank of England and Goldman Sachs before joining New Philanthropy Capital in 2001 as head of research.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
Check out the latest midweek news including Atlas Holdings latest fundraise, a billion in alternative commitments from Minnesota and the real reason women aren't receiving venture capital.
1 min read · 23 October 2013
Resilience Capital Partners has acquired the assets of Avionics International Supply. Headquartered in Denton, AIS is a wholesale distribution and repair services company, serving customers worldwide and has been in business since 1984.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
Water Street Healthcare Partners has sold its anatomic pathology company, PLUS Diagnostics to Miraca Life Sciences. Water Street acquired PLUS in 2006 when it was a regional laboratory.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
UK-based Travel Entertainment Group Equity Limited, a provider of entertainment solutions to the airline and cruise ship industries, has been sold to Global Eagle Entertainment Inc in the US. Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive financial advisor to TEG, a portfolio company of GCP Capital Partners.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
First Reserve is to acquire TNT Crane & Rigging from Odyssey Investment Partners. TNT is a provider of lifting services and equipment to customers in the North American energy and industrial infrastructure end markets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
Monroe Capital has backed a $14 million senior secured credit facility to help enable growth of a technology services company by private equity sponsors, Olympic Valley Capital and Boathouse Capital. The company provides IT support services to growing small and medium-sized businesses specializing in serving enterprises with 50 to 1,000 employees.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
This Tuesday morning First Read reveals Blackstone's new Singapore office; new funds for Monroe and Bowmark Capital and why VCs aren't insanely rich.
1 min read · 22 October 2013
The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the third quarter of 2013 registered 3.92 on a 5 point scale (with 5 indicating high confidence and 1 indicating low confidence). Confidence among VCs in Silicon Valley rose significantly in Q3 making this the 5th consecutive quarterly increase in confidence and the highest measure of confidence since Q3 2007. The research is based on a September 2013 survey of 36 San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists.
1 min read · 22 October 2013
