Ampersand Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused, middle market private equity firm, has made three appointments to its management team. Eric Lev has joined Ampersand as a partner, Dana Niles has joined Ampersand as the firm's CFO and chief compliance officer and John Perkins has joined as an operating partner.
2 min read · 26 February 2013
Agari has announced a $5 million strategic investment and the addition of two new executives. An undisclosed strategic investor and existing investors Alloy Ventures, Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and Greylock Partners participated in the round. Ingrum Putz has joined the company as vice president of engineering and Vidur Apparao as chief technology officer.
3 min read · 26 February 2013
NBGI Private Equity has acquired Stiplastics for an undisclosed sum. Stiplastics is a manufacturer of injection-molded plastic dosing, packaging solutions, and medical devices for the pharmaceutical industry including pillboxes, medication blister packs, and “tamper proof” systems. The Company operates production facilities in Beauvoir en Royans, France.
2 min read · 26 February 2013
This morning read all about Spark Capital's fourth fund, what is happening in global energy markets, Japan's deal upswing and China's VC investment slump.
1 min read · 26 February 2013
appMobi has sold its HTML5 Development Tools Division to Intel Corp. Mooreland Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to appMobi.
2 min read · 25 February 2013
Festival Transaction Services, a financial services company for the fair and festival market, has acquired Vermont-based KadmusArts Corporation in a cash and stock transaction. KadmusArts has developed a digital marketplace for the performing arts community.
2 min read · 25 February 2013
Hamilton Lane has acquired Shott Capital Management. Shott Capital Management provides private equity and distribution management services for institutional investors, including major public and private pension plans, foundations, endowments, and other financial institutions. The firm has offices in San Francisco and Boston.
2 min read · 25 February 2013
Catch up on the latest private equity and venture capital-related links after the weekend which give us the lowdown on Battery Ventures' most recent fund performance; the latest Asian private equity news and what is boosting OMERS' returns.
1 min read · 25 February 2013
The Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers is to be implemented within European Union member states by July 22. This directive will have an impact on U.S. private equity fund managers that market fund interests to investors in the EU by creating certain reporting requirements and imposing further transparency regulations within the private fund industry.
2 min read · 21 February 2013
A 2008 vintage Chinese tech fund is the top performing emerging market-focused private equity vehicle according to an analysis of emerging market fund returns from the Buyouts fund returns database with data current as of year end 2011. GSR Ventures III achieved an IRR of 55.1 percent and multiple of 1.9x.
3 min read · 21 February 2013
