Capital Dynamics has completed the investment program for its US Solar Energy Fund. The fund committed over $280 million in equity capital to 40 solar PV projects located in five US states and has already generated tax equity and related proceeds of over $110 million for its investors to date.
4 min read · 23 April 2014
This morning find out what's hot and what's not in Boston biotech, why top Italian banks are tapping the PE world, who Washington State and CalSTRS are committing to and how UTIMCO hit the Internet 2.0 jackpot.
1 min read · 23 April 2014
On the jobs board this week are vacancies for a senior fund administrator at Cambridge Associates, a business analyst at Oaktree Capital Group and a deputy director for the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, division of investment.
1 min read · 22 April 2014
Great Point Partners has made a growth recapitalization investment in Corrona. Corrona is an observational registry founded in 2000 by Dr. Joel Kremer and is a provider of clinical real world data obtained prospectively from both physicians and patients at the time of a routine clinic visit.
3 min read · 22 April 2014
ProNAi Therapeutics, a developer of novel nucleic acid therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $59.5 million Series D financing. The round was led by Vivo Capital and included other new investors Frazier Healthcare Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Adams Street Partners, RA Capital Management, Caxton Alternative Management, Hopen Life Science Ventures, Sectoral Asset Management and Janus Capital Management.
4 min read · 22 April 2014
Brook Venture Partners has led an investment in PC Network Services with co-investors Blue Heron Capital, an operationally focused private equity firm based in Richmond, VA and Prides Crossing Capital of Wakefield, MA. The business is a full service provider of outsourced IT solutions and managed services.
3 min read · 22 April 2014
Morrison & Foerster has appointed Shirin Tang as a corporate partner in Singapore. Tang joins the firm from Shearman & Sterling.
3 min read · 22 April 2014
CrowdRise, an online platform supporting crowdfunding projects for charitable causes has closed a $23 million financing round led by USV. Venture capital firms Spark Capital and Index Ventures are co-investors in the round along with James Packer and Brett Ratner’s RatPac venture fund, CAA Ventures and United Talent Agency’s venture fund.
4 min read · 22 April 2014
Permira is to acquire CABB International, a manufacturers of fine chemicals from Bridgepoint. The transaction is expected to complete in June 2014, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
2 min read · 22 April 2014
IBM Watson Group is making an investment in Fluid. The company is a shopping advisor. IBM is investing more than $1 billion into the Watson Group focusing on research, development and bringing cloud-delivered cognitive applications and services to market.
5 min read · 22 April 2014
