Brad Meikle

Done deals, week of Sept. 27, 2010

Selected deals are disclosed transactions from Sept. 14 to Sept. 21, based on Thomson Reuters data

Smart grid investments remain attractive, but tough

“We’re looking at almost anything now that has the potential of providing distributed, utility-scale energy storage.”—Drew Clark, Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group

New energy fund nabs $1.2B

TCW is targeting to raise $2.5B

Cloud company Cirtas emerges from stealth, raises $10M

NEA, Lightspeed and Amazon fund cloud storage gateway provider

Alsop Louie’s second fund eclipses first

San Francisco firm raises more than $86M

San Diego LP has $100M for PE

City pension fund upping its target allocation to 5%

Harvest interviewing placement agents

NY firm expects to hit fund-raising trail in early 2011

Executive moves, week of Sept. 27, 2010

Personnel moves at Perseus, Benchmark and other PE and VC firms

Market wrap up: New fund-raising drops to nil in past week

Fund-raising levels remain unchanged at $52B worth of buyout and mezz funds raised year-to-date

Baer Capital eyes new PE fund, plans first exit

Dubai firm has plans to raise $300M for Indian deals