Private Equity
First Reserve, which recently opened offices in Asia, has announced the closing of the largest energy-specific global fund ever raised, at $7.8bn. CEO Bill Macaulay told <em>PEO</em> that investor demand could have made the fund "much larger."
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Miami private equity firm has acquired majority interests in two scrapbooking companies, including Die Cuts with a View, the fastest-growing private company in Utah.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Four private equity firms will sell computer component maker Sierra Logic—which received just $5.25 million in first-round financing four years ago—to high-tech manufacturer Emulex in a deal reportedly valued at $180m.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The private equity firm announced that it will invest $75m in financial trading technology company NYFIX, with Warburg’s entrepreneur in residence becoming CEO.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
IT management company RenewData has announced that it has completed $30m of Series C funding via the private equity firms ABS Capital and CIBC Capital.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firm Bunker Hill Capital, the owner of the Papa Gino’s pizza restaurant brand, has announced a ‘significant investment’ in the operator of the California Family Fitness club chain.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Freeman Spogli have announced a major investment in TH Lee Putnam Ventures’ call-center portfolio company N.E.W. Customer Service.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The California venture capital firm closed its third fund on $300m, to be used for investments in the medical technology and biotechnology sectors.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Carlyle/Riverstone’s latest $2.45bn energy fund will provide $200m to Legend Natural Gas III, a company which will acquire and develop onshore natural gas and other properties in south Texas.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Transportation Resource Partners, which focuses on transportation-related investments, has bought National Powersport Auctions from Falconhead Capital, generating a reported 4x return.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
