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INVESCO spin-out raising $350m fund

The ‘diversified venture capital concern’, New York-based Vedanta Capital, is raising a fund for venture and private equity investment.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Francisco Partners to exit Metrologic for $720m

The bar code scanner company has agreed to be acquired by Honeywell International after being taken private for $398.5 million in December 2006.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Paul Capital closes secondaries fund on $1.65bn

The New York-based firm has closed its ninth private equity secondaries fund above its $1.25bn target.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

AIG closes Brazil fund on $692m

The insurance giant’s second Brazilian special situations fund has exceeded its $400 million target as the firm looks to expand in Latin America.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Riverstone invests in $1bn solar joint venture

The energy focussed-private equity firm will join AES in an attempt to ‘change the fundamental economics of solar power’.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Kleiner Perkins hires video game pioneer

The chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, Bing Gordon, will join the Silicon Valley firm that helped launch the gaming company 25 years ago.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Hirsch: ‘Mega-fund phobia’ partly driving emerging markets

Emerging markets private equity funds can be valuable in the portfolio, but some limited partners are attracted to this opportunity for the wrong reasons, Hamilton Lane CIO Erik Hirsch told delegates at the 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Kleiner Perkins to deploy $1.2bn

The renowned Silicon Valley venture capital firm is planning to capitalise on 'disruptive innovation' to solve crucial challenges in energy, healthcare and communications.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

CalPERS makes $1.35bn in fresh fund commitments

A month after committing $1.1 billion to private equity funds, the $253 billion state pension plan has made a new round of commitments to funds including Advent’s Japanese fund and Bridgepoint’s fourth European fund.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Allstate CEO joins CD&R

Clayton Dubilier & Rice has hired Edward Liddy in the midst of raising a $7.5bn fund that has already held a first close on $2bn.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

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