Apple has passed over its original backers, Sequoia Capital and Venrock, and selected Kleiner Perkins to lead the company’s first product-focussed venture fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The secondaries firm has made a senior hire in the first office of its kind in Latin America and has expanded its reach into Asia.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The head of one of America’s most powerful unions weathered a counter-attack from Bear Stearns Merchant Banking’s COO during a panel discussion on private equity’s social impact.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
DLJ South America Partners' first fund has completed three investments to date, including particpation in a club deal for Latin American and Caribbean McDonald’s restaurants.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The veteran venture capitalist said at a recent industry gathering that backing more mature companies is the key to successful African economic development.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The TPG Biotechnology II fund has led a $20.5 million round of financing in a sleep disorder company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK arm of HSBC Private Equity has done its second deal since returning ‘to the UK mid-market proper’ after a 5-year hiatus that saw the spin-out of its in-house private equity group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will invest in Noble Environmental Power for wind park development.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Silicon Valley venture firm will allocate one-third of the new fund to cleantech.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The direct investment arm of AIG Investments has sold its 14.15 percent stake in Turkey’s largest chain of movie theaters.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
