Private Equity
The hedge-fund giant has kick-started its new US private equity platform with the announced privatisation of insurance company James River.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The hedge-fund giant has kick-started its new US private equity platform with the announced privatisation of insurance company James River.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
IBM and Lehman Brothers are investing $17 million in a Hong Kong-listed Chinese software company from a fund the two companies established last year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Baring Private Equity Asia has joined forces with the private sector arm of the World Bank to invest $47 million in a Chinese producer of environmentally-friendly refrigerants.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has made two investments totalling about $100 million in China’s steel-related industry, a sector the firm had identified early last year when it was out of favour.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Steamboat Ventures, a venture capital firm affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, has invested $5 million in CTS Media, a provider of in-stream video advertising technology and services.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Chinese silicon manufacturer Shunda has raised $82 million in private equity financing – $40 million of which is from emerging markets private equity investor Actis.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Sun Capital’s recently established Japanese affiliate has completed its first deal with the acquisition of “Fruit Jelly” snack maker Tarami.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Buyout firm Industri Kapital has exited from Elektrokoppar after nearly 10 years invested in the company and several difficult economic cycles in the copper industry.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
