Private Equity
The Southern California-based private equity advisor will manage AMP’s Future Directions Private Equity Fund and act as the firm’s ‘exclusive’ partner in Australia and New Zealand.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Ethos Private Equity and Old Mutual Private Equity have invested in the African Northern Cape-based lime and calcium processing plant Idwala Industrial, for a reported 44 % stake. The deal represented an exit for the Tisco Group and RMB Ventures.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
For its second funding round, the Israel- and China-focused private equity firm invested $13m alongside other investors in Chiral Quest Corporation.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Aurum Ventures, Canaan Partners and Evergreen Venture Partners are among the firms that have invested in N-trig. The investment will be used to fund technological innovation and the development of new platforms.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The pan-African investor has sold sugar, flour and animal feed producer SOMDIAA to its majority shareholders for $26m as Africa Fund I continues to divest.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Africa-focused private equity firm Development Partners International has backed South Africa-based telecom company Q-Venture. The firm has raised €272m toward its debut fund, which it aims to close on €400m in 2009.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Israeli companies drew $2.1bn in venture funding in 2008, the highest in eight years, although there was a marked slowdown in investment activity in the last quarter.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
WaterHealth International, which provides clean and affordable water to remote and underserved communities, will use the investment to expand operations.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Dubai-based firm has also partnered a Bahrain telecommunications company, to buy 49 percent of an Indian mobile operator, for $225 million.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Kuwait-based firm has acquired a quarry and site for a cement plant in Tunisia on a Greenfield plot over 220 hectares.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
