Private Equity
Investcorp has made its first investment in the energy sector with the $311 million acquisition of an inspection services company from Close Brothers.
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 · 03 January 2013
Three Delta, a Qatar-based investment group, has bought a 15 percent stake in UK retailer Sainsbury’s, increasing the pressure on the board to realise greater value from its real estate assets.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US VC firm Oak Investment Partners has completed a $25 million funding round for social networking site Reunion.com, one of the biggest investments in the area to date.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Investcorp’s technology venture capital arm is buying a majority stake in UK online payments business Moneybookers for €105 million, realising some value for the current management team.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The New York-based buyout firm has made another retail investment with its sixth fund with the purchase of Claire’s Stores.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Cipio Partners has acquired the majority of Siemens Venture Capital Communications in one of the largest secondary direct portfolio transactions completed in the last few years.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Intel Capital has led a $40 million investment round for a company aiming to provide better television reception for the whole of China.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The consortium buying Alexander Forbes, a South African financial services group, has increased its offer despite having agreed the deal three months ago.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Apax Partners has completed its second lucrative exit in two weeks after selling TIM Hellas, the Greek mobile operator it co-owned with Texas Pacific Group, to Egyptian telecoms entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
