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  • Irish pension fund commits €2 billion to PE
    Jonn Elledge- 30 December 2012

    The National Pension Reserve Fund intends to allocate 8 percent of its assets to European and North American private equity funds by 2010.

  • Irish VC leads $28m DAB funding round
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    ACT Venture Capital, Apax Partners, Alta Berkeley, BlueRun Ventures and Quilvest have teamed up to provide further funding to UK semiconductor manufacturer Frontier Silicon.

  • Deal round-up 07/04/03
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Sovereign leads Principal Schools buyout; Epigenomics lands E21m third round; Apax backs E10m Corvil Networks round; Granville Baird backs German MBO; Granville Baird backs German MBO

  • Fourth Level to fund Irish start-ups
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Fourth Level Ventures, sponsored by Dolmen Securities, is planning to raise up to E50m to invest in university spin-off opportunities both in Ireland and overseas.

  • Europe - March 2003
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012
  • ACT tops European technology fundraising
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The Irish venture capital firm has attracted a broad range of international investors for its third fund, with E170m the largest European technology fund raised in 2002.

  • Scottish firm bucks VC trend
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    In a still slowing venture market, Scottish optical components firm Intense Photonics has attracted E16m in second round financing.

  • Deal round up 07/06/02
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Lloyds TSB backs ADC Wireless; ACT Ventures backs Eblana Photonics; Sagitta leads MBO at Connections+

  • Deal round-up 10/05/02
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    BoS backs Brandons acquisition; Advent Venture backs Am-Beo second round; Target leads E2m funding

  • Deal round-up 04/04/02
    PEI Staff- 29 December 2012

    RPEM buys confectionery subsidiary; ACT leads second round financing