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Qihoo plans $200m NYSE IPOCDH, Sequoia, Highland Capital and Redpoint Ventures are among the firms that invested around $39 million in the Chinese internet company.
- Fashion sale nets 40% IRR for Palamon
In its seventh exit in the last year, growth investor Palamon has sold an online fashion retailer to Spanish strategic buyer Privalia.
- Texas pension commits $125m to private equity
The $15.6bn Texas County & District Retirement System has committed to Centerbridge, GTCR and EnCap in the past few months.
- Texas County pension commits $75m to private equity
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Caduceus Private Investments and CDH were among the recent fund commitments made by the $12bn Texas County and District Retirement System.
- Software company gets $15m second funding round
Co-led by Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners, the investment will be used to increase global sales and marketing efforts, and develop a PC management platform.
- Highland backs Chinese media company
The $10m funding round will be used to augment Viva’s team, improve its mobile media platform and develop new products.
- LinkedIn financing maintains $1bn valuation
Goldman Sachs, The McGraw-Hill Companies, SAP Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners have added $23m on to the $53m in Series D financing the professional networking site raised over the summer.
- Highland leads $29m social networking investment
The Boston-based venture firm was joined by Greylock Partners, Omidyar Network and SVB Capital in the Series C financing for Digg.
- Highland expands China team with two Intel recruits
Highland Capital Partners has hired technology specialists and former Intel Capital senior executives John Hsin and Kuantai Yeh, just five months after Intel launched its second China fund.
- Private equity lines up for Canadian wireless spectrum
Three heavy-hitting private equity- and venture-backed syndicates have made deposits of more than $100m for an upcoming spectrum auction.