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Massachusetts commits more than $300m to PEThe state’s Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has committed to Chequers Capital, Genstar Capital Partners, Vista Equity Partners, Quad-C Partners and Index Ventures.
- Skype: the deal that keeps delivering
A cursory trawl of our archives demonstrates just how intimately tied Skype has been to venture capital and private equity firms during its short lifetime, and how profitable it has been for those firms.
- 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.
- Amazon to acquire VC-backed LoveFilm
The £200m deal means an exit for venture firms Balderton Capital, DFJ Esprit and Index Ventures.
- CPPIB, Sterling buy Livingston for C$273m
The firms will pay C$8 per unit for the company, which provides custom brokerage, transportation and logistics services.
- Silver Lake leads $2bn Skype deal
Silver Lake, Index, CPPIB and Andreessen Horowitz will pay $1.9bn in cash and $125m in debt to purchase a majority stake in the VOIP company from eBay.
- Straddling the Atlantic
Straddling the Atlantic 2009-03-01 Staff Writer ASSETS / FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT€1.7 billion as of 31 Dec 2008ALLOCATION TO PRIVATE EQUITY100%YEAR FIRST INVESTED IN PRIVATE EQUITY1988GEOGRAPHYNorth America50%Western Europe50%Central & Eastern EuropeMiddle East / AfricaAsia PacificLatin AmericaFUND TYPEGen
- OPEN & CLOSED
OPEN & CLOSED 2009-04-01 Staff Writer OPEN & CLOSED FUNDS OPENED <
- Why normality is on hold
Limited partners need to be in full possession of the facts before resuming substantial investment in private equity. Andy Thomson reports