The institutional investor has made $40 million in direct private equity fund commitments, as it marks its second year investing in the asset class.
South Korea’s National Pension Service has sparked off a fundraising drive for buyouts in South Korea shortly after US buyout firm Lone Star was found guilty of stock price manipulation in the country.
CDC has announced a round of Latin American commitments as it reportedly prepares to launch a $150 million venture fund of funds targeting India.
The US bank has recruited the team of Asia Pacific-focused firm TVG Capital Partners, becoming the latest bank to increase its direct investment role in the region.
The firm has set off on the fundraising trail having doubled the amount of money it plans to invest in Africa.
Following closure of a $500 million fund that took ‘a few weeks’ to raise, the Silicon Valley venture firm has added four seasoned tech executives to its team.
Year-end 2007 data shows that increased investment in later stage deals drove growth in the US and European VC markets, whereas Israel’s most active firms focussed on seed-stage investments.
Deals in Canadian PE and VC markets were driven by US investors in 2007, creating ‘serious concern’ over the strength of the domestic Canadian market, according to the CVCA.
The Montreal-based private equity and venture capital firm says its closure of two sector-specific funds is Quebec’s largest private equity initiative to date.
The independent firm renewed its relationship with investors that were interested once it had fully cut its ties to its former parent, the German bank West LB.
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