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Granite Global Ventures boosts team and tops up third fund

The US- and China-based private equity firm has raised an additional $200 million for its third fund 16 months after its final close, while simultaneously adding four people to its investment team.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Kleiner Perkins to deploy $1.2bn

The renowned Silicon Valley venture capital firm is planning to capitalise on 'disruptive innovation' to solve crucial challenges in energy, healthcare and communications.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Fifty finest

Private Equity International is proud to present its selection of markettransforming individuals who give shape and character to private equity today. The list, which is not a ranking, is ordered alphabetically.

10 min read · 04 January 2013

Report: China Goldman spinout makes first investment - in Mongolia

The investment firm founded by Goldman Sachs executive Fang Fenglei has made a $300m private equity investment in partnership with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Temasek Holdings.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Carlyle defends sovereign funds

The firm’s regulatory affairs head, David Marchick, warned a Senate committee today against protectionism, using Carlyle’s stake sales to CalPERS and Abu Dhabi as examples of government-affiliated investments that bolster US companies.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Mizuho closes $220m Japanese venture fund

The Japanese venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Bank has closed a ¥22bn fund to invest in diverse sectors.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Staying with the pace

Contrary to what the critics of private equity might tell you, making money in this business is getting harder, says William Jackson at Bridgepoint. To continue to succeed, firms like his can't afford to stand still, he tells Philip Borel.

6 min read · 04 January 2013

Riverside seals third European acquisition this month

The European mid-market remains active despite the credit crunch.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

ADB to invest in five clean energy funds

Manilan Asian Development Bank is to commit $100m to five private equity funds investing in the clean energy sector.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Warburg Pincus buys cleaning company for £565m

The vendor, CCMP Capital, more than doubled the company’s value in less than four years.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

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