Private Equity
US VC firm Oak Investment Partners has completed a $25 million funding round for social networking site Reunion.com, one of the biggest investments in the area to date.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Vintage Venture Partners, an Israeli fund of funds and secondaries firm, has closed its third fund at $125 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Investcorp’s technology venture capital arm is buying a majority stake in UK online payments business Moneybookers for €105 million, realising some value for the current management team.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The New York-based buyout firm has made another retail investment with its sixth fund with the purchase of Claire’s Stores.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Cipio Partners has acquired the majority of Siemens Venture Capital Communications in one of the largest secondary direct portfolio transactions completed in the last few years.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Intel Capital has led a $40 million investment round for a company aiming to provide better television reception for the whole of China.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Silicon Valley venture firm, renown for backing tech startups like eBay and Second Life, has hired former Electronic Arts vice president Mitch Lasky as its eighth partner.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Qatar National Bank has teamed up with Oxford Capital Partners to found Qatar Capital Partners, which will back technology companies in Qatar.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK fund-of-funds CDC has invested R100 million in Vantage Mezzanine Fund, the first mezzanine fund to be raised in South Africa. The fund is expected to close this August on about R600 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Unitus Equity Fund has decided to set aside 10 percent of its profits to help the world’s poor gain access to microfinance.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
