Private Equity
In a partial exit from its first platform investment, the Atlanta-based firm with deep military contacts has scored a 485 percent IRR from military technology provider DataPath.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Carlyle, a US private equity firm, has acquired Wesco Aircraft Hardware Group, a California-based distributor of aerospace hardware.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
VCM and Golding Capital Partners, German fund of fund investors, have raised €238m for their second fund of fund investing in US and European mezzanine vehicles.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A relatively new player in private equity, Abu Dhabi Investment House is nearing the launch of a second fund, less than a year upon closing its maiden fund on $75m.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Auctus Management, a German mid-cap private equity manager, has generated more than €100m and an 18 times money multiple on the €250m sale of Time Partner, a temporary staffing business, to Investcorp.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Former Morgan Stanley banker Joseph Perella formally opened his new firm today, Perella Weinberg Partners, and announced a $100 million injection of capital from Dubai-based Istithmar PJSC.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
California-based early-stage investor Lightspeed Venture Partners has hired partner Yoni Cheifetez to focus on opportunities in the Israeli technology market.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Dubai’s Abraaj Capital has entered into a joint venture with Deutsche Bank and Ithmar Bank to raise a $2 billion Shariah-compliant alternative asset investment fund.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Abraaj Capital has hired former investment banker Mustafa Abdel Wadood as managing director after also promoting Shirish Saraf to managing director in April.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
After opening its Israel office less than five months ago, Silicon Valley venture firm Canaan Partners has now also set up shop near New Delhi to tap into India’s Internet and wireless market.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
