Private Equity
The Israeli venture capital firm has expanded its venture partners team as it prepares for a first close of its fourth, $200m technology fund.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
3i has appointed a new chief executive, snatching Philip Yea from under the noses of UK property company British Land.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK-based buyout firm has beaten off competition from BC Partners to purchase Autobar, a UK-based packaging and vending machine company, from the Kuwaiti Investment Authority for more than €800m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Following significant arbitrage activity, The Blackstone Group has lowered the level of shareholder acceptances required to complete its €3.1bn bid to take Celanese private.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
An affiliate of shar’iah-compliant Crescent Capital Investments has announced plans to privatise Loehmann’s.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Vintage Venture Partners, a private equity secondaries investor focused on Israel, has completed the final closing of its debut fund with $64m of commitments.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Athens-based Dolphin Capital Partners is targeting €100m for a debut private equity fund focused on leisure-integrated real estate opportunities in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Croatia.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
A rash of recent realisations from private equity-backed businesses suggests that exit routes are once more opening up after a fallow period.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Industry practitioners cast over 10,000 votes in PrivateEquityOnline's fourth annual European Private Equity Awards, with Permira claiming six.
4 min read · 30 December 2012
Benchmark Capital, the global early stage technology venture investor, has appointed Swedish entrepreneur Johan Brenner as a general partner at its London office.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
