Private Equity
The co-founder of Hicks Muse Tate & Furst has joined with Investcorp to buy a part of Texas-based Greatwide Logistics Services.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The Bahrain investment group raised $420m in London and boosted its profile with investors, while retaining its domestic quote.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Gulf-based GCC Energy Fund has bought into an engingeering company, as it prepares to announce two further investments by January.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
ISIS Equity Partners has acquired a 25 percent stake in Crew Clothing Co in a £7.75 million fund raising, building on its investment in Wiggle, an on-line retailer of outdoor accessories.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
The volume of global venture capital investment in 2006 is expected to reach $32 billion by the end of the fourth quarter, spurred on by growing interest in cleantech and biotechnology.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The Hugh Langmuir-helmed firm has made a double acquisition using capital from its latest buyout fund, which has now raised €3.5bn en route to its €5bn target.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Medu Capital received $65m in financing for its third fund, which will invest in small and mid-market companies based in South Africa.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
GP updates on fund activity keep firms on investors’ radars, which pays dividents when it comes to fundraising, said panellists at the PEI Investor Relations and Communications Forum in New York.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity and venture capital-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank has opened a full-service commercial banking operation in London, the first US bank to do so in more than five years.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Following a strong first quarter of 2012 that saw ‘wide open’ capital markets in the US and Canada, lending has taken a significant hit, largely due to continued uncertainty in Europe.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
