Private Equity
The BlackBerry Partners Fund is raising $100 million for affiliate fund focused on mobile investment opportunities in China. It is being launched as a joint venture with China Broadband Capital Partners.
3 min read · 27 May 2010
Vanedge Capital, a Canadian venture firm focused on interactive digital media, has closed its debut fund with C$100 million in capital commitments. Limited partners include Teralys Capital, BC Renaissance Capital Fund, BDC Venture Capital and Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.
5 min read · 27 May 2010
Golden Mean Capital, a San Francisco-based venture firm, is looking to raise $30 million for its inaugural fund focused on early stage agricultural startups in Africa. The firm is pitching U.S.-based and Canadian large family offices to raise the fund. It has not yet held a first close and the co-founders of the firm declined to disclose details about its fund-raising effort. Golden Mean, co-founded by former investment bankers William Silva and David Jeromin, looks to invest in startup agricultural opportunities in Africa that take advantage of native crops. Its first investment is $3 million in equity in Global Cheetah Palm Oil Ltd., a Ghana-based
2 min read · 19 May 2010
FirstMark Capital announced the creation of a seed investment program called FirstSteps. It also announced the program's first 10 investments: Ahalife, AppFirst, GoodCrush, NetComp, MarketFactory, MyCityWay, Packlate, Payoff, Pinterest and Turiya.
4 min read · 17 May 2010
Tullis Health Investors (fka Tullis-Dickerson) last week informed limited partners that Tom Dickerson and Joan Neuscheler had resigned as general partners of the firm’s second and third funds, peHUB has learned. The firm confirmed the resignations in a brief statement, adding that “Both had previously indicated in January 2008 that they would not participate in future Tullis-Dickerson funds and had resigned from Tullis-Dickerson & Co., Inc. in January 2009 and September 2008, respectively.”
2 min read · 12 May 2010
Early Stage Partners, a Cleveland-based VC firm focused on the Midwest, has closed its second fund with nearly $55 million in capital commitments.
2 min read · 11 May 2010
1 min read · 10 May 2010
1 min read · 10 May 2010
Conor Venture Partners has held a €46.5 million first closing on its second fund. The Finland-based firm invests in early-stage tech companies in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. Limited partners include European Investment Fund, Finnish Industry Investment, Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Veritas Pension Insurance Co., Atine Investment Partners and a fund-of-funds managed by Finnish Industry Investment.
3 min read · 05 May 2010
Montagu Newhall Associates has changed its name to Greenspring Associates. The Owings Mills, Md.-based firm manages venture capital funds-of-funds and makes direct co-investments.
2 min read · 03 May 2010
