Jennifer Harris

BlueRun Ventures has opened a new office in Beijing as it steps up its China operations.

Sentinel Capital Partners has purchased air quality consulting firm Trinity Consultants in order to capitalise on a growing global concern with climate change.

ACON Investments, Guggenheim Investment Management and West Coast Energy Partners have provided capital to enable Milagro Exploration to buy back Gulf Coast properties its founders once owned.

Tech-focussed joint venture Accel-KKR has made its fourth exit in two years with the sale of Saber Corp to strategic buyers EDS.

Fang’s management of a Yangtze delta-focussed, Suzhou government-backed fund is unlikely to interfere with his work for Goldman, according to an LP source.

New Enterprise Associates’ Dick Kramlich will live in Shanghai for all of 2008, helping to source deals and build relationships.

Sentinel Capital Partners has made its third investment in the dental services sector with the acquisition of a majority stake in ReachOut Healthcare America.

After prominent VC firm Mobius began to wind down its operations last year, five of its team members decided to launch their own tech fund.

General Atlantic looks to be ramping up its investment activity in the healthcare sector with the addition of former Uniprise chief executive Tracy Bahl to its team of special advisors.

New York Life Capital Partners has doubled its capital and LPs for its second mezzanine fund, as demand for mezzanine debt soars amid a credit liquidity freeze.