Judy Kuan

Private equity has extended to the far corners of the world, cropping up in some unexpected locales. Judy Kuan speaks with Robert Fogler, co-founder of the Rwanda-focused Thousand Hills Venture Fund, about the role for private equity in a smaller market – but one that might well be on a fast-track for growth.

The oversubscribed fund will focus on early stage IT companies in the US, China and Japan.

With the Middle East’s whirlwind fundraising and dealmaking environment, a growing body of major law firms are establishing a presence in the region. By Judy Kuan.

A recent survey shows LPs are most bullish on ’Asian buyouts’, but what does this mean in practice? Judy Kuan investigates.

With the addition of Ron Cao as partner at the Menlo Park-based venture firm, Lightspeed Venture Partners is positioning itself to tap early stage opportunities in China.

The Dubai-based firm’s new Frontier Opportunities Fund I LP will initially focus on Syria, as well as Lebanon and Jordan.

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.

A new set of private equity valuation guidelines have been endorsed in the farthest corners of the world - but not in the US. By Judy Kuan.

PAMA Group, formerly Prudential Asset Management Asia, has been acquired by the US-headquartered emerging markets private equity firm EMP Global to “aggressively position” the latter’s Asia operations.

AIG Capital Partners has acquired a significant stake in UTI Group, a Romanian security systems provider, in a $19.5m (€15.4m) transaction.