The London-based investor, founded by former 3i executives, has made its fourth investment from its vintage 2004 £400m debut fund.
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.
London-listed European mezzanine provider ICG is growing rapidly - despite being more selective on deals than ever. Robert Venes reports.
The Dubai-based firm’s new Frontier Opportunities Fund I LP will initially focus on Syria, as well as Lebanon and Jordan.
New Venture Partners, established through secondaries specialist Coller Capital’s MBO of Lucent’s New Ventures Group in 2001, has closed its fourth fund.
Netherlands-headquartered private equity firm Gilde and ABN AMRO Capital have sold their interests in Hebu, a Dutch hydraulic systems company, to Halder, a subsidiary of listed Belgian investor GIMV.
Vietnam-focused Mekong Capital has closed a new private equity fund at $50 million, drawing more interest from private investors than it did with its maiden fund.
Benson Elliot Capital Partners, the new private equity real estate vehicle of former Doughty Hanson property chief Marc Mogull, has launched in London with €264m of commitments to its first fund.
The European venture arm of IT media group IDG has become independent of its parent with backing from Partners Group and Access Capital Partners. The firm has been renamed Acacia Capital Partners.
European mezzanine provider Intermediate Capital Group also put a record amount of capital to work in the fourteen months to 2005, arranging or providing £899m of debt financing.