Huron River Ventures Partners, a Michigan-based early stage venture capital firm, has reached a final close on its first fund, Huron River Ventures I at $11 million. Huron River Ventures was launched in 2011 to […]

Gild has appointed Steve Cadigan to its advisory board. Cadigan is former VP of Talent at LinkedIn and current advisor at Cadigan Ventures to the Gild Advisory Board. Launched in 2011, Gild is backed by Globespan […]

Joel Hackney, Jr. will join Blacsktone portfolio company PGI as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Hackney will succeed Veronica Hagen, who will be retiring after assisting in the […]

Ken Glass, chairman and founder of the TECT family of businesses and Stony Point Group, has launched a new investment and management company, Cold Mountain Capital. The company will be headquartered in Asheville, […]

Softchoice Corporation has completed the going-private transaction backed by Birch Hill Equity Partners. It is expected that the common shares of Softchoice will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange on or […]

EQT V and GIC Special Investments, the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation have agreed to sell Springer Science+Business Media, a global scientific, technical and medical (STM) […]

Medical diagnostics company STAT-Diagnostica has appointed Gérard Vaillant as chairman of the company’s board of directors. Vaillant joins the company following the closing of a Series B financing round totaling […]

Cabot Square Capital has agreed the sale of its majority stake in Key Retirement Solutions Ltd to Phoenix Equity Partners. The transaction, which represents a 5x return on invested capital, remains subject to […]

Google considers PE alliances amid buying spree

IPOs? Silicon Valley CEOs say no

Here’s the daily funding update from VentureBeat

Series A is the new Series B

Here’s a Boston deals roundup

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This week there are job vacancies at venture veteran Benchmark Capital and secondaries specialist Coller Capital. Buyout behemoth Blackstone is also seeking a deal assistant for its growing Park Hill Secondaries […]

DFJ Esprit has promoted Scott Sage to partner. The promotion recognises his ongoing success as a venture capitalist at DFJ Esprit, and as a hands-on partner valued by portfolio company executives.

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Alternative investment specialist LGT Capital Partners has been awarded a multi-alternatives mandate from Kingfisher Pension Scheme. The mandate is focused exclusively on alternative investments and includes hedge […]

German Equity Partners III, the private equity fund managed by ECM Equity Capital Management, is selling its majority shareholding in KADI AG, Langenthal, a Swiss producer of frozen food, to the Munich based […]

Franklin Resources, which operates as Franklin Templeton Investments, has acquired the remaining 80 percent stake of alternative investments specialist Pelagos Capital Management to become a 100 percent equity […]

Nathan J. Kutt has joined Hunton & Williams LLP‘s Miami office as counsel to its financial institutions section. Kutt has more than a decade of experience with bank regulatory matters, capital and acquisition […]

JCI looks to PE to sell auto electronics unit

Performance of UK venture capital funds trails US counterparts

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Spanish company SPOTI SL, has created SocialRadios, a free application for the Android platform that allows users to listen to to radio stations and also tweet about the programs. Although currently only available […]

Waha Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based investment company, has acquired Anglo Arabian Healthcare. The business is a new healthcare group set up to own and operate hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and diagnostic centres […]

Campton Private Equity Advisors, a private equity fund-of-funds advisor, has appointed James H. Grossman as a senior advisor to the firm. Grossman brings significant experience to the Campton team, as a venture […]

SiteWit has raised over $1,500,000 in new equity capital from investors including Stage 1 Investors. SiteWit provides small to medium sized businesses with tools that enable them to efficiently market their […]