Global private asset manager Capital Dynamics has acquired three portfolios of solar energy projects in California and New Jersey. The first portfolio features approximately 80 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar power generation projects. The second portfolio features a pipeline of solar PV projects from Pristine Sun LLC. And the third portfolio features a solar rooftop [...]

Swiss asset manager Capital Dynamics AG announced Thursday that it had invested an undisclosed amount in a 5.7 megawatt solar energy project in the United States. The project is located in Massachusetts.

Global private asset manager Capital Dynamics has divested its co-investment in Swiss architectural engineer Permasteelisa alongside lead investor Alpha Private Equity Fund 5. The fund realizes a multiple of investment cost of three times and a gross IRR of approximately 100%. The exit was achieved by way of a trade sale to JS Group Corporation, [...]

Capital Dynamics has appointed Marcelo Moraes as a managing director and head of Brazil, based in São Paulo. Moraes is a member of the board of directors of the Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (ABVCAP) and chairman of the VALE Fiscal Council (the second-largest mining company in the world). PRESS RELEASE Capital Dynamics [...]

Capital Dynamics has raised $17 million for its newest Champion Ventures fund, according to an SEC filing.

The pool, Capital Dynamics Champion Ventures VII LP, has a target of $150 million, the Form D filing, dated Feb. 15, said.

Former professional football player Harris Barton has stepped down as a managing director at Capital Dynamics to start an angel investment firm called Barton Asset Management, according to Private Equity Insider. We were unable to find a website for Barton Asset Management or contact information for Barton. We’ll update this story if we’re able to [...]

Big news from the LP world, as we’ve learned that the $74 billion Washington State Investment Board has chosen Hamilton Lane as its new private equity consultant.

The pension system has around $13.5 billion in private equity assets, and had spent the past five years using Capital Dynamics (which, in turn, had taken over for Pacific Corporate Group).

In the latest issue of Capital Dynamics’ quarterly newsletter, Spencer Punter, Director of Investment Management, analyzes the performance of the U.S. venture capital market and discusses recent developments in three key growth areas: cleantech, healthcare, and social media. Noting that returns in the U.S. venture capital sector have consistently outperformed major domestic return indices over several investment horizons since 1981 (according to Cambridge Associates U.S. Venture Capital Index), Spencer describes why this sector continues to offer attractive investment opportunities in a turbulent global economy.

Download it below.

Former NFL star Ronnie Lott has resigned as an executive with Capital Dynamics, the Swiss alternative asset manager that earlier this year assumed management control of funds-of-funds raised by Lott and others under the HRJ Capital brand. In a brief email obtained by peHUB, Capital Dynamics thanked Lott for “for his contributions to the company [...]

peHUB has learned that Capital Dynamics of Switzerland has signed an agreement to buy HRJ Capital, a Silicon Valley fund-of-funds manager that last year defaulted on a warehouse loan from Silicon Valley Bank.

Financial terms are being held close to the vest, although sources say that the transaction will include a partial repayment of the $68.9 million debt. A final close is not expected to occur for at least a month, because HRJ needs to get limited partner approval for the change of management company.

This deal would cap off a traumatic year for HRJ, a firm formed in 1999 by ex-NFL stars Harris Barton and Ronnie Lott.