This week Highland Capital Management is advertising for a private equity analyst/associate to focus on middle market distressed/special situation investment opportunities.

Venture capitalists across the globe are more confident about raising money from abroad than at home, and more confidence about investing domestically than overseas.

Deloitte has acquired IE Discovery, a provider of electronic discovery management and litigation support solutions that serves federal government clients. IE Discovery is headquartered in Austin, Tex., with additional offices in Arlington, Va. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Deloitte today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of [...]

Deloitte said it acquired mobile app developer Übermind, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Deloitte Acquires Übermind; Establishes Lead in the Mobile Revolution NEW YORK, January 4, 2012 — Expanding its leading-edge business, systems integration and enterprise technology capabilities, Deloitte today announced the acquisition of Übermind, Inc., an innovative mobile agency. [...]

Venture capitalists continue to face challenges turning portfolio investments into attractive exits. But many have no difficulty identifying new opportunities to put money to work, according to a global survey of investment intentions release this week. The study – the annual Global Venture Capital Survey conducted in the spring by the National Venture Capital Association [...]

Initial public offerings in the United States has begun to look up over the past 12 months, but venture capitalists around the world say IPOs here and in their home countries remain too subdued to support a healthy investment environment. The observation comes from the annual Global Venture Capital Survey conducted this spring by the [...]

Ever wonder why cleantech has been slow to take off? Ok, sure. The technology is still immature. Solar cell efficiencies are relatively low and the smart grid is, well, hardly a grid. What’s more, until now, energy has been relatively inexpensive. But there is another big reason, in fact the big elephant in the room: [...]

Sixty-six percent of Canadian respondents expect their industry to contract over the next five years, according to the 2010 Global Venture Capital Survey by Deloitte, Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and other industry associations. However, a majority of VCs in China, India and Brazil are more optimistic and anticipate growth in the number of venture firms in their countries over the same period.

Clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe and China hit $2.02 billion in second quarter, up 43% for the same time period in 2009, according to the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. Solar was the lead sector for investments with $811 million spread across 26 deals.

Not all the news this week has to do with that tablet thingy, the iPad. It just seems that way, as your Twitter stream is no doubt full of jokes, pics and even a bona fide CEO poem about Apple’s latest “must-have” device. However, my attention this week has zeroed in on cleantech, including this [...]