Belgian VC investor Capricorn Partners is open to more investor approaches for its new industrial biotech fund as it aims for a final close on EUR 25m by the end of next year, partner Rob
Tech-focused venture capital firm Hiro Capital has closed its second fund on €300m. The post Hiro Capital closes Fund II on €300m to target games, Metaverse innovators first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
As global inflation woes and a rising energy crisis continue to grow, the winners and losers of the current macroneconomic conditions are slowly beginning to emerge. The post VC dealmaking is defying macroeconomic concerns in
Hard tech investor Cantos has launched a $50m third fund targeting 'near frontier' startups it believed have the potential to mitigate climate change, disease, armed conflict, poverty and existential risk. The post Cantos proves ‘hard
Danish growth equity firm Nordic Alpha Partners (NAP) is tapping a new approach to lock in some of its greentech deal flow, inviting business angels to commit investments in developing opportunities, investment partner Rasmus Lund
The $63bn-managing Teachers’ Retirement System of Illinois has made more than $1bn of new private equity and alternatives commitments. The post Silver Lake, Barings PE Asia among over $1bn of new Illinois Teachers Retirement System
Consumer-focused private equity major L Catterton has bought into Swiss foodtech startup Planted, which is aiming to create plant-based meat which tastes better than the meat from animals. The post Startup using plants to create
Madrona Venture Group is launching a Palo Alto office to be led by new managing director hire Karan Mehandru. The post Ex-Trinity Ventures GP Mehandru joins Madrona Venture to lead newly-launched Palo Alto office first appeared
Adelis Equity Partners has sold its majority stake in Nordic dental labs group Nordentic to peer Corus, backed by CareVentures and Quadrum Capital.
Central Europe-focused private equity house Genesis Capital has teamed with Integral Venture Partners to buy train seats and interior equipment specialist BORCAD. The post Genesis Capital teams with Integral to buy veteran Czech train seat
Ubiquity Ventures, the VC house launched by former Bessemer Venture Partners investor Sunil Nagaraj, is back with its third fundraise in as many years, this time eyeing up to $60m. The post Ex-Bessemer exec Nagaraj
DTCP, the infra investment house launched by senior venture capital execs at Deutsche Telekom, has hit a roughly €1bn second close for its sophomore Digital Infrastructure Vehicle. The post Deutsche Telekom VC execs raise about
Southeast Asia-focused venture debt investor Genesis Alternative Ventures is already almost halfway to its $150m goal for its newly-launched sophomore fundraise. The post Huge LP reup rate helps southeast Asia venture debt firm Genesis to
San Francisco-based 'hard tech' investor Root Ventures has hit a $150m final close for its latest fund targeting seed and pre-seed deals. The post ‘Hard tech’ investor Root Ventures raises $150m for third fund first
Digital Diagnostics is hoping to pave the way for AI healthcare diagnosis to become a standard practice - and has just picked up a big boost thanks to a $75m KKR-led Series B investment round.
Venture capital firms are always quick to blow their trumpet announcing the latest impressive valuations of their portfolio businesses - but such largesse in investments rounds could be about to come back and bite them.
Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, has hired Peter Knight as head of co-investment to meet the growing private investor demand for direct private equity and venture co-investment opportunities.
Private equity major CVC is reportedly in talks to sell its stake in Indonesian snack food business GarudaFood Putri Putri Jaya in a deal which could value the company at up to $1.5bn. The post
Indian venture capital investor Fundamentum has leveraged its success in backing two of the country's most recent unicorns to raise $227m for its sophomore fund. The post Double unicorn success helps propel India’s Fundamentum to
