Global venture capital investment remains strong despite dealmaking numbers dropping for the sixth consecutive quarter, new research shows, with a trio of $1bn-plus deals from across the globe helping buoy the industry's figures.
Tech-focused private equity house Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has made a strategic investment in GovernmentCIO, a provider of high-end tech and digital solutions to the US federal health IT services market.
Blackstone has scored a hefty return by agreeing the $14.6bn sale of US life science office buildings major BioMed Realty.
Consumer and retail-focused private equity major Leonard Green & Partners has bought into FFL Partners portfolio business Eyemart Express.
Chinese early-stage investment house Gaorong Capital has raised at least $1bn for its fifth US dollar-denominated fund.
Colombian Transportation and logistics outsourcing services provider Lean Staffing Solutions has picked up a $42.5m minority growth investment from FTV Capital.
VSS Capital Partners has made podiatry practice management business Podiatry Growth Partners its latest investment.
The $209bn-managing European investment house Pictet Asset Management has opened its first US office.
Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein has said US-China relations are at their worst since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests that ended in the deaths of hundreds of protestors.
Private equity house KPS Capital Partners has agreed a $2.1bn 'stalking horse' buyout US vehicle parts business Garrett Motion after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
Seaside Equity Partners, a private equity house launched by former managing directors at Encore Consumer Capital and Wafra, is out eyeing up to $125m for its debut fundraise.
Private equity placement agent Rede Partners has brought in hugely experienced industry advisor Eric Ellul as its first chairman alongside two new senior hires.
Artemis Capital Partners has acquired precision optical filters and coatings manufacturer Omega Optica, for an undisclosed amount.
US-based investment firm Corre Partners is looking to raise its second private equity fund.
Connecticut-based investment firm Hamilton Robinson has raised around $87m for its fifth investment fund.
TPG, a growth equity and middle-market buyout firm, is back in the fundraising market for its latest vehicle.
DNX Ventures has hit a $315m final close for its latest fund targeting early-stage B2B startups in the US and Japan.
Boston-based buyout house Berkshire Partners has teamed with veteran food business executive Javier Vélez-Bautista to launch Latin food and drink-focused El Dorado Foods.
China Renaissance Holdings has raised more than $600m for the final close of its Huaxing Growth Capital USD Fund III.
Munich Private Equity Partners has made a rapid return to fundraising for a new flagship fund of funds, just a couple of months after wrapping up its predecessor vehicle.
