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GLOBAL - CalPERS hires investment chief
US pension fund CalPERS has appointed Joseph Dear, the head of the Washington state fund, as its new chief investment officer following a nine-month search.
UK - Cognetas in restructuring talks
It is understood that Cognetas is in talks with lenders about restructuring the debts in four of its portfolio companies, namely: SGD, the 110-year-old French glassmaker; plastic surgery group Covenant Healthcare, owner of the UK's leading breast enhancement...
FRANCE - Naxicap and ICSO invest EUR 3.4m into Exakis
Naxicap Partners and IRDI-ICSO have returned for a EUR 3.4m third round of financing for IT advisory services company Exakis, with each providing half of the total.
FINLAND - Nexit Ventures and FII support Axel with EUR 2.4m
Existing investors Nexit Ventures and Finnish Industry Investment Ltd (FII) has invested EUR 2.4m in multistandard mobile TV developer Axel Technologies.
FINLAND - FII, InnKap and Tempo Capital back Silecs with EUR 6m
Government-backed Finnish Industry Investment Ltd (FII) has alongside InnovationsKapital and Tempo Capital Partners invested EUR 6m in Silecs Oy, a developer of materials for the microelectronics industry.
FINLAND - FII, InnKap and Tempo Capital back Silecs with EUR 6m
Government-backed Finnish Industry Investment Ltd (FII) has alongside InnovationsKapital and Tempo Capital Partners invested EUR 6m in Silecs Oy, a developer of materials for the microelectronics industry.
US - Obama appoints VC to head Small Business Administration
Newly inaugurated US President Barack Obama has appointed Karen Mills Gordon to head up his Small Business Administration, demonstrating his faith in private equity as a driver of economic growth.
NETHERLANDS/UK - PTV fund reaches EUR150m target; expands team
Amsterdam and Cambridge based venture capital firm, Prime Technology Ventures (PTV), has reached the EUR 150m target for its latest fund and is approaching its hard cap despite the difficult fund raising climate.
Swings and roundabouts
The end of 2008 was a frosty one, particularly on the leveraged buyout front. According to figures from unquote" proprietary database Private Equity Insight, Q4 saw a considerable drop in the number and value of deals vis-a-vis Q3 (see graph 2, cover)....
CZECH – Royalton acquires ACTIV
Royalton Partners has acquired a 67.5% stake in Czech parking operator ACTIV AS.