Kevin Ley

The two-year-old New York-based firm’s deal with avVenta Worldwide comes after looking at nearly 150 potential investment opportunities in 2008.

The European venture capital firm plans to start making tech and media-related investments from its planned $500m Balderton Capital Fund IV by next month.

The mid-market private equity investor plans to raise as much as $200m for its second fund for investments in Hispanic-oriented businesses.

The California-based mezzanine provider is nearing its $100m target for Huntington Capital Fund II, which will be invested in mid-market companies in the southwestern US.

The environmental asset manager is adding an investment director to its new Rome office as it nears completion of fundraising for its planned €50m European Solar Fund.

The US-based private equity firms will operate the US businesses of Chesapeake, which filed Chapter 11 on 30 December.

The California-based firm has made an investment of undislcosed size in snackmaker Robert’s American Gourmet Foods. The company's specialty brands include Pirates Booty, a mix of all-natural puffed corn and rice, and Smart Puffs cheese puffs.

Online dating site be2 will use the investment for international expansion.

The Toronto-based mid-market firm is acquiring a stake in Caliber Collision Centers and will partner with its senior management team to facilitate expansion outside of California and Texas.

The UK mid-market private equity firm sold its stake in trucking company Transports Alloin to a Swiss logistics group that is looking to expand in France.