Timothy Lebus joins from Deutsche Bank to head up the LBO firm’s origination effort.
The securities firm specialising in property and venture capital blames market conditions on reduced earnings from VC investments.
The UK private equity firm has changed its name and appointed Leonard Licht as Chairman.
3i have invested in a Dutch firm that is revolutionising the way advertisements are processed
The French software firm has closed 2nd round thanks to some heavyweight investors including GRP, American Express and Commerzbank.
Unilever European Fabrics and venture capital firm Vesta, have teamed up
Sovereign Capital Limited Partnership III has just announced a first closing at £55m. The fund, which was launched in October, will have rolling closes until October, when it hopes to close at between £100-£125m.
Faced with difficult market conditions, the TMT venture capitalists had a “challenging” year which saw its net asset value plunge 45.5 per cent.
The private equity arm of the French industrial and medical gases company is opening a new office in Stockholm to expand its northern European presence.
Despite the slump, European private equity funds raised and invested more money in 2000 than ever before.