TCR Capital, a French buyout firm focused on the lower middle-markets, has closed its third fund with over EUR 160 million in capital commitments. www.tcrcapital.com
East West Capital Partners of Singapore is targeting $400 million to invest in healthcare companies in Asia and other emerging markets, according to LBO Wire. www.eastwestcap.com
Claus Peter is leaving Societe Generale, where he runs the firm's German leveraged buyout group. Dow Jones reports that Peter will join German Private Equity Partners, a buyout firm formed by former Deutsche Telekom CEO Kai-Uwe Ricke.
Jobster Inc., a Seattle-based provider of online recruiting tools and services, has raised $7 million in Series D funding. Return backers include Ignition Venture Partners, Mayfield, Reed Elsevier Ventures and Trinity Ventures. Jobster has now raised around $53.5 million in total VC funding since 2004. www.jobster.com
SurgRx Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based developer of laparoscopic vessel fusion tools for surgical hemostasis, has raised around $20 million in Series G funding, according to a February regulatory filing. The company has now raised around $83 million in total VC funding since 2003, from firms like Alta Partners, New Enterprise Associates, California Technology Ventures, […]
Xunlight Corp., a Toledo, Ohio-based developer of low-cost and flexible thin-film silicon solar modules, has raised $22 million in Series B funding. Trident Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers Emerald Technology Ventures and NGP Energy Technology Partners. The company had raised $7 million in Series A funding last July. PRESS […]
Austin Ventures has formed an acquisition platform to roll up enterprise-class social software-as-a-service companies. The platform also will provide strategic consulting services, and will be run by former Razorfish co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Dachis. AV is committing $50 million to the venture. PRESS RELEASE Austin Ventures, (“AV”), one of the nation's largest venture capital […]
Quaker BioVentures has closed its second fund with $420 million in capital commitments. The Philadelphia-based firm invests in early-stage life sciences companies, and had been targeting $300 million. Read more
Vermeer Capital, a new French turnaround firm focused on small and mid-sized companies, has held a EUR 75 million first close on its debut fund. A final close on EUR 90 million in expected within the next three months. PRESS RELEASE After only 7 months of fundraising, Vermeer Capital realised the first closing of […]
Summit Partners has closed its first European private equity fund with EUR 1 billion in capital commitments. It also raised $825 million for its fourth subordinated debt fund. PRESS RELEASE Summit Partners announced today that it has closed two new funds, a Europe private equity fund with EUR 1 billion of limited partner interests […]