Firms and Funds

NanoDimension makes first investment

GSO Capital Partners ends investment in German tool maker

Connecticut’s state pension plan, the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, is looking to diversify its portfolio by backing asset managers that tend to fly under the radars of most large institutional investors, including Connecticut-based firms, women and minority-owned firms, and emerging managers with less than $2 billion in assets. The state plans to back […]

Pension Fund: The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds Program: The Connecticut Horizon Fund Target: $120 million to $150 million Targeted Managers: Connecticut-based firms, minority or women-owned firms, and emerging private equity managers Targeted Asset Classes: Buyout firms, mezzanine funds, special situations firms, venture capital firms Connecticut’s state pension plan, The Connecticut Retirement Plans and […]

It might not be an outright buyout, but megafirm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has secured its first deal in mainland China with the purchase of a minority stake in a cement company. With help from the International Finance Corp., the private investment arm of the World Bank, Tianrui Cement, the largest cement-maker in Henan […]

GSO Capital Partners ends investment in German tool maker

NanoDimension makes first investment

Spanish tech VC Adara Venture has sold Eyesquad, a German specialist in micro-camera technology, to Tessera, a US electronics business, for €15.2m. Eyesquad was founded in early 2005 and attracted €4m in a series A round from both Adara and German firm Baytech Venture Capital, which also sold its stake.

A 3.5x return from the trade sale

Oxford BioMedica values the company at £16m