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UK VC Braveheart has set-up a £12m fund in partnership with the University Of Strathclyde.
UK firm sells Hahl
YFM Private Equity, and UK investor in small and medium-sized companies, has reached a first closing on £23m for its Chandos Fund.
UK small cap firm sells Tekton
Henderson Equity Partners, the UK investor in Government-sponsored infrastructure projects, has closed its second PFI fund, Henderson PFY Secondary Fund II, on €859m.
Abingworth, the UK life sciences VC house, has raised Europe’s largest ever venture fund dedicated to life sciences. Abingworth Bioventures V (ABV V) has €455m at its disposal, well over the target size of €380m.
The world is flat indeed. PE funds targeting “emerging markets” surged last year, according to a new report by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association. EMPEA says 162 PE funds focused on Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa raised a little over $33B last year, up from about $26B raised by […]
3M buys UK biotech business
Computacenter in €42m acquisition
British Smaller Companies VCT, a listed vehicle dedicated to investing in UK small and medium enterprises, is to raise up to £15.375m in a new placing.