Terra Firma Capital Partners is set to sign terms to acquire German property group Viterra for €7 billion in Europe’s largest private equity deal to date.
Thomas H. Lee and CIVC will reap a huge profit in the sale of TransWestern Publishing, a US yellow pages publisher, to London’s Yell Group.
The private equity arm of Credit Suisse First Boston has closed its third secondary fund on $2.4 billion to invest in buyout, venture capital and real estate partnerships.
The New York-based private equity firm is opening an office in India, as well as earmarking $1bn for investment in the country.
The US buyout giant has given up its attempts to raise a $300m Russian fund due to lack of investor interest.
The New York-based mezzanine firm closed its fourth fund on $800m, four times as large as its last vehicle.
The UK lower mid-market private equity firm has capped its second fund just seven months after launch and well ahead of an initial £200m target.
The Spanish-based private equity group has held a first close on €51m of its second fund devoted to Bulgaria and Romania.
Guggenheim Aviation Partners has closed a new fund to purchase used passenger planes, partnering Guggenheim Capital with a group of aircraft lease experts.
Following a 2003 policy change in the way it deals with its intellectual property, the computer giant this week launched Microsoft Intellectual Property Ventures, which will work in conjunction with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs to license 20 technologies to startups and small companies.