Feb 26, 2013 | India, News
Economic Times 20 February 2013 NEW DELHI: Chennai-based consumer goods firm CavinKare is in talks with private equity firms Everstone Capital and Chrys-Capital to raise up to Rs350 crore by selling a minority stake in the company, two people with direct knowledge of...
Feb 25, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW/LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has sold his stake in London-listed gold miner Polyus Gold to two Russian buyers for $3.6 billion after approval from British regulators. The sale marks the end of an era for Prokhorov, an...
Feb 21, 2013 | News, North America
NEW YORK, Feb 20 (Reuters) Private equity firm Forstmann Little & Company has decided to put its sports and modeling talent agency IMG up for sale and is in the process of picking an investment bank to lead the effort, three people familiar with the matter said....
Feb 20, 2013 | Africa, News
African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) 11 February 2013 VPB Namibia (Pty) Limited (“VPB”), the Fund Manager to the VPB Namibia Growth Fund, recently concluded an equity investment into Ongwediva Medipark (Pty) Limited (“OMP”), a private healthcare provider. OMP is...
Feb 19, 2013 | News, Russia
Pascal Clément, the Moscow-based French entrepreneur who co-founded Fastlane Ventures, has broadened his investment focus to include a range of new countries through a new investment vehicle, christened Simile Venture Partners. Since it launched in June of last year,...