While secondary deals between private equity investors are still a rarity in Asia, Jean Eric Salata, founding partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia is expecting the market to open up during the next few years.
US firms GGV Capital and Khosla Ventures have headed up a $20m funding round for Opendoor, a web-based service giving homeowners the capability to sell their home instantly online.
Viking Global Investors has invested $40m in genomics-focused business accelerator Illumina Accelerator Boost Capital. 
Paris-based asset management firm AXA has launched AXA Strategic Ventures, a €200m venture capital fund.
Beijing venture capital firm N5Capital has launched its debut fund with a $200m target, AltAssets can reveal. 
Private equity investor Evercore has poached former Citigroup execs Thomas Massey and Marc van der Lubbe to bolster its chemicals investment franchise.
San Francisco-based private equity firm Gryphon Investors has hired ex-Carlyle global venture and growth head Robert Grady as head of its general industries group. 
Exit activity was wide open last year as firms benefited from all three customary exit routes. Pitchbook explains the lay of the land in its H1 2015 PE Exits report.
The inaugural meeting of the Women in Private Equity Network Summit took place in London recently – and one of the key themes for delegates was the small number of women at the top of the industry in the West, compared to emerging markets 
French private equity firm Parvilla looks to limit the risk of emerging market deals by investing in the ‘more exporting’ countries of northern Europe, according to its CEO and founder Jean-Marie Fabre
Idinvest Partners is strictly focused on continental European SMEs. CEO Christophe Bavière tells Limited Partner how this underserved market has generated returns to venture and growth investors “north of 25 per cent” 
The EMEA regions is retaining its attractiveness to global private equity despite a sharp drop in invested capital last year, a new report by S&P Capital suggests.
Institutional investors are increasingly demanding that private equity firms adopt ESG policies in their investment processes, according to new research. Private equity investor Evercore has poached former Citigroup execs Thomas Massey and Marc van der Lubbe to bolster its chemicals investment franchise.
While secondary deals between private equity investors are still a rarity in Asia, Jean Eric Salata, founding partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia is expecting the market to open up during the next few years. Paris-based asset management firm AXA has launched AXA Strategic Ventures, a €200m venture capital fund.
US firms GGV Capital and Khosla Ventures have headed up a $20m funding round for Opendoor, a web-based service giving homeowners the capability to sell their home instantly online. 
Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle.
Highland Capital Management affiliate PetroCap has announced the $350m final close of its second oil and gas fund, confirming an AltAssets story from last month. While secondary deals between private equity investors are still a rarity in Asia, Jean Eric Salata, founding partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia is expecting the market to open up during the next few years.
Aberdeen Management Services has snapped up three stake in The Rockspring PanEuropean Property Fund, AltAssets can reveal 
Top Tier Capital looks to have hit its $404m target for its seventh venture capital fund of funds, AltAssets can reveal.
To be a success in the fund of funds market you need to be either very large or very specialised according to Seligman Private Equity Select founder David Seligman. Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle.
Ascent Capital Africa has received a $1m commitment from Kenya’s Nation Media Group Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme towards its Rift Valley Fund. While secondary deals between private equity investors are still a rarity in Asia, Jean Eric Salata, founding partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia is expecting the market to open up during the next few years. Beijing venture capital firm N5Capital has launched its debut fund with a $200m target, AltAssets can reveal. 
Sydney-based firm Pacific Equity Partners has reportedly sold all of its remaining 20 per cent stake in publicly listed credit-checking business Veda Group for A$382m (around $300m) around six months after its IPO.
Growth equity investor Accel Partners has joined private investor Matrix Capital Management in backing New Zealand accounting software provider Xero with NZ$147.2m ($110.8m). Paris-based asset management firm AXA has launched AXA Strategic Ventures, a €200m venture capital fund.
Apax Partners-backed online car marketplace Auto Trader is set to press on with a London listing despite reported buyout interest from fellow private equity firm Hellman & Friedman. Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle.
Ribbit Capital has renewed its commitment to Brazilian accounting and invoicing services business ContaAzul by leading a Series C financing round for the company. 
Dubai-headquartered private equity investor Abraaj Group has pulled in at least $48m for its Growth Markets Fund.
L Capital, the private equity arm of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, is reportedly looking to purchase a stake in Saudi Arabian gourmet confectionery producer and restaurant chain Bateel, AltAssets has learned. US firms GGV Capital and Khosla Ventures have headed up a $20m funding round for Opendoor, a web-based service giving homeowners the capability to sell their home instantly online. Viking Global Investors has invested $40m in genomics-focused business accelerator Illumina Accelerator Boost Capital. 26 Feb 2015
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