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European private equity and venture capital firms invested a record E34.9bn in 2000 and pension funds became the largest investor in the asset class for the first time since 1995, according to figures just out from the European Venture Capital Association.

South African bank Gensec has announced it is to establish its first venture fund in Ireland to focus on European information technology.

Reuters has today confirmed reports that its corporate venturing arm the Greenhouse Fund is to spin out into a newly formed and independent fund management firm.

Bain Capital Ventures has announced that its Bain Capital Venture Fund has closed at $250m.

Palo Alto-based Accel Partners has announced that it is in the final stages of closing its $500m Accel Europe Fund and that it has added two new partners to its London office.

According to the EVCA, European private equity fund raising in 2000 reached a record amount at €48bn, representing growth of above 85 per cent.

This paper examines stock distributions by US venture capital firms back to their institutional investors. This is a unique environment in which transactions by informed insiders are exempt from anti-fraud provisions. Here, Josh Lerner and Paul Gompers of Harvard Business School, investigate this legal form of ‘insider trading'.

The way that companies are valued has a direct impact on the valuation that a limited partner receives from its private equity fund investment. There has been a lot of recent speculation about the effects of over-valuing portfolio companies and the effect that has on fund portfolios and their investors. This article looks at the method and thinking behind how a venture capital fund values its portfolio investments, giving investors an insight as to how this is reflected in the valuations it receives.

Fewer UK family businesses would fail if there was more venture capital support for the sector and if companies themselves were more willing to accept outside financing. This is the key finding of a report conducted by Manchester Business School and commissioned by the Stoy Centre for Family Business.

The Australian venture capital industry may not be as developed as the US or Europe but interest and opportunities are growing. Industry Fund Services looks at why investors should consider the asset class and examines the best ways to participate in the industry.