10/29/2014

United Ventures closes $80 mln for initial fund

Milan-based United Ventures has raised $80 million for its oversubscribed debut fund. The LPs for United Ventures One include institutions, banks and fund of funds. The fund seeks to invest in European tech startups.

10/29/2014

Infracapital Partners closes Fund II on 1 bln pounds

Infracapital Partners has closed its second fund on 1 billion pounds to invest in core infrastructure assets across Europe. Co-investment pledges takes total capital for investment to more than 1.3 billion pounds. Atlantic-Pacific Capital worked as placem

10/28/2014

Advent Life Sciences closes Fund II on 145.5 mln pounds

Advent Life Sciences has closed its Advent Life Sciences Fund II on 145.5 million pounds ($235 million) to seed and build life sciences companies in the UK, Europe and the U.S. Fund II, which will back entrepreneurs and early stage and mid-stage companies

10/27/2014

Pensions infrastructure chief drives new mutual model

Political backing will help, Weston says. Chancellor Osborne hailed the platform’s planned launch in his autumn statement of 2011 with the sound bite “British pension funds for British infrastructure”.