VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Ernst and Young publishes its annual report on the real estate private equity sector.

USD9 million was raised in Series A funding round for ImmunGene Inc.

A Permira Funds portfolio company had purchased BestInvest for an undisclosed amount.

Former Netflix executive Ariel Tseitlin joins Scale Venture Partners as its newest venture partner.

Renowned names in the wine industry join forces to create sales and marketing firm BCM Wineworks for the known brands of Bacchus Capital.

In a bid to trim its portfolio, Nestle had sold to North Castle Partners its interest in weight loss brand Jenny Craig.

Vietnam is now in the process of allowing foreigners greater participation in local industry and cut back on government participation.

Hong Kong bourse recently listed Huishang Bank and Bank of Chongqing.

A partnership was forged between KKR and KUFPEC to bid for the oil and gas subsidiary of DWE, DEA RWEDE.

Investors such as Qatar Holding and Fairfax Financial have picked up sizeable amounts of BlackBerry's USD1 billion convertible debt offer.

Upgrades were issued to the CPR and MTN of DHCOG including a positive outlook stamp of approval by Moody's Investor's Service.

Icon Venture Partners I was an oversubscribed investment fund for the purpose of investments in companies in key enterprise technology sectors.

Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures and Summit Partners contribute a total of USD30 million in the latest funding round of Gainsight.

METRIX Capital Group closed its latest funding round at USD5 million in pledged amounts for its alternative loan program.

Zemanta's content discovery and audience development tools have raised funding from Union Square Ventures and Social Starts in the amount of USD2 million.