VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Hamilton Lane raised USD 900 million for its third secondary fund Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund III.

Platinum Equity announced the closing of Fund III with USD 3.75 billion.

Moody's the ratings agency said that the Islamic banking sector of Oman would grow between six and eight percent in the next five years.

Canada-based Demeure announced receiving USD4 million from its third round of seed funding.

Technology infrastructure maker Cisco announced modest revenue growth for this quarter even as it cut its workforce to reduce costs.

NanoTech Entertainment said the combination of acquisitions and new products would drive the company's growth in the future as posted impressive revenues in the most recent quarter.

With the purchase of Colomer by Revlon, the growth of the beauty products industry would continue to grow.

Barclays Bank of Kenya revealed that it is expecting better performance in the second half of this year.

For the first time in over six years, activity in the services sector in the UK grew to its fastest pace.

China's top decision-making body said that it will work to ensure the growth of its economy.

Insight Venture Partners, Accel Partners and OMERS Ventures invested a total of US$165 million in social relationship platform HootSuite.

Sentinel Capital Partners closed its largest fund to date with US$1.3 billion.

Construction equipment company Blackhawk Specialty Tools received growth investments from Bain Capital and a few of the management earlier today.

Verizon Communications' investment arm provided advertisement firm RUN with US$1.5 million in capital.

Oxford Finance approved the US$7.2 million loan proposed by Nursing facilities investor Pritok Capital.