VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Adveq closed its Adveq Secondaries II fund at its hard cap of USD 175 million.

Sovereign wealth funds put their bets on alternative assets to enhance returns.

Recon Instruments received funding from US venture capital firm Intel Capital.

Liftopia scored USD 5 million in its recent Series D funding round.

Piada Italian Street Food announced that a significant investment was made to the company by Catterton Partners.

Existing investors gave USD 21 million equity and debt financing to Inotek Pharmaceuticals.

New York City startup MakeSpace launched with USD 1.3 million in venture funding.

Sources revealed to Bloomberg that British private equity firm 3i Group Plc was seeking to add members who specialize in buyouts for its UK and Germany private equity teams.

One Thousand & One Voices formed its private equity team to run its office in Johannesburg.

Australian venture capital firm Artesian Venture Partners (AVP) announced the launching of a new fund of funds designed to provide investment opportunities in early stage venture capital limited partnership (ESVCLP) funds.

In a bid to appease investors, private equity firms in China would be resorting to selling off its maturing assets to return profits while waiting for the reopening of the mainland's IPO listing market.

India's private equity deals earned USD924 million for August 2013.

Private equity firms would continue to be interested in investing in the luxury car business of China, said William Shen of Headland Capital.

Online communication and collaboration tools provider FuzeBox had raised USD26 in its recent funding round.

In an announcement made today, BDC Venture Capital would be investing an additional USD135 million to support Canadian companies in the healthcare sector.