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Private equity holds key to mid market deals in wake of credit crunch |
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Written by News Desk
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
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Businesses looking to raise capital for management buyouts or
acquisitions could find their funding in private-equity finance
alongside banks, according to accountant and business adviser PKF East
Anglia.
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3i to shut Cambridge office |
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Written by Tony Quested
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
Venture capital giant 3i is set to close its Cambridge office in a major strategic shift by the quoted group. But senior sources insist they will not be abandoning Cambridge innovation.
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Death of TTP Ventures chief |
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Written by News Desk
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Tuesday, 27 November 2007 |
Gerry Fitzsimons, chief executive of TTP Ventures, has died aged 47 following a lengthy battle against lung cancer. He is survived by a wife and five daughters.
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New Cambridge venture capital firm launched |
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Written by Ben Fountain
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Tuesday, 27 November 2007 |
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IQ Capital Partners has officially been launched following an MBO of NW Brown Group’s early stage investing activities.
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KCP makes maiden investment |
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
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Cambridge-based private equity fund, Key Capital Partners (KCP), has made the first investment from its maiden fund, a £4.3 million funding of the management buy-out of a Birmingham-based recruitment company.
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Prelude invests in Xanadu |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
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Cambridge based Prelude Trust plc, the
investment trust managed by Esprit Capital Management Ltd that
specialises in high growth technology-based businesses, has
invested a further €900,000 (£620,000) in Xanadu
Wireless BV.
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