Cipio Partners is to sell Israeli chip-maker BroadLight, marking the firm’s latest in a series of exits in the semiconductor industry.
2 min read · 26 March 2012
Blackstone spin-out Millennium is building its team in anticipation of what it believes will be a record-breaking year for secondary venture capital investments.
2 min read · 03 March 2011
Munich-based senior principal Christoph Wedegaertner joined the direct secondaries specialist in 2005. The firm closed is sixth fund on €137m in January.
1 min read · 02 March 2011
Direct secondaries specialist Cipio Partners garnered €137m in capital for its first blind-pool — short of its original target.
2 min read · 26 January 2011
Amazon’s expected €70m purchase of the members-only shopping website will benefit firms including Cipio and Kennet Partners.
1 min read · 06 October 2010
The direct secondaries firm in 2004 acquired a large stake in email marketer eCircle – now owned by TA Associates – as part of a portfolio purchased from Deutsche Telekom.
1 min read · 04 March 2010
The direct VC secondaries firm has exited mobile payment business Macalla a year after making the investment.
2 min read · 15 September 2009
The secondaries firms have established a £170m fund to acquire assets from 3i that will be managed by DFJ Esprit’s nascent secondaries arm, Encore Ventures.
3 min read · 13 September 2009
The promotion follows a first close on €61m for the international private equity firm’s sixth fund, which is targeting €200m. As head of finance at the direct secondaries firm, Meyel built the firm’s management and control systems.
1 min read · 09 July 2009
The direct secondaries firm, which has begun fundraising for Cipio Partners Fund VI in the US, recently purchased 10 venture investments from 3i Group.
1 min read · 17 June 2009
