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Deals update: upturn in investment levels and exits increase

There was a gentle increase in investment levels across the world in the week ending February 11 with 151 investors active in 57 deals.

There was also good news for private equity players anxious about the lack of liquidity in the market, as five exits were recorded.

North American venture capital remained the hot sector, with 35 transactions completed. Investment activity in general was heavily weighted towards North America, which boasted 45 of the 57 deals. In Europe it was an extremely slow week with just ten investments made.

There were three exits in Europe, one of which was the largest deal of the week: the buy-out of Gala Group from CSFB Private Equity and PPM Ventures for £1.24bn.

In terms of sector, the most popular was technology, with 13 of the transactions, with software in second place.

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