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Thursday, February 18, 2010

The latest from VentureWire's blog, Venture Capital Dispatch:

Ex-Carlyle Partner Grady Sees Opportunity In Wide Open Spaces - Former Carlyle Group managing director Robert Grady, who joined Cheyenne Capital Fund as managing director in 2009, has made his first investment for his new firm, in online English-language education company Eleutian Technology LLC. We caught up with Grady to talk about the Eleutian investment, online education and why Wyoming is the right spot for the company.

Growth-Equity Investors Feeling Upbeat About 2010 - Investing in growing, often profitable companies has looked increasingly attractive to many venture investors in recent years, and growth-equity practitioners are expecting 2010 to be better than 2009, according to panelists at Harvard Business School's 16th annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference in Cambridge, Mass.

notable deals

• Delcath Leader Joins Board Of Medical Device Co. Cappella