In this edition of the digest: a look at the upsurge in IPO filings in the first three months of 2013; PE fundraising trends in Q1; and two significant PE deals that have hit the headlines this week.

This month, Preqin looks at recent growth and private equity investor appetite in the natural resources sector and interviews Jason Cheng, managing partner at Kerogen Capital, as well as taking a look at all the latest industry news.

Angel investment in New Zealand is consolidating at around 100 deals a year involving $30 million of investment into start-up companies a year, according to the Young Company Finance Index.

This month, Preqin looks at the average time taken for real estate funds to reach a final close, and asks which investors are targeting opportunistic funds in 2013. Plus a roundup of the latest facts and figures in the real estate fund industry.

USD 8.5bn worth of venture capital deals were announced in Q1 2013, the lowest quarterly value since the USD 8.1bn seen in Q3 2010.