Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has created a co-investment fund for its Fund II, bringing total assets under management to USD1.2 billion. The additional funds will be targeted at growth-stage investments. “Creating the co-investment fund was an easy decision,” says General Partner John O’Farrell. “We’re fortunate to have strong demand

Private Equity firms invested about USD3,296 million across 83 deals in India during the quarter ended March 2011, according to a study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on Private Equity and M&A transaction activity in the country.   The amount invested during the quarter was higher than that

Marin Software, provider of the leading online advertising management platform for advertisers and agencies, has secured an additional USD16 million (GBP9.8m) in Series E financing. Crosslink Capital led the round with participation from Marin’s existing venture capital investors including Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Focus Ventures and Triangle Peak Partners.  

Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), the technology private equity arm of the international investment group Investcorp, has undertaken a majority buyout of eviivo at a valuation of approximately GBP30 million. As a result of the transaction, Investcorp will partner with eviivo’s founders and management to substantially grow the business.  Dirk Schmücking

Practice Fusion has closed a USD23 million Series B round of financing led by Founders Fund, with participation from Artis Capital Management and Glynn Capital Management, as well as returning investors Morgenthaler Ventures and Felicis Ventures. The round brings the company’s total funding to USD30 million.   "Practice Fusion revolutionises

Carey Olsen has just completed the UK’s first ever listing of a closed-ended real estate mezzanine finance fund on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in a GBP50 million deal. With instruction from Berwin Leighton Paisner with Oriel Securities as sponsor, Carey Olsen advised Duet Real Estate Finance on all Guernsey

SNR Denton advised Standard Chartered Private Equity Limited, the private equity arm of Standard Chartered Bank, in its closing of a USD75 million mezzanine investment in Hassan Mohammed Jawad & Sons BSC, a family-owned private company based in Bahrain. This is Standard Chartered Private Equity’s first proprietary investment in the

Affine Systems has closed a USD5 million round of venture capital Series B financing led by Crosslink Capital, with continued support from existing investor Highland Capital Partners. Affine has received a total of USD8 million in funding since 2007. “Affine provides clarity into video content so advertisers can buy unstructured

Doughty Hanson portfolio company Norit has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Clean Process Technologies (CPT) division to Pentair (NYSE: PNR) for EUR503 million. In 2010, CPT reported sales of €222 million and EBITDA of €35 million. CPT is a global leader in membrane and clean process technologies