CalStar Products has closed a USD15m equity investment to fund the growth and expansion of its green building materials business. Nth Power, a venture capital fund focused on energy and cleantech investing, led the equity round that includes new investors The Westly Group and Clearpoint Capital as well as continuing
Kommera Chakradhar (KC) Reddy (pictured), Head of India Equities at Baring Asset Management Limited (London) summarises the impact of India’s latest Budget. The surcharge on India’s corporate and personal income taxes was reduced to 7.5% from 10%. While this is not a huge tax cut, it is the first corporate
Synseal Extrusions, a UK-based supplier of PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories, has been acquired by private equity house H.I.G. Europe with debt funding from Yorkshire Bank. The deal sees the management team led by chief executive officer David Leng take a significant equity stake in the business. It also provides
Ergo Media Capital, an entertainment and media investment firm headed by former Cinetic Media co-founder Matt Littin, has launched in New York. The company will provide venture capital and private equity funding to companies in the film, video game, music, television and new media spaces at stages ranging from start-up
Asset management firm KKR had assets under management of USD52.2bn as of 31 December 2009. Fee related earnings were USD87.5m for the quarter ended 31 December 2009 and pro forma FRE for the year ended 31 December 2009 were USD247.4m. Economic net income was USD515.3m for the quarter ended 31
Private equity firm Rock Hill Capital Group has made an equity investment in Blackhawk Specialty Tools, an oilfield services company located in Houma, Louisiana. Blackhawk, founded in April 2008, is a provider of automated top drive cement heads and related equipment and services to the deepwater offshore oil and gas
Currensee, a Forex trading social network that connects traders from around the world based on real-time trades, has secured USD8m in series B financing for total funding of USD12m. Led by Northbridge Venture Partners, the round includes new investor Egan-Managed Capital. Travis D. Connors, partner at Egan, will join the
The global economic and financial crisis damaged many Asian economies last year, but CDC Group is optimistic about private equity fundraising in Asia during 2010. Anubha Shrivastava, managing director of CDC Group’s Asia team, expects the environment for private equity fundraising in Asia to be more positive than last year,
Last year demands for exports from many Asian countries dropped, economic growth stagnated and foreign direct investment, including from private equity, fell. However, Anubha Shrivastava (pictured), MD of CDC Group’s Asia Team, sees cause for optimism in 2010. Overall in 2010, I would expect the environment for
Evercore Partners has acquired key assets of the private funds placement group of Neuberger Berman. The group, headquartered in London with personnel in both Europe and the US, advises fund sponsors on all aspects of the fundraising process including competitive positioning and market assessment, investor introductions, marketing materials, due diligence,
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