New Health Capital Partners has closed on New Health Capital Partners Fund I LP, a private equity vehicle focused on investing throughout the capital structure of life sciences companies, including senior secured loans, royalty monetizations, control equity investments and other structured financings. The New York-based firm received an initial capital

South America is becoming increasingly popular with European private equity-backed companies pursuing buy & build strategies, according to detailed analysis by Silverfleet Capital, in conjunction with mergermarket, of the sector in Q2 2011. The number and size of add-on deals made outside of Europe, particularly in South America, in the

First Reserve Corporation, a global private investment firm focussed on the energy and natural resource industries, has made an investment in Amromco Energy (Amromco), the largest and leading independent oil and gas producer in Romania. The investment is the first stage in First Reserve’s plans to build an oil and

Low Carbon and Palmer Capital have launched the first fund formed specifically to invest in UK solar parks. The UK Solar Income Partnership (the Solar Fund) aims to raise GBP52 million from institutional investors, which will be used to acquire three existing solar parks from Low Carbon, the first 5MW

The sale of Aster to UPC Polska Sp. z o.o., an affiliate of Liberty Global, Inc was first announced on 6 December 2010. The transaction was subject to regulatory approval, which was received this month. Mid Europa working with its co-investment partners and the Management team acquired 100% of the

KKR Asset Management has announced the final close of its mezzanine fund, KKR Mezzanine Partners I, on August 31, 2011. In total, the fund closed on over USD1.0 billion from a diverse group of global investors, including insurers, pension plans, family offices and sovereign pools of capital. Recent transactions include

Octopus Investments has launched its latest Venture Capital Trust (VCT) offering. Octopus VCT 3&4 is a twin-structured VCT developed for individuals looking for the tax breaks associated with investing in VCTs, but with a strong focus on capital preservation and liquidity upon exit. Octopus VCT 3&4 invests predominantly in companies