Prudential Capital Partners has completed fundraising for Prudential Capital Partners III with capital commitments totalling USD965m, exceeding its initial fundraising target of USD900m. Prudential Capital Partners is the middle-market mezzanine fund business sponsored by Prudential Capital Group, a private fixed income investment business of Prudential Financial. Investors include state and

Mark Dalton, Alex Sorokin and Neil Wessan have launched Halsey Lane Holdings to assist lenders-turned-owners of distressed companies in managing and maximising the value of their post-restructuring equity investments.  Halsey Lane combines the principals’ private equity, turnaround, restructuring and capital markets expertise with an offering that is solely focused on

Activ Financial, a provider of low-latency market data solutions, has received a minority equity investment from venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners.  Activ will use the proceeds to drive new customer acquisition, power continued product innovation and meet the escalating market demand for ultra-low latency market data solutions. The demand

Antin Infrastructure Partners has completed its second closing with an additional EUR215m. Antin IP has raised total commitments of EUR515m, more than half of the fund’s target, from Scandinavian, German and French investors. Alain Rauscher (pictured), Antin IP’s founder and chief executive, says: “This achievement is the result of clear

Venture capital firms invested USD475m over 92 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2009, according to a study by Venture Intelligence in partnership with the Global-India Venture Capital Association.   The amount invested during 2009 was lower compared to 2008 which had witnessed USD836m being invested across

Accelr8 Technology has started a private sale of equity to qualified investors following its annual shareholders’ meeting on 16 December 2009. Since early October 2009, the company has opened discussions with a number of prospective industry collaborators. The company’s ability to do so became possible upon the completion of a

Investors have rediscovered their risk appetite and are putting cash reserves to work across the equity markets, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers for January. For the first time since January 2006 the survey shows investors are taking above average risk, relative to their benchmark. A

Cohen Asset Management has secured several new loans which have addressed nearly all of its 2009 and 2010 debt maturities. Throughout 2009, the private equity real estate investment firm accomplished this by retiring, refinancing or signing new lending commitments secured by several of its real estate assets. "We are pleased