GSO Capital Partners, the credit division of Blackstone (NYSE: BX), has announced the final closing of its second mezzanine fund, GSO Capital Opportunities Fund II, with total commitments of USD4 billion, making it among the world’s largest mezzanine funds and the largest mezzanine fund to be raised following the financial

Cancer Research Technology, Cancer Research UK’s commercial arm, and the European Investment Fund (EIF), have joined together to create a GBP50 million investment fund to bridge the funding gap in the UK between cancer drug discovery and early development.  The CRT Pioneer Fund will seamlessly take potential cancer drugs from

Broadlake Capital has acquired a significant stake in Vita Liberata, the International Self Tan Business.  This investment marks Broadlake’s first investment in the Health & Beauty market and presents the opportunity to support Vita Liberata’s founder Alyson Hogg and her team with the growth and continued International expansion of the

New Wind, LLC, the Nashville-based small-wind vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) company has received more than USD1 million in a second round of venture capital funding. Stuart Wiston, the company’s president, says the funding came because investors looked at the phenomenal growth and potential of the company and felt not only

Brilla Group, a Miami-based private equity firm focused on the luxury beachfront hotel and resort asset class in South Florida, the Caribbean, México, Central America, and Colombia, completed the first closing for its Colombian Beachfront Hospitality Private Equity Fund on 1 February, 2012. This local vehicle, regulated by the Colombian

Cinven has completed its successful IPO of Ziggo NV, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. Cinven led the original investment in Ziggo in 2006 and retains a 27% shareholding in the business post-IPO. At close of trading on 26 March 2012, Ziggo ordinary shares were

Data centre design and maintenance specialist Aceco TI has secured an investment from growth equity firm General Atlantic in exchange for a minority stake in the company.  This partnership will provide capital and strategic advice for Aceco TI as it continues to grow in Brazil and Latin America. “General Atlantic’s

European private equity firm, Cinven, has completed its acquisition of CPA Global, a global provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software. The acquisition of CPA Global, headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands, has received the required regulatory clearances and the approval of the Jersey courts, which sanctioned a new