Collins Stewart, the US Securities Division of Collins Stewart Hawkpoint, and Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC, have formed a joint venture, CSMJ Capital Markets. Within the US, CSMJ Capital Markets will enhance the capabilities of each firm to originate and execute domestic US public and private equity offerings and placements. To this end Collins Stewart LLC’s US equity sales and trading personnel will work with the investment and merchant bankers of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan. "With the extensive distribution capabilities of Collins Stewart and the client base and investment banking expertise of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan, this joint venture will be one of

Pinetree Capital has acquired ownership of 290,000 common shares of Caledonia Mining Corporation through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange, representing approximately 0.06% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of the company as of 11 November, 2011. As a result of this transaction, Pinetree and its joint actors collectively held, as at 11 November, 2011, an aggregate of 50,263,000 common shares of Caledonia, including the Common Shares, or approximately 10.04% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of Caledonia as of 11 November, 2011. Of these totals, Pinetree owns 48,250,000 common shares, including the Common Shares,

Middle East and Africa-focused private equity firm Citadel Capital SAE has received formal Board approval for a new ten-year, USD150 million (EGP900 million) financing facility from the United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US Government’s development finance institution. Of the total amount, USD125 million is specifically designated for investment in Egypt. The USD150 OPIC financing would, if added to the proceeds from the firm’s fully-subscribed USD175.6 million (EGP1.05 billion) rights issue, give Citadel Capital a total of USD 325 million (EGP 2.0 billion) of long-term capital. The firm also expects to add a further USD50 million to its

Zoomingo has secured USD1.3 million in financing from two leading early-stage venture capital firms — Naya Ventures and Benaroya Capital — as well as several prominent angel investors. Zoomingo is a new mobile "shopping discovery" app that provides consumers instant access to thousands of sale items on fashion, beauty, and home goods at top retailers in local markets nationwide. The funding round is the first for the Seattle-based startup. It will be used to enhance the current application, build a retailer platform, and grow the Zoomingo community through expanded outreach to new customers and retail partners. Zoomingo is the brainchild

Summit Materials has recently acquired Industrial Asphalt, Inc, Asphalt Paving Company of Austin, Inc and Ramming Paving Company, Ltd in Austin, Texas. Industrial Asphalt, Inc. led by Jill Shackelford, is based in South Austin and operates a quarry and two asphalt plants. Asphalt Paving, led by Joseph Jackson is also based in Austin and is a longstanding paving business. Ramming Paving Company, Ltd (“Ramming”), led by John Ramming, is a quarry, asphalt, and paving services company with operations in Austin and San Antonio. All the management teams will remain in place and will continue developing the businesses under Summit management.

Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of the Sage Healthcare Division from The Sage Group plc in an agreement that was announced on 22 September, 2011. The new company will be called Vitera Healthcare Solutions (Vitera), which will continue serving the ambulatory market with its current line of electronic health records (EHR), practice management and revenue cycle management products. Vitera’s products include Intergy, Intergy EHR, Practice Analytics, Practice Portal, STS, as well as the Medical Manager practice management product. As one of the largest healthcare solutions providers in the EHR and practice management markets, Vitera serves more than 400,000

HIG Capital has sold portfolio company Securus Technologies to Castle Harlan, a private equity firm based in New York, NY. Securus, based in Dallas, TX, was formed by HIG in September 2004 through the merger of Evercom Systems and T-Netix. Today, the company is one of the largest providers of detainee communications and information management solutions, serving approximately 2,200 correctional facilities and more than 850,000 inmates nationwide. "We have had great success turning Securus into the industry’s leading player through our partnership with HIG," says Rick Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Securus. "In addition to providing capital for our business,

HIG Capital and Charlesbank Capital Partners have sold their interest in Vision Source, a division of TLC Vision to an investor consortium led by Brazos Private Equity Partners. HIG Capital and Charlesbank Capital Partners acquired their stake in Vision Source in May 2010 when they purchased TLC Vision, a Minneapolis based eye-care services company. Vision Source is an independent optometric franchising organisation with a network of more than 2,300 franchises across Canada and all 50 US states. The Company offers its members attractive purchasing power, practice management assistance and professional development. Led by an experienced management team, Vision Source has

WhaleShark Media has received USD150 million funding from JP Morgan Asset Management and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) bringing the company’s total funding from investors to nearly USD300 million. The capital will be used to support the company’s rapid organic growth through key strategic technology and personnel enhancements within the organisation and additional growth from new acquisitions. As a part of the investment round, IVP’s Jules Maltz will join WhaleShark’s board of directors. “This latest round of funding is a testament to the value WhaleShark Media provides by connecting its bargain-savvy consumers and merchant partners in the world’s largest online coupon and

LGV Capital has successfully completed the management buy-out of ABI (UK) Group Limited (ABI), a manufacturer of caravan holiday homes focusing on the UK holiday parks market. The business is based in Beverley, Yorkshire and employs approximately 300 people. LGV has backed the existing management team led by Chief Executive, Mel Copper, and including Richard Jones, Dean Hague, Paul Clackstone and Stephen Hardaker. LGV is a well established provider of private equity in the UK market and part of the Legal & General Group. LGV has a 20 year history of successfully backing management teams in consumer, leisure, services and