Matt Levin
The Oakland, California-based venture firm has topped its previous fundraising total by roughly $50m.
The consumer product-focused firm has elevated Kara Cissell-Roell, 33, to the new role while investing its $325m debut fund.
As the fundraising market dips, mega-firms may have all the more reason to seek permanent capital bases with a public float, writes Matt Levin.
Ray Newton has joined the publicly listed investment firm’s private equity unit. The addition allows Evercore to ‘promptly begin to raise [its] third private equity fund'.
The publicly listed private equity firm has plucked three former Lehman Brothers specialists to create a mergers and acquisitions advisory group in Hong Kong and Beijing.
The Midwest regional bank’s trading price has tumbled following the collapse of the proposed $700bn federal bailout plan.
The latest upper mid-market fund being raised by the South African investment bank is more than double the size of its 2005 predecessor.
The $160m fund is targeting small to middle market enterprises to plug the financing gap between microfinance and commercial banks.
The emerging markets specialist has invested $10m from its Central Asia fund in equipment leasing finance company Leasing Group. Launched last year, the fund has raised $60m of its $100m target.
The Oregon Investment Council has committed $100m to Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable & Alternative Energy Fund II and $200m to Alinda’s latest infrastructure vehicle.