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Highbridge raises large mezzanine fund
Financial Times  Mar 17  Comment 
JPMorgan-owned group’s fundraising underscores investors’ appetite for more adventurous forms of debt as central bank action stokes demand
KKR mezzanine fund manager resigns
Reuters  Feb 5  Comment 
KKR & Co LP has asked the head of its European mezzanine business, Marc Ciancimino, to lead its $1 billion mezzanine fund in the place of Fred Goltz, who has decided to...
Aerohive Announces $22.5 Million Mezzanine Equity Financing Led by Institutional Venture Partners
Cloud Computing  Sep 13  Comment 
Aerohive Networks, the pioneer in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled enterprise networking, today announced $22.5 million in Mezzanine Equity financing, led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a premier...
Cancen closes second tranche of its private placement and provides update on Mezzanine financing
OilVoice  Aug 31  Comment 
Cancen Oil Canada Inc. TSX VENTURECOI announce that it has closed the second tranche of its previously announced private placement financing the quotPrivate Placementquot consisting of 12 se
Middle market: Mezzanine shops look to co-equity to fortify returns
Forbes  Jun 12  Comment 
With more capital than deals floating around in 2012, mezzanine investors are stumbling over themselves to book business. Mezz players also are facing heavy competition from banks, which are underwriting senior stretch once again, as well as...
Business glossary: Mezzanine financing
guardian.co.uk  Dec 15  Comment 
Mezzanine financing is an alternative for companies that have reached the limit on bank borrowing capacity and prefer not to issue new equity. It is debt capital that gives the lender the rights to convert to an ownership or equity interest in the...
KKR Gathers $1 Billion for Mezzanine Fund to Finance Buyouts
BusinessWeek  Sep 16  Comment 
KKR & Co., the private-equity investor behind three of the four biggest leveraged buyouts in history, has raised more than $1 billion for its first fund to originate debt for takeovers.
Gramercy's (GKK) Realty Unit Reaches Settlement for $549.7M in Mezzanine Loans
StreetInsider.com  Sep 1  Comment 
Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Gramercy%27s+%28GKK%29+Realty+Unit+Reaches+Settlement+for+%24549.7M+in+Mezzanine+Loans/6759207.html for the full story.
Buyouts Magazine-Blackstone targets $3B-3.75B for mezzanine fund
Reuters  Jul 28  Comment 
NEW YORK, July 28 (Buyouts Magazine) - The Blackstone Group LP , best known for its buyout business, plans to raise $3 billion to $3.75 billion for mezzanine and related debt investments.
BUYOUTS-PNC funds $500M mezzanine pool on its own
Reuters  Jun 16  Comment 
NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters-BUYOUTS) - PNC Financial Services Group Inc has decided to do away with limited partners for its latest mezzanine fund, instead providing the full $500 million from its...




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A mezzanine loan is a relatively large loan, typically unsecured (ie., not backed by a pledging of assets) or with a deeply subordinated security structure. It typically refers to the third-round financing for a firm that is at least breaking even, is expanding, and that is considering an IPO.

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