Robert Daniel

Leveraged Loans: Centerbridge-backed P.F. Chang's outlook stays negative at S&P

Jones Day adds partner to M&A practice

Jones Day, the international law firm, named Charles Chau a Hong Kong-based partner in its M&A practice. Chau has almost 20 years of experience advising clients in a range of business sectors in Hong Kong, China and Asia-Pacific, Jones Day said.

Israel’s Vintage closes oversubscribed fourth secondary fund on $215 mln

Vintage Investment Partners, the Herzliya Pituach, Israel-based venture firm, closed its 10th fund on $215 million, 23 percent above its $175 million target. Vintage X, which is VIP’s fourth secondary fund, will buy LP positions in Israeli and European venture and growth-equity funds as well as U.S. venture funds.

Bow River wraps up fourth PE fund at $262 mln

Bow River Capital Partners, the Denver alternative-asset-manager, closed its fourth buyout fund at an oversubscribed $262 million. The target was $200 million on the fund, which plans to invest in lower-middle-market private companies in infrastructure, engineering, healthcare and industrial services.

VC-backed VR social platform AltspaceVR shuts down

Redwood City, California-based AltspaceVR, the social platform for virtual reality, said in a blog post that it would shut down on Aug. 3. “It looked like we had a deal for our next round of funding, and it fell through,” the blog post says. “Some combination of this deal falling through and the general slowness of VR market growth made most of our investors reluctant to fund us further.” The company was founded in 2013 and raised $15.7 million, the website says. AltspaceVR's backers included Tencent, Dolby Family Ventures, Raine Ventures, Lux Capital, Western Technology Investments, Maven Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures and Comcast Ventures.

Leveraged Loans: Toys 'R' Us outlook cut to 'negative' on refinancing risk

Leveraged Loans: Michael Baker pared at S&P; Moody's cuts GK

Voiceitt secures $2 mln from Cahn Capital, Dreamit Ventures, others

Voiceitt, the Ramat Gan, Israel-based developer of translation technology for people with speech disabilities, closed $2 million of funding. Investors include Cahn Capital, Amit Technion, the venture unit of the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, Quake Capital Partners, Dreamit Ventures, Buffalo Angels and a number of individuals. The company, formally Technologies of Voice Interface Ltd, was founded in 2012 by CEO Danny Weissberg and Chief Technology Officer Stas Tiomkin.

Carmera zooms off with $6.4 mln

Carmera, the Brooklyn, New York-based startup developing a street-level mapping and intelligence platform for autonomous vehicles, closed $6.4 million in venture funding, according to a blog post. The Series A round was led by Matrix Partners, with Resolute Ventures, Notation Capital and other funds and angels participating. Matrix’s Hardi Meybaum joins Carmera’s board.

S&P: Nine West more likely to revamp debt; Moody’s pares Cole Haan rating