News from Vanterra

Vanterra Capital is new on the financial scene, yet it is already making its debut with a $152 million closing on its first fund. This is just the opening shot in its financial activities, and it projects a second closing totaling $300 million early in 2009.

The full news release appears here, and it speaks of Vanterra “Lower Middle Market Private Equity Platform Focused on Emerging Markets and U.S” as having proven their investment strategy in the face of very trying economic markets.

The news story states, “The cornerstone of the Vanterra business model is to establish longstanding relationships with our partners — both our underlying fund managers and our investors — and leverage their value both as a source of high quality deal flow and as a unique due diligence network,” said Alan Quasha, Principal at Vanterra and CEO of Quadrant Management.”

Alan Quasha Partners with Vanterra Capital

Mr. Alan Quasha is an investment manager who has also held a number of leadership positions as the chairman, director and member of the board of a number of companies. Mr. Quasha has made investments in over 65 companies both in the US and also globally – often in emerging markets. Quasha has made these investments through a number of investment companies that he has been involved in, like Vanterra Capital, where he is a managing partner.

Vanterra Capital is an international company that handles the investments of leading individuals and institutions of high worth. Mr Quasha leads Vanterra’s strategy of identifying the most attractive sectors of the private equity markets across the globe, and then utilizing these to generate yields for the investors.

Both Quasha and Vanterra Capital look to specific emerging markets as well as certain segments of the United States’ markets as the fields that will offer the highest investor returns.