Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp is to invest $100 million to acquire a majority stake in SEC Newgate, a global strategic communications and advocacy group, in a deal that values the business at over $250 million. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Profit with Purpose investment firm LeapFrog Investments has held the final close of its fourth fund (Fund IV) with capital commitments and designated co-investments totalling $1.02bn, ahead of its original $1bn target.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 5, 2024

Private equity firm EQT it has agreed to buy compliance software maker Avetta from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS). EQT had prevailed in a sale process run by Avetta’s owner Welsh Carson, valuing the company at roughly $3 billion, including debt. Avetta’s software helps companies monitor their supply chains.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 29, 2024

The sold stake represents the full ownership of Development Partners International (DPI), an investment firm focused on Africa; British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution; and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in KELIX bio, according to a press release.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Private equity investment firm EverSource Capital has secured an equity commitment for its second fund – a $1bn renewable energy fund which it is gearing up to launch in 2025 – from the United States International Development Finance Corp (DFC), according to a report by Mint.

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FinSMEs

JULY 13, 2023

The Riverside Company, a global private investment firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, closed its Riverside Value Fund I (RVF I), at $350m. This represents the 34th fund raised in Riverside’s history.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

Singapore-based alternative investment firm SeaTown Holdings International on Tuesday said it has raised more than $1.3 billion for its second private credit fund from limited partners including insurance companies and family offices. bln for second private credit fund | Reuters appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ex-Goldman Partners to launch new private credit investment firm Submitted 08/09/2023 - 10:51am Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc partners Tom Connolly and Mike Koester are looking to capitalise on the recent growth in the burgeoning private credit space with the launch of a new, New York-based firm, 5C Investment Partners.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Global credit investing firm Silver Point Capital has held the final close of its Silver Point Specialty Credit Fund III, which is aimed at providing loans to mid-sized companies, with $8.5bn in total capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

US private equity firm Compass Group Equity Partners has closed Compass Group Fund III and hit its hard cap of $408m, the firm’s second oversubscribed fundraising in two years. McGuireWoods served as legal counsel for the fund and Aqueduct Capital Group provided placement agent services.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 26, 2024

Warsaw-based investment firm bValue has announced the closing of its third fund, bValue Growth (BVG), at €90 million to support technological companies in Poland and across Central and Eastern Europe. The fund’s seed investments usually range from €100,000 to €1 million.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Software company Enfusion Inc (ENFN.N) is attracting takeover interest from private equity firms and strategic buyers, several people familiar with the matter said. Enfusion, which provides cloud-based portfolio management and risk systems to investment funds, is valued at roughly $1 billion. billion rupees.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Global investment firm Carlyle announced today a majority investment in GBTEC Software AG and affiliates (“GBTEC”), a leading provider of business process management (BPM) and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has signed a $15 billion revolving credit facility with a group of banks, replacing a previous funding agreement it reached in 2021. The Public Investment Fund, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said the loan has a tenor of three years, with an option to extend by up to two more years.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Shamrock Capital (Shamrock), an LA-based investment firm specialising in the media, entertainment, and communications sectors, has held the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund VI (Growth VI) and Shamrock Capital Clover Fund I (Clover I), with a combined $1.6bn in capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

Anduril Industries, a defence technology start-up, has raised $1.5bn in a fundraising round led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel, and Sands Capital, which values the California-based start-up at $14bn. A second facility may be constructed overseas. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2023

OrbiMed, a global healthcare investment firm, is pleased to announce it has raised more than $4.3bn in commitments for its latest private investment funds, including OrbiMed Private Investments IX, OrbiMed Asia Partners V and OrbiMed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV.

Funds 130

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm, announced today that it has successfully completed fundraising for Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund II. TOF I is fully invested across 12 platform transactions.

High Net Worth Individuals 130

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm, announced today that it has successfully completed fundraising for Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund II. TOF I is fully invested across 12 platform transactions.

High Net Worth Individuals 130

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 17, 2024

JP Morgan Private Capital, JP Morgan’s venture capital and growth equity investment team has held the final close of 270 Life Sciences Private Capital Fund I, above its $500m target. investment fund Carlyle Group is studying around 300 Japanese businesses as part of its.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Investment firm Starwood Capital is aiming to raise a sizeable war chest to invest in data centers. As reported by Pere and Bisnow, Starwood has launched capital raising for Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XIII, with an equity target of $10bn. The company has around $115bn in assets under management.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Private investment firm L2 Point Management (L2 Point) has successfully closed its inaugural structured equity fund, L2 Point Opportunities Fund I (the fund), with approximately $312m in capital commitments, surpassing its original $300m target.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2023

AlpInvest Partners (“AlpInvest”), a subsidiary of global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG), today announced the closing of its lead investment in a $2.2 billion Continuation Fund sponsored by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (“LGP”). Since its inception, LGP has invested in over 120 companies.

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JUNE 7, 2024

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Summit Partners, a global growth equity private investment firm, has closed its latest flagship US growth equity fund, Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund XII (Summit XII), with $9.5bn in capital commitments five months after launching fundraising.

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment firm, has held the final closing of the Adams Street 2024 Global Fund Program with $1.1bn in commitments. The Global Fund Program is formed to provide access to some of the world’s best small-to-mid growth private companies through a target, global private equity portfolio.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Abingworth, a life sciences investment firm backed by private investment major Carlyle, is seeking to raise up to $1.5bn for a new fund aimed at financing late-stage clinical trials, according to a report by the Financial Times. Abingworth plans to support as many as eight late-stage clinical trials through the fund.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Neos Partners, a San Diego, CA-based middle market investment firm, announced the closing of Neos Partners II, at $1.37 The firm also closed a $350M committed co-investment vehicle alongside Fund II. Billion Fund II appeared first on FinSMEs. Billion Fund II appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 6, 2023

Proposed firm will manage assets for two state-backed funds and International Holding Company

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the middle market, has closed its oversubscribed fifth private equity fund (Fund V) at $2.25bn, including a $250m GP commitment, exceeding its initial target of $1.6bn. The firm’s previous fund closed in late 2021 at over $1.1bn.

Funds 97

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

European growth investment firm Verdane has held the final close of Verdane Idun II, an Article 9 fund under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Directive, which will invest in businesses within the structural growth trend of decarbonisation, at its hard cap of €700m.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 2, 2024

New York-headquartered alternative investment firm New Mountain Capital has held the final close of its seventh control-oriented fund, New Mountain Partners VII, with $15.4bn in capital commitments. That fund is now fully invested in platform companies, with the remaining capital reserved for follow-on growth investments.

High Net Worth Individuals 98

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Valor Equity Partners, an operational growth-focused private equity investment firm with $17.5bn in assets under management, has held the final closing of its flagship fund, Valor Equity Partners VI at $2.35bn, surpassing its original $2bn target.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Global private investment firm KKR has held the final closing of KKR Ascendant Fund SCSP (Ascendant), an investment vehicle dedicated to investing in middle market businesses in North America, with $4.6bn in total capital commitments.

Funds 87

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 14, 2024

RCP Advisors, a private equity investment firm that provides access to North American small buyout fund managers through primary funds, secondary funds and co-investment funds, has held the final closing of RCP Fund XVIII with approximately $285m in aggregate commitments.

High Net Worth Individuals 98

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Evolution Equity Partners, a private investment firm focused on cybersecurity software companies, has closed Evolution Technology Fund III, with total capital commitments of $1.1bn. The capital committed gives Evolution Equity Partners a dedicated pool of capital to pursue investments ranging from $20m to $150m.

High Net Worth Individuals 98

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Adams Street Partners, a leading private markets investment firm with over $60bn in assets under management, has held the final closing of the Adams Street 2024 Global Fund Program with $1.1bn in committed capital. The Global Fund Program will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2025.

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