Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Fund VI, which is the largest fund dedicated to investing across the food and agribusiness value chain, attracted a diverse array of real asset, private equity and impact-oriented investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments/foundations, family offices and other investors.

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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.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Private equity firm Apollo Global (APO.N) is weighing a bid for UK’s Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) in a deal that could value the company at about $6.26bn, Sky News reported on Wednesday. The PIC was created in 2004 to provide a safety net for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes that are in deficit.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 18, 2024

NorthWall Capital (“NorthWall”), a leading credit investment firm delivering private capital solutions to counterparties in Western Europe, today announces the final close of its flagship NorthWall European Opportunities Fund II and associated vehicles (“NWEOF II” or “the Fund”), attracting more than €640m in investor commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

General Atlantic, the investment firm whose bets have included Facebook Inc. The firm is considering listing as soon as next year depending on market conditions, according to the people, who asked not be identified because the information is private. and Airbnb Inc., A representative for General Atlantic declined to comment.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

KSL Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on travel and leisure businesses, has closed its latest travel and leisure focused private equity fund, KSL Capital Partners VI (KSL VI), with total capital commitments of $2bn. The firm has since raised over $10.5bn across said strategies.

Capital 98

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Riverwood Capital, which invests in high-growth technology companies, closed $1.8bn in new commitments in the largest fundraising round since inception 15 years ago. Riverwood has invested in 75 companies, mainly in the Americas, including GoPro, ride-hail firm 99, software firm Globant SA, VTEX, Nextdoor and iFLY.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

NorthWall Capital, a credit investment firm delivering private capital solutions to counterparties in Western Europe, has held the final close of its flagship NorthWall European Opportunities Fund II and associated vehicles, with more than €640m in investor commitments.

Pension Funds 98

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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.

Pension Funds 92

Pension Funds Funds Buyout Legal 92

Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2023

CD&R has agreed to buy Shearer’s from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) fund for an undisclosed sum. It was first suggested in August that the OTPP Canadian pension fund was eyeing a sale of Ohio-based private-label snack maker and co-manufacturer Shearer’s. Source: Just Food Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

Wealthy clans that built their fortunes in industries from children’s toys to household boilers have been co-investors on nearly $20 billion of listed company takeovers this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They’ve made a mark on Wall Street as go-to sources of capital for investment firms like KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Middle-market private equity and credit investment firm Comvest Partners has closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI (CIP VI), with total capital commitments of $881m. We are excited about the continued momentum of our firm, our private equity investment approach, and our team.”

Pension Funds 98

Pension Funds Funds Buyout Consultants 98

Private Equity Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Venture capital investment firm TrueBridge Capital Partners has raised $1.6bn in capital commitments across five investment vehicles focusing on investments in other venture capital funds and technology companies. With these fundraisings, TrueBridge now manages more than $7.5bn in assets.

High Net Worth Individuals 98

High Net Worth Individuals Pension Funds Venture Capital Investing 98

Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Sandbrook Capital, a private investment firm dedicated to transforming the world’s energy infrastructure, today announced the final closing of Sandbrook Climate Infrastructure Fund I at its hard cap of $1.5bn. Voltwise is initially focusing on the UK and Germany, with the intention of expanding further across Europe.

Capital 130

Capital Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Pension Funds 130

Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Triton Debt Opportunities (TDO), the opportunistic credit arm of European investment firm Triton, has held the final close of its third fund (TDO III) in excess of its original €1bn fundraising target, and 40% larger than its predecessor fund, which closed at €744m in October 2020.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

European growth investment firm Verdant has held final close of Verdane Edda III (Edda III) at €1.1bn, in excess of its original fundraising target. Verdane has now closed two funds above target in the past six months for a combined €2.2bn. Across all Verdane funds, 70% of LPs are headquartered outside of the Nordics.

Pension Funds 98

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on financial services and related technologies, has raised $2.3bn for its fifth private equity fund, Aquiline Financial Services Fund V, making it the firm’s largest fund to date.

Pension Funds 98

Pension Funds Funds Financial Institutions Financial Services 98

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

RoundShield, a private investment firm focused on European asset-backed private credit opportunities and capital solutions, has closed the RS Fund V with over $1bn in capital commitments – $150m above its fundraising target. Over 80% of the investors in Fund V have invested in a previous RoundShield fund.

Pension Funds 91

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m.

Stakes 97

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Connecticut-based private equity firm Olympus Partners has sold Soliant Health, an education and healthcare staffing company, to private investment firm The Vistria Group for approximately $2.5bn, less than five years after acquiring the business for $612m, according to a report by CT Insider.

Private Equity Firms 98

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Pension Funds Education 98

Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Private investment firm Gridiron Capital has held the final closing of Gridiron Capital Fund V and its affiliated funds (Gridiron V) with $2.1bn in capital commitments, in excess of the its original $1.8bn and 56% larger then the firm’s previous fund.

Capital 98

Capital Pension Funds Enterprise Values Funds 98

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

High Net Worth Individuals Funds Pension Funds Enterprise Values 98

Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire), a private investment firm focused on lower middle-market industrial and consumer businesses has held the final closing of Turnspire Value Fund II, at its hard cap of $275m in capital commitments.

High Net Worth Individuals 97

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

The Swedish government pension fund AP7 is joining partners with HarbourVest Partners, a worldwide private markets investment expert, as a founding investor in a new private equity strategy. The $835m anchor investment was founded in January 2023 in an open-ended private equity solution.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Harrington will continue to operate as a standalone company and be led by its current management team. Financial terms of the private transaction with funds affiliated with Nautic Partners (together with certain of their affiliates, “Nautic”), which have owned Harrington since 2020, were not disclosed. “We and globally.

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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.

Capital 93

Capital Pension Funds Funds Financial Institutions 93

Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Investors in the Fund, which were a mix of numerous new investors as well as existing New Mountain Net Lease investors, include pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments, family offices and high net worth individuals.

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High Net Worth Individuals Capital Funds Private Equity Firms 130

The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

When most people buy a company's shares, it doesn't affect the stock's overall momentum very much. Institutional investors include large organizations such as investment firms, insurers, and pension funds. They're sometimes called the "big money" because of the massive size of their investments.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Swedish private equity giant EQT is gearing up for a series of acquisitions, anticipating a wave of consolidation in the $10tn private capital industry as smaller firms or those facing succession issues look to merge with larger players, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Pension Funds Buyout 95

Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

euNetworks Group Holdings Limited (“euNetworks”), a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company, today announced that it has closed on a €2.1 euNetworks builds and invests in city and long haul fibre networks to connect key European data centres and data hubs. billion equity recapitalisation.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

euNetworks Group Holdings Limited (“euNetworks”), a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company, today announced that it has closed on a €2.1 euNetworks builds and invests in city and long haul fibre networks to connect key European data centres and data hubs. billion equity recapitalisation.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While it is never easy to raise a “blind pool” of capital, Mukul Gulati, president and chief investment officer of Zephyr Peacock India, says India is on everyone’s radar and pension funds and large endowment funds are sitting on a large pool of money. Source: Business Insider India Can’t stop reading?

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Verdane, an Oslo, Norway-based growth investment firm, closed Verdane Edda III, at €1.1 Edda III included commitments from private and public pension funds, global university endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and family offices.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 19, 2024

Comvest Partners, a West Palm Beach, FL-based middle-market private equity and credit investment firm, closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI, at $881M.

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FinSMEs

JULY 2, 2024

New Mountain Capital, a NYC-based growth-oriented alternative investment firm, closed a $15.4 Billion seventh control/control-oriented fund, New Mountain Partners VII, L.P. and its related vehicles.

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High Net Worth Individuals Pension Funds Capital Asset Management 59

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Earlier today, I spoke with Peter Letko and Daniel Brosseau of LetkoBrosseau Global Investment Management to set the record straight on where they stand on Canadian pension funds investing more in Canada. The Canadian pension model of long-term investing was built for this: to be resilient in difficult conditions.

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FinSMEs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Verdane, the European specialist growth investment firm, closed Verdane Capital XI, at €1.1 Capital XI received commitments from private and public pension funds, leading global university endowments, foundations, insurance companies, family offices and government agencies from 21 countries.

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