Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

Swedish investment firm EQT, Europe’s largest private equity house with over €200bn in assets under management, is looking to raise $12.5bn for a new fund which will focus on investments in the Asian market, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

billion) for its second private credit fund, in a sign that Asia’s fledgling direct lending industry remains attractive to investors hungry for yield and asset diversification. The new fund also received support from an unspecified Middle Eastern institutional investor. A unit of Singapore’s state-owned investor Temasek Holdings Pte.

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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 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 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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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

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

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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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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AltAssets

MAY 9, 2024

Global alternatives investment firm Investcorp has raised $570m for the final close of its fifth fund targeting tech deals, beating its $500m target. The post Investcorp takes European tech fund strategy global with new $570m fund close first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets, has held the final close of its Stonepeak Opportunities Fund at its revised hard cap of $3.15bn, after strong investor demand exceeded the original $2.5bn target. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised on the fund.

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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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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Swedish investment firm EQT, Europe’s largest private equity house with over €200bn in assets under management, is looking to raise $12.5bn for a new fund which will focus on investments in the Asian market, according to a report by Reuters.

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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 Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Paris-based alternative investment firm Anaxago Capital’s first fund dedicated to the decarbonisation of European assets, AxClimat I, made its first investment in Vidia Equity’s oversubscribed Vidia Climate Fund I, which closed last month at its €415m hard cap.

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm focused on investment solutions, advisory and data services, has raised $3.3bn for StepStone VC Secondaries Fund VI, its sixth vehicle focused on venture capital secondaries opportunities.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Brookfield Asset Management has raised $2.4bn for its Catalytic Transition Fund (CTF), a climate-focused fund backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed at scaling climate finance in emerging markets, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Lower middle-market-focused private investment firm Kian Capital Partners and alternatives investor Apogem Capital have held the closing of a single-asset continuation fund to reinvest in SPATCO Energy Solutions, expanding the former’s AUM to just over $1bn. Bass Berry Simms advised Apogem Capital.

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FinSMEs

JULY 16, 2024

OCN, a Mexico City, Mexico-based fintech company, raised $86M in funding. Other investor included from US-based investment firm, i80 Group. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. The round was led by Caravela Capital, Collide Capital, and Great North Ventures.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment firm with over $60bn in assets under management, has held the final close of its oversubscribed Venture Innovation Fund IV programme (VIF IV) with more than $1.2 billion in capital commitments.

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FinSMEs

APRIL 23, 2024

a Menlo Park, Ca-based early-stage venture capital investing firm, closed its tenth flagship venture capital fund, Crosslink Ventures X, at $350M. The firm is dedicated to investing in early-stage founders from inception, which includes pre-seed and seed, through Series A, and supporting them at every stage of their growth.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

San Francisco-based investment firm Knox Lane has held the final close of its second institutional fund, KLC Fund II, with $1bn in total capital commitments, exceeding its target of $850bn and hitting its hard cap.

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KKR

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Fund is the first of its kind at KKR, targeting the large and fragmented North American middle market KKR to support implementation of broad-based employee ownership and engagement programs in all control investments in the Fund NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR Ascendant (..)

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Global multi-stage investment firm B Capital has closed its later-stage venture investments vehicle Opportunities Fund II with capital commitments of $750m, nearly doubling the size of its predecessor B Capital Opportunities Fund I.

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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.

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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.

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KKR

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Fund is the first of its kind at KKR, targeting the large and fragmented North American middle market KKR to support implementation of broad-based employee ownership and engagement programs in all control investments in the Fund NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR Ascendant (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Fund is the first of its kind at KKR, targeting the large and fragmented North American middle market KKR to support implementation of broad-based employee ownership and engagement programs in all control investments in the Fund NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR Ascendant (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Fund is the first of its kind at KKR, targeting the large and fragmented North American middle market KKR to support implementation of broad-based employee ownership and engagement programs in all control investments in the Fund NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR Ascendant (..)

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