Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

billion take private bid from investing firm Arkhouse and hedge fund Brigade earlier this month. However, Arkhouse said Jefferies had provided a “highly confident letter” supporting its claim that it had the money necessary to fund the proposal. The report comes after Macy’s rejected a $5.8

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The Motley Fool

MAY 26, 2024

Day by day, Bitcoin 's (CRYPTO: BTC) unique characteristics, which make it unlike any other asset in the world, are becoming increasingly recognized and understood by investors. Before diving into the numbers, it's essential to understand who institutional investors are. Essentially, they manage and invest vast sums of money.

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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 Insights

JULY 4, 2023

The fundraising to date comprises $330 million in direct commitments and $150 million in co-investment allocations. Investors in NPV ESG include KLP, a German occupational pension fund, and a large Nordic pension fund.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 15, 2024

Ark Invest is one of the investment firms that received approval for a spot Bitcoin ETF, so it's no surprise that Wood is extremely bullish on what this means for the long-term growth of Bitcoin. As she recently pointed out on CNBC, the SEC just gave the "green light" for both Wall Street and Main Street to invest in Bitcoin.

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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

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.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 16, 2024

A higher cost of debt and slower economic growth have created a tough investing environment, pushing down the value of some private assets that pension funds own. Private credit has been one of the best-performing asset classes for some large pension funds in recent years, often earning double-digit percentage gains.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2023

US snacks business Shearer’s Foods is to get new owners in the shape of local investor Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). CD&R has agreed to buy Shearer’s from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) fund for an undisclosed sum. Earlier reports had speculated a buy-out deal for Shearer’s could be worth $3bn.

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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.

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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 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 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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FinSMEs

JULY 29, 2024

Amulet Capital Partners, a Greenwich, CT, and Walnut Creek, CA-based middle-market private equity investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, closed Amulet Capital Fund III, with approximately $1.2 billion in capital commitments. Billion appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is mulling the sale of $2 billion in private equity assets in the secondary market to raise capital for other investments, according to people familiar with the matter. A spokesperson for the Victoria, British Columbia-based fund declined to comment. The pension fund held C$28.3

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FinSMEs

JULY 2, 2024

Ardian, a Paris, France-based private investment firm, raised $3.2 Billion for the sixth generation of its global co-investment platform, Ardian Co-Investment Fund VI, including Fund commitments and mandates from Ardian Customized Solutions.

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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.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

In her new role, Sulaiman will be responsible for driving investment origination and execution, building and maintaining relationships with key intermediaries, PE managers, company management teams and peer investors, as well as monitoring existing investments within Europe. QIC Private Equity manages AUD9.2bn as of 31 March.

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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. “We

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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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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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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

European private equity investment firm Castik Capital has held the final close of its third fund, EPIC III, with total capital commitments of €2bnm exceeding its target of €1.75bn. The fund is 60% larger than predecessor EPIC II, which closed at €1.25bn in October 2020.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Star Mountain Capital, LLC (Star Mountain), a private credit and secondaries specialist investment firm with approximately $3.75bn in assets under management, has closed its Value-Added Direct Lending Fund IV above its $750m LP capital target at approximately $1.2bn.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ara Partners (“Ara” or the “Firm”), a leading private equity and infrastructure investment firm specializing in industrial decarbonization, today announced that it has closed over $3bn of new capital commitments. is weighing a bid for UK's Pension Insurance Corporation.

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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.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Banner Ridge Partners, a $7.3bn multi-strategy private equity investment firm, has completed fundraising for Banner Ridge Secondary Fund V (BRP V), which closed at its hard cap with $2.15bn of total commitments.

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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.

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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. Source: Yahoo! Finance Can’t stop reading?

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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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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. For Edda III, 25% of commitments came from US investors.

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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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FinSMEs

JANUARY 4, 2024

Banner Ridge Partners, a NYC-based multi-strategy private equity investment firm, has completed fundraising for Banner Ridge Secondary Fund V (“BRP V”), at £2.15 This is the fifth fundraise since the firm became […] The post Banner Ridge Partners Completed Fundraising for Banner Ridge Secondary Fund V, at $2.15

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FinSMEs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Industry Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based investment firm focused on private technology investments, raised over $1.7 Billion in two new funds. Billion in Two New Funds appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

Individual investors are small fish in a big ocean. 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. The biggest winners Roughly 65.5%

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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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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

Leading investors in the recap included a Stonepeak managed vehicle anchored by Mercer and Aware Super, and direct investments from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (“IMCO”) and APG Asset Management (“APG”). billion equity recapitalisation. For further information visit eunetworks.com.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

Leading investors in the recap included a Stonepeak managed vehicle anchored by Mercer and Aware Super, and direct investments from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (“IMCO”) and APG Asset Management (“APG”). billion equity recapitalisation. For further information visit eunetworks.com.

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