American Industrial Partners, a New York-based industrial-focused private equity firm, has closed its oversubscribed eighth fund, American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VIII, at its hard cap of $5bn in Limited Partner commitments

Northern Gritstone, an investment business focused on university spin-outs and IP-rich businesses in the North of England, has held its final close with £312m in capital commitments, anchored by investments from local authority pension funds.

Arcano Partners has launched the Arcano Aviation Fund, a new investment vehicle specialising in investments in the transportation industry with a particular focus on long-term income assets in the global aviation sector.

Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset management group, has launched a new vintage of its private equity cybersecurity strategy, called Brienne. With €200m at first close, this vintage is likely to be the largest vehicle dedicated to digital security in Europe, according to a company press release.

Alpine Investors, a Certified B Corp private equity firm committed to building enduring software and services companies, has completed a $3.4bn single-asset secondary market transaction to continue its partnership with Apex Service Partners, an HVAC, plumbing and electrical services provider and a portfolio company of Alpine Investors VII and VII-A.

BluePeak Private Capital, an alternative asset manager firm supporting the growth of scalable businesses in Africa through privately negotiated and structured debt like instruments, has reached final closing at $156m for its inaugural private capital fund, BluePeak Private Capital Fund SCSp.