Pictet Asset Management, a firm with about £206bn in AUM, has announced the first closing of its European Direct Lending Fund, achieving its target of €200m, despite a challenging market environment.
Wellington Management, one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms, announced the final close of its early-stage venture fund, Wellington Venture Investments I, with $150m in commitments.
Vivriti Asset Management has become the latest India-based investment firm to tap the booming direct lending market by raising INR17bn ($204m) for its three private credit funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
BaltCap, one of the largest private equity fund managers in the Baltics, has held the first closing of its €200m target BaltCap Infrastructure Fund II, a 20-year successor fund focused on renewable energy generation and energy demand reduction.
Kreos Capital, a provider of growth and venture debt financing to companies in the technology and healthcare industries, which was recently acquired by BlackRock, has held the final close of Kreos Capital VII above target at €1.2bn
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.
Hamilton Lane has raised a combined $290m from institutional investors actress the United States for two small business credit funds – the Hamilton Lane National Small Business Credit Fund, and the Hamilton Lane New York SBIC Fund II.
Private equity firm Integral Corp is aiming to launch a find of around $3.3bn in the next four to five years by leveraging the funds it raised in an initial public offering in Tokyo last month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global private investment major KKR has held the final close of KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund III (NGT III) with approximately $3bn in capital commitments. The fund will invest in growth technology companies across North America, Europe and Israel.
NexPhase Capital, LP, a thematically driven and operationally focused private equity firm, has closed its NexPhase Capital Fund with over $795m of capital commitments, exceeding the fund’s target of $750m and representing a more than 45% increase in size from its predecessor fund.
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