Growing demand for private credit has prompted Brookfield Asset Management and Societe General to team up to launch a new private debt fund which is expected to raise a total of €10bn ($10.7bn) over the next four years.
White Star Capital has held the first close of its Structured Growth Capital Fund I, a new hybrid investment strategy which combines credit and equity capabilities, with the support of existing and new limited partners.
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India has held the final close of its fifth fund, at $541m in capital commitments. The firm, backed by Temasek, says the latest fund is 80% larger than Fund IV, which it closed at $305m in 2019.
TOP STORY: Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, has made a $1bn commitment to $150bn US-based alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital’s credit platform under a new strategic partnership announced by the two companies on Monday.
Verdane, a European-based specialist growth investment firm, has held the final close of Verdane Capital XI at its hard cap of €1.1bn, almost double the size of its predecessor fund, with commitments from investors from 21 different countries.
HIG Capital, a global alternative asset management firm with $58bn of capital under management, has closed the HIG Middle Market LBO Fund IV with aggregate capital commitments of $5.5bn, significantly ahead of its original target.
TOP STORY: Blackstone saw capital inflows to its nearly $50bn private credit fund for affluent individuals rise by 30% to $2.4bn in the third quarter of the year, the highest level seen in more than year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on private equity and credit investing in the middle market, has closed Monomoy Credit Opportunities Fund II (MCOF II) at its fundraising target of $300m in total commitments.
Venture capital firm Air Street Capital, which focuses on investments in early-stage artificial intelligence startups, has raised $121m for its second fund, with the fundraising attracting the support of Spotify Technology’s Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Dubai-based financial services firm Alkhair Capital has launched a new $100 million Shariah-compliant fund domiciled in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to focus on investments in the healthcare sector.
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