The Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS) has added two additional private equity funds to its investment portfolio in recent weeks, despite recently announcing a reduction in its annual PE commitment, according to a report by Alternatives Watch. The new managers hired are growth equity focused Parthenon Capital and
Schroders Capital, the’ specialist private markets investment division of Schroders, has launched Schroders Capital Climate+ LTAF, a Long-Term Asset Fund, designed to help UK pension fund investors support the net zero transition.
EQT Life Sciences has held the final close of its LSP Dementia Fund, raising approximately €260 million in fee-generating assets under management, meeting the hard cap and surpassing the target fund size of €100 million.
Parthenon Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm with offices in Boston, San Francisco and Austin, has held the first and final closing of Parthenon Investors VII with more than $4.5 billion in commitments, significantly in excess of its initial $3.5 billion target.
SR One, a transatlantic life sciences investment firm, has closed its second fund at over $600 million, substantially exceeding its target of $500 million. Fund II is the second fund since SR One spun out from GlaxoSmithKline in 2020 to form a fully independent investment firm.Â
Armen, an investment firm focused on acquiring stakes in private equity firms, has held the first close of Armen GP Stakes Fund I at €150 million in capital commitments, and secured a strategic minority investment from a group of French family offices
Sofinnova Partners, a European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London, and Milan, has launched a new investment strategy focused on digital medicine, which will be led by partners Edward Kliphuis and Simon Turner.
STG, a private equity firm focused on investing in software and software-enabled technology services businesses, has held the final closing of STG VII with total capital commitments of $4.2 billion, including approximately $4.0 billion of limited partner commitments.Â
Private markets specialist Portfolio Advisors has held the final close of the Portfolio Advisors Private Equity Fund XI at just over $1 billion in limited partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and surpassed its original target of $750 million.
JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in software companies, has closed the JMI Equity Fund XI, and JMI XI Executive Fund, with total commitments of $2.4 billion. The fund was oversubscribed, with demand exceeding the original $2 billion target.
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