HarbourVest Partners has raised a record $18.5bn in its latest private equity secondaries fundraising – $15.1bn for the oversubscribed main Dover Street XI fund, and an additional $3.4bn for Secondary Overflow Fund V, dedicated to secondary co-investment opportunities.
Almost half (49%) of investors globally consider private equity to be overvalued, rising from 46% in H1 2024, according to alternatives data and insight provider Preqin’s Investor Outlook H2 2024 report, which surveyed 185 institutional investors.
London-based private lender Pemberton Asset Management is seeking to raise €3.75bn ($4.2bn) for its latest opportunistic credit fund, Pemberton Strategic Credit Fund IV, amid growing challenges faced by traditional banks, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Insight Partners, a PE and VC firm focused on tech and software investment, has now raised over $10bn for its 13th flagship fund, ahead of a final close which is expected in early 2025, according to a report by Venture Capital Journal citing sources familiar with the matter.
Swedish investment firm EQT, Europe’s largest private equity house with over €200bn in assets under management, is looking to raise $12.5bn for a new fund which will focus on investments in the Asian market, according to a report by Reuters.
Balderton Capital, one of Europe’s leading technology venture capital firms, has raised $615mfor its Early Stage Fund IX and $685m Growth Fund II, to back Europe’s “most ambitious entrepreneurs from seed stage through IPO.
The San Francisco City & County Employees’ Retirement System will invest $130m in new private equity and private credit commitments, according to a report from CEO/CIO Alison Romano included in the materials for its upcoming board meeting on 14 August.
The Alameda County Employees Retirement Association is proposing a new policy to streamline the process for rolling its private credit investments into continuation funds, according to a report by Buyouts Insider.
Carlyle Group has delayed the closure of its new pan-Asian buyout fund after strong demand for a separate Japan-focused vehicle sapped investor interest, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.
Valor Equity Partners, an operational growth-focused private equity investment firm with $17.5bn in assets under management, has held the final closing of its flagship fund, Valor Equity Partners VI at $2.35bn, surpassing its original $2bn target.
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