HighPost Capital (HighPost), a private investment firm focused on the global consumer sector, has closed its inaugural fund, HighPost Capital Fund I (Fund I) at $420 million. HighPost has raised an additional $115 million through affiliated co-investment vehicles to invest alongside Fund I for a total of $535 million in

Flashpoint Venture Capital has closed it VCIII fund with $102 million of capital commitments, including $20 million from its first institutional limited partner Széchenyi Funds. Flashpoint VC focuses on global Series A tech startups originating in Emerging Europe and Israel. While Széchenyi Funds’ focus is on financial institutions, large corporates,

Balbec Capital (Balbec), a global alternative asset manager with over $11 billion in platform assets, has closed its fifth global flagship fund, InSolve Global Credit Fund V, (IGCF V), with total commitments of over $1.5 billion as well as a $100 million expandable co-investment vehicle, making it Balbec’s largest fund

Cornerstone VC, born out of black-led angel group Cornerstone Partners, has launched a new £20 million fund to invest in exceptional entrepreneurs in the UK from diverse backgrounds.   BGF, the UK’s most active investor of growth capital and The Hg Foundation, a grant-giving charity with a mission to remove

Bain Capital is targeting $5 billion capital commitments for a new buyout fund focused on the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report by Bloomberg.

ICG, the global alternative asset manager, has completed fundraising for its eighth European Corporate fund (Europe VIII). The fund held a final close with a total fund size of €8.1 billion, materially in excess of the target of €7.0 billion and exceeding its hard cap, as well as representing a

Portage looking to raise up to $1 billion for a new structured equity fund that will focus on financing late-stage startups in the financial technology sector. The global fintech investor’s new Portage Capital Solutions (PCS) Fund, which will be led by Co-Heads Daniel Ballen and Devon Kirk, will focus on

MJ Hudson has advised Octopus Ventures (OV) on the establishment of its first dedicated pre-seed fund, backing early-stage start-ups across Europe, which held a first closing in May 2022. OV’s all-female pre-seed team has already made its first wave of investments into 10 businesses across the UK, Germany and Spain.

Tikehau Capital has raised a record €3.3 billion for the fifth generation of its direct lending strategy, up 57% compared to the previous vintage.

South Street Partners (South Street) a private equity real estate investment firm, has held the final close of SSP GP Fund I, its inaugural discretionary commingled fund, at over $225 million, significantly in excess of its original target of $100 million. The fund will continue South Street’s strategy of executing