Clearlake Capital Group (Clearlake), an investment firm that focuses on technology, industrials, and consumer industries, has completed fundraising for its seventh flagship private equity fund, Clearlake Capital Partners VII (Fund VII), with more than $14.1 billion in commitments. With an initial target of $10 billion, Fund VII reached its hard

Generation Investment Management, a pure-play sustainable investment manager with over $36 billion of assets under management, has launched the $1.7 billion Sustainable Solutions Fund IV. The new fund continues the firm’s commitment to invest globally in companies and teams driving the sustainable future. Sustainable Solutions Fund IV is Generation’s fourth

Yieldstreet, a digital alternative investment platform, has launched its Art Equity Fund IV, which is now accepting investments.

Praetura Ventures has closed its latest EIS Growth Fund taking the total raise by the firm in the last three years to £100 million. Following the fund close, the venture capital investor is looking to deploy c£15 million into around 10-15 tech and life sciences businesses in the next six

Lightrock, a global private equity platform that backs purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s biggest challenges, has closed a new $300 million growth equity fund for Latin America. Headquartered in London, UK, Lightrock currently has over $3 billion in assets under advice invested in 14 countries across Europe, the USA, Latin

Flying Fish Partners (Flying Fish) has held the final closing of its second venture fund, Flying Fish Partners II (Fund II) with $70 million in committed capital. Flying Fish invests in the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) sector. Flying Fish makes seed-stage investments in software and

Good Growth Capital has closed its oversubscribed third fund at over $100 million in capital commitments. The majority women- and minority-owned firm is known for investing early in complex technologies that are yielding top returns. Good Growth Capital’s first fund, a 2017 vintage, is tracking to earn top-decile returns.  The

HSBC Asset Management’s (HSBC AM’s) UK-focused direct lending capability has attracted USD1bn in commitments from institutional investors in its first year. The direct lending strategy was launched in early 2021 as part of the firm’s ambition to grow its alternatives capabilities, which now fall under a single business unit HSBC

Eaton Partners, one of the largest placement agents and financial advisory firms and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp, has acted as the exclusive placement agent for QHP Capital (QHP Capital), the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity (NQPE). NovaQuest Private Equity Fund II reached its hard cap of

Whoz, a SaaS solution delivering smart staffing and talent and project portfolio management, has raised €25 million in funding led by PSG Equity (PSG), a growth equity firm.