17Capital has held the final close of its inaugural 17Capital Credit Fund, which raised $2.9 billion, hitting its hard cap and exceeding its initial $1.65 billion target. It is the largest debut private credit fund raised globally since 2009 and is one of the largest debut funds ever raised . 

Mainsail Partners, a growth equity firm that seeks to invest in rapidly growing, bootstrapped software companies, has raised $915 million in limited partner capital commitments for its sixth fund, the largest in the firm’s 19-year history. The new fund, Mainsail Partners VI, was oversubscribed and closed in less than three

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with more than $51 billion of assets under management, has successfully completed fundraising for its second Private Credit program (PC II), closing the oversubscribed program with more than $2.1 billion of committed capital and over $3.0 billion, including leverage. Adams

Nylas, a provider of communications APIs that drive workflow automation and frictionless digital experiences, has launched the new Nylas Alumni Fund. The fund supports both current and former Nylas employee entrepreneurs to launch their early-stage startups. Nylas will contribute up to $20,000 towards a seed round of funding in support

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has closed One Equity Partners VIII (OEP VIII), with committed capital of $2.75 billion. Thanks to strong demand from investors, the fund was significantly oversubscribed, and the hard cap was increased.  The closing of OEP VIII brings the firm’s combined assets

MedTrainer, a healthcare company in credentialing, training, and compliance management, has made a $43 million Series B investment led by Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. Existing investor Telescope Partners also participated in the round. The investment will be leveraged

Util, a global sustainability data provider measuring the social and environmental impact of companies and investment portfolios, has closed a seed round led by Eldridge, with participation from Oxford Sciences Enterprises, Cris Conde (former CEO of Sungard Bank), Andy Brown (former CTO of UBS), and Roseann Palmieri (former Head of

Salsify, the Commerce Experience Management (CommerceXM) platform, has closed a $200 million Series F round of financing led by TPG, a global alternative asset management firm. The round, which includes investments from Permira’s Growth Opportunities Fund, Neuberger Berman Funds, and Cap Table Coalition, brings Salsify’s valuation to $2 billion.  

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has launched a private equity fund investment platform for institutional clients in concert with the closing of approximately $1.6 billion in commitments to a new MIM-managed fund-of-funds. The new fund has purchased a portfolio of approximately $1.2 billion of private equity and venture capital assets with

Commonfund Capital has closed its inaugural environmental sustainability fund, Commonfund Capital Environmental Sustainability Partners 2020 at $233 million. The fund had strong support from a variety of limited partners globally including foundations, endowments, family offices, pensions, corporations, registered investment advisors and consultants.   The private equity investment partnership will make