Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, a private equity firm specialising in corporate divestitures in the middle market, has held the final closing of its first fund, Pacific Avenue Fund I, which was significantly oversubscribed at its hard cap of over $500 million. 

HV Capital, an early-stage and growth venture capital investor has held the final close of HV Capital Fund IX at €710m, making it the largest fund ever raised by the firm. The fund will invest in ‘technology disruptors’ across all growth phases. 

Investindustrial has held the final close of Investindustrial Growth III above its target at €1.1 billion. The fund will continue the strategy employed by Investindustrial’s previous two funds of making majority investments in European lower mid-market companies with strong internationalisation potential. Investments will predominantly focus on companies headquartered in Italy,

Kian Capital Partners, a lower-middle-market focused private investment firm, has held the final closing on its latest fund, Kian Growth Partners III, which was oversubscribed at $400 million.

Greycroft, a seed-to-growth venture capital firm, has raised more than $1 billion of capital commitments across two new flagship funds – Greycroft Partners VII and Greycroft Growth IV – which will look to invest in early and growth-stage enterprise and consumer businesses. The capital commitments, which bring the total raised

After launching its fundraising process in December, RoundShield Partners recently held a first close – believed to be around $750m – for its latest fund, Fund V, which will focus on European asset-backed special situations and distressed opportunities. With the first close achieving a reported re-up rate in the region

Private equity major the Carlyle Group has closed its latest Asia-focused buyout fund – Carlyle Asia Growth Partners VII, which launched in April 2021 – with $950 million in capital commitments, according to a report by DealStreetAsia. The report cites board documents from one of the fund’s limited partners as