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Funds

Aquilius closes maiden secondaries fund at over $400m

Aquilius Investment Partners, a Singapore based investment manager focused on secondaries in the Asia Pacific region, has held the final closing of its maiden AIP Secondary Fund I, with over US$400 million in client commitments. 

Gallatin closes fund II above target at $1.6bn

Gallatin Point Capital has closed its second fund Gallatin Point Capital Partners II with $1.6 billion in capital commitments split between the fund and associated separately managed accounts, exceeding the initial target of $1.5 billion.  Gallatin says the fund received strong support from existing LPs and has further diversified its

Braemont Capital secures $525m for inaugural fund

Texas-based Private investment firm Braemont Capital (Braemont) has closed its inaugural fund Braemont Partners I with approximately $525 million in total capital commitments, surpassing it initial $500 million target.

KKR’s new leaders plan to double earnings over five years

US private equity giant KKR’s co-CEOs are aiming to double earnings over the next five years, as founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts prepare to hand over control of the firm, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Under CEOs Joseph Bae and Scott Nuttall, who took the reins from

Pacific Avenue Capital completes resin production carve-out

Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm, has formed Resin Solutions, which has agreed a carve-out of three product lines developed by Cray Valley, TotalEnergies’ resin production affiliate. Pacific Avenue Capital specialises in M&A, corporate divestitures and other complex situations in mid-market companies. The investment is being

Software

Bain Capital circles software platform ConnectWise

Bain Capital is one of several private equity firms set to bid for software and IT managed services platform provider ConnectWise, according to a report by CRN. ConnectWise, which has more than 3,000 employees globally, was bought by private equity firm Thoma Bravo is 2019 in a deal estimated at

Blackstone closes latest real estate fund

Blackstone has closed its latest global real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, with $30.4 billion of capital commitments — the largest real estate or private equity drawdown fund ever raised.  The private equity giant’s three opportunistic real estate strategies – Global, Asia, Europe – now have $50 billion

Fundraising

MidOcean Partners raises over $1.5bn for sixth PE fund

MidOcean Partners, a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has closed MidOcean Partners VI, with over $1.5 billion in capital commitments, making it MidOcean’s largest fund since inception. 

RCP closes Fund XVII above target at $328m

RCP Advisors, a sponsor of private equity funds-of-funds, secondary funds, and co-investment funds focused on North American lower middle market buyouts, has held the final closing of RCP Fund XVII with approximately $328 million in aggregate commitments, exceeding its target of $300 million. 

Cure Ventures closes inaugural fund at $350m hard-cap

Cure Ventures, a life sciences venture capital firm focusing on company formation around curative technologies, has closed its inaugural fund, Cure Ventures Fund I, at its targeted hard-cap of $350 million in capital commitments. 

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