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Highland Europe raises €1bn for fifth VC fund

Highland Europe has closed its fifth venture capital fund with €1 billion in capital commitments which will be used to further its strategy of backing founder-led teams in software and internet businesses across the continent. YOU NEED TO LOGIN TO SEE THE CONTENT​ Username or Email Address Password Remember Me

Goldman to cut PE exposure

Goldman Sachs is planning to significantly reduce the $59 billion of alternative investments – private equity and real estate – currently held by its asset management arm, and which dragged down the bank’s Q4 earnings, according to a report by Reuters.

SUSI holds first closing of third credit fund at €132m

SUSI Partners has held a first closing of the Energy Efficiency and Transition Credit Fund (SEETCF), its third credit fund, with €132 million in investor commitments. The fund, which will will be open to investors throughout 2023, has a €400 million target size. SUSI’s credit platform has invested over €600

Audax raises $3bn for second DLS fund

Audax Private Debt, a provider of financing solutions for middle market private equity sponsors, has closed Audax Direct Lending Solutions Fund II with $3.0 billion of capital commitments. The new fund, which reached its hard cap, exceeded its fundraising target of $2.25 billion and, including targeted leverage, provides New York-based

Asian PE firms complete continuation fund merger

Asian private equity investment firms Capital Square Partners and Basil Technology have merged through a new $700 million continuation fund to form a new company, also known as Capital Square Partners, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites Sanjay Chakrabarty, a partner at the new firm, as saying

GSP wraps oversubscribed Fund 4.0 at $850m

Garnett Station Partners, a New York-based private investment firm that manages ~$2 billion of assets, has closed GSP 4.0 Fund-A, LP and GSP 4.0 Fund-B, LP with total committed capital of $850 million, the fund’s hard cap.

B Capital closes Growth Fund III at $2.1bn

B Capital has held the close of its third venture growth fund and related companion funds (Growth Fund III), with aggregate capital commitments of approximately $2.1 billion. The fund will target investments around the world with a particular focus on the US and Asia.

IQ-EQ to administer TR Capital’s Fund V

TR Capital, a secondary private equity fund manager in Asia, has selected IQ-EQ’s Hong Kong and Luxembourg teams to administer the Cayman and Luxembourg parallel structures of its new Fund V.  To date, TR Capital, which was founded in 2007 and has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Shenzhen and

Blackstone Private Equity

Blackstone raises record secondary PE fund

Blackstone has held the final close of its latest global secondaries strategy, Strategic Partners IX, and inaugural GP-led continuation fund strategy, Strategic Partners GP Solutions with commitments of $22.2 billion and $2.7 billion respectively. 

LA Fire & Police makes $190m alts allocation

Los Angeles Fire & Police Pensions has committed an additional allocation totalling $190 million to four alternative investment funds, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online.

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