The Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the Regents of the University of California has formed a new, long-term strategic venture with Blackstone which will see UC Investments invest $4 billion in Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Class I common shares, with Blackstone also contributing $1 billion of its

Speedinvest, a pan-European early-stage venture capital fund, has raised €500 million in new capital to help European startups scale, with 90% of that total already committed by the fund’s investors.  Some €300 million is being invested into new pre-Seed and Seed tech startups through the firm’s fourth flagship fund, Speedinvest

The largest private equity funds to close during 2022, raised a combined $160 billion between them, according to a report by Private Equity International, with Advent International’s GPE X leading the pack at $25 billion in capital commitments, a 40% increase on Advent’s 2019-vintage predecessor fund. Thoma Bravo meanwhile, raised

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has held the final close of its inaugural BeyondNetZero fund. Following the fund’s close, General Atlantic has a total of approximately $3.5 billion in capital to invest in climate solutions. BeyondNetZero’s first fund brings together capital from investors at the forefront of climate investing, including

Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP), a specialist in investments in the European and North American lower mid- and mid-cap buyout segment, has held the final closing of its fourth fund-of-funds programme, MPEP IV, with capital commitments of around EUR392 million, well above its original target of EUR250 million. MPEP IV

VSS Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the healthcare, education, and business services industries, has held the final close of the VSS Structured Capital Fund IV (VSS SC IV) at $530 million, significantly in excess of its $400 million target. 

US Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has closed USVP XIII, a $400 million fund focused on Series A and B investments in cybersecurity, enterprise software, consumer and healthcare businesses.

Golding Capital Partners has held the final close of the Golding Buyout Co-Investment 2020 fund with commitments of €273 million, significantly in excess of its original €200 million target. In addition to traditional Golding clients including German pension funds, savings banks and insurance companies, new international clients, including several family