Israeli VC firm Magenta Venture Partners has held the first closing of a new venture capital fund targeting USD100 million. Magenta Venture Partners is an equal partnership between Mitsui & Co Ltd, one of the largest trading and investment companies in Japan, Ori Israely, and Ran Levitzky, two seasoned Israeli

Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has signed a secondary transaction in relation to a number of assets from its European private equity portfolio, under a new fund arrangement, subject to receipt of relevant regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The fund will be capitalised with

Artemis Capital Partners (Artemis), an industrial technology-focussed private equity firm, has held the final close of its second fund, Artemis Capital Partners II after hitting the fund’s hard cap in September 2018 in an oversubscribed fundraise.   “We are humbled by the support we received from our existing base of

UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has held the final close of its second European infrastructure debt fund, Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II (IDP II), which has raised a total of EUR1 billion within nine months of its launch, substantially exceeding its original EUR700 million

Muzinich & Co has held the final close of the Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt Fund (the Fund), at EUR706.5 million. The fund focuses on providing financing solutions for lower mid-market companies to fund growth, acquisitions, expansions and transitions.   “While we had an initial fund size target estimate of EUR500

Ingenious, an alternative investment manager that specialises in the media sector, has launched Ingenious Vision VCT which will seek to provide early-stage funding to unquoted companies with high growth potential that develop, produce or exploit television and other forms of audio-visual content. Ingenious is looking to raise an initial GBP10

Macfarlanes has advised specialist investment firm Circularity Capital on the raising of its debut fund, Circularity European Growth Fund I LP, which has exceeded its GBP50 million target and closed at its GBP60 million hard cap. Investment commitments came from global financial institutions, family offices, private investors and strategic corporate

Albion Capital is seeking to raise up to GBP36 million through top up offers for its six venture capital trusts. 

 The fundraising targets GBP6 million for each of the six Albion VCTs: Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC, Albion Development VCT PLC, Albion Enterprise VCT PLC, Albion Technology & General

Vine Alternative Investments Group (Vine) an investment management firm focused on investing in the media and entertainment sector, targeting non-correlated investment opportunities, has completed fundraising for its fourth fund, Vine Media Opportunities – Fund IV with USD608 million of committed capital. Fund IV exceeded its initial USD600 million target with

NTR has attracted commitments of EUR229 million for the NTR Renewable Energy Income Fund II, of which EUR145 million has been secured for the fund’s first close.  The fund is targeting EUR500 million and will invest in both pre-construction and operational onshore wind and solar projects across a number of