EQT has held the final closing of its second European direct lending fund, EQT Mid-Market Credit II (the fund) with commitments equivalent to EUR2.3 billion of available capital, including anticipated leverage. Since the launch in 2008, the EQT Credit platform has raised over EUR6 billion and invested over EUR5.1 billion

Metropolitan Partners Group Management (Metropolitan), a direct-lending firm that provide senior-secured, short-term capital to small and mid-sized businesses in the US, has raised USD172 million, including co-investment rights, for its fifth and largest direct lending – Metropolitan Partners Fund V. Fund V invests in US non-sponsored companies in the lower

OnliFunds, a global venture fund, has launched its first investment fund focussed on blockchain companies within Protect Pharmaceutical’s OnliChain Ecosystem. PRTT has announced that the fund launch will be this week. The fund will be led by its joint venture partners AES, Inc and OnliFunds LLC headquartered in Utah. AES/OnliFunds

AfricInvest, a pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, has held the final close of its North African Fund, Maghreb Private Equity IV (MPEF IV).   The African Development Bank joined the third and final investment round, committing EUR20 million to the fund and taking the fund’s total capital commitments to EUR194

Sole Source Capital (SSC), an operationally-focussed lower-middle market investment firm that targets controlling interests in manufacturing, distribution, and industrial service companies, has successfully closed its inaugural funds, SSC Partners I LP and SSC Partners I-A LP (collectively, the Fund), at its hard cap of USD160 million. The oversubscribed Fund includes

MPOWER Financing, a fintech company providing educational loans to high-potential international and DACA students, has completed its largest funding round to-date with USD110 million in new financing for students enrolling in major US universities. This latest round, led by Gray Matters Capital and Community Investment Management (CIM), will be used

Main Post Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm with deep experience investing in growth companies across the consumer value chain, has held the final closing of its second fund, Main Post Growth Capital II, with USD700 million of capital commitments. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap less than

Octopus Investments has reached its half-way milestone (GBP60 million) in under two months for its Octopus Titan VCT.  This is the fastest that Titan has raised this sum, with rising numbers of online applications helping to drive this trend. This year Octopus is targeting another GBP120 million fundraise for its