F2i has held the final close of its third fund with EUR3.6 billion in capital commitments, EUR600 million higher than the target set in December 2017 at the time of the launch of the Fund. This excellent result, and the short amount of time needed to complete the fund raise,

Independent investment manager Albion Capital is intending to raise up to GBP36 million through a launch in early January 2019 of its top up offers for its six venture capital trusts (Albion VCTs). The fundraising is expected to target GBP6 million for each of the six Albion VCTs: Albion Venture

Springrowth SGR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Muzinich & Co Ltd, has held the first close of the Diversified Enterprises Credit Fund (DECF), the first parallel lending vehicle to be launched in Italy.  The DECF, which is a closed-ended vehicle with an eight-year investment term, has received EUR210 million in commitments from a broad group of Italian and international institutional investors. The European Investment Fund (EIF) and

True Ventures has closed its sixth early stage fund True Ventures VI with USD350 million in capital commitments and its third Select Fund True Ventures Select III at USD285 million. The firm will use Fund VI to continue investing in dynamic, category-leading founders building companies across a range of industries.

HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the HIG Advantage Buyout Fund with aggregate capital commitments of USD3 billion, well in excess of its target. The Fund makes control equity investments in more stable, higher quality companies with EBITDA between USD25 million and USD100 million. The fund will capitalise on HIG’s established

Fenox Venture Capital and Sega Sammy Holdings have jointly announced a USD20 million venture capital fund to invest in advanced technologies globally. Fenox Venture Capital is an international venture capital firm with headquarters in Silicon Valley. Sega Sammy Holdings INC, is a Japanese general entertainment company group engaged in a

Private equity firm SWEN Capital Partners has closed fundraising for its third infrastructure fund, SWEN Infra Multi-Select 3, EUR455 million from well-regarded European investors, including pension funds, mutual and other insurance companies, banks and private clients. This success demonstrates investors’ confidence in SWEN Capital Partners’ investment strategy, which features a

Bessemer Ventures has launched its tenth fund, BVP X, which at USD1.85 billion is slightly larger than the company’s earlier funds, but it will adopt the same approach that has seen a total of 122 Bessemer-backed companies go public to date. BVP X will look to invest early in promising