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Prudential Capital Energy Partners raises USD343 million for first energy mezzanine fund

Prudential Capital Energy Partners has completed fundraising for its first energy mezzanine fund, Prudential Capital Energy Partners Fund I, closing at USD343 million. Prudential Capital Energy Partners (PCEP) is the middle-market energy mezzanine fund business sponsored by Prudential Capital Group, the USD81.4 billion private capital arm of PGIM, the USD1

Westhook Capital raises USD140m for debut PE fund

Westhook Capital (Westhook), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused exclusively on the lower middle market, has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Westhook Capital Partners, with USD140 million in commitments. Westhook is led and founded by industry veteran Michael Hooks, who was previously the co-founder of Black

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Ibis Capital

Ibis Capital to launch education technology SPAC

Ibis Capital, profiled in AlphaQ, a specialist education technology alternative investment manager, is to launch the world’s first education technology special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The new company will be called EdTechX Holdings and will list on Nasdaq, according to a regulatory filing.   ExTechX Holdings intends to build a

Pengana planning to launch global private equity listed investment trust

Pengana Capital Group Limited is working on plans for an ASX listed investment trust that will invest in global private equity next year. It is proposed that the Trust will provide investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of private equity investments, including funds, secondaries, directs, co-investments and other opportunistic

FnB Private Equity reaches EUR134.5m for final closing of debut fund

FnB Private Equity has held the final close of FnB Europe Fund, its first European fund specialised in the food and beverage industry. FnB Europe Fund has raised EUR134.5 million, surpassing the EUR120 million initially targeted. A first closing at EUR101 million was announced in April 2018.   The fund

Hemal Mehta, AtomInvest

AtomInvest aims to democratise investment in alternatives

The summer saw the launch of a new investment platform, AtomInvest, which is designed to democratise access to alternative investment funds across private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. Founder and CEO of AtomInvest Hemal Mehta explains that he has a background in financial services and private equity and had

Green Arrow Capital holds final closing of third buyout fund at EUR230.6m

Green Arrow Capital has held the final closing of its third buyout fund with total commitments of EUR230.6 million. Green Arrow Capital partners, who recently acquired the majority stake of the asset management company (previously denominated Quadrivio Capital SGR), have actively participated in the success of the fund raising. The

Christophe de Courson, Olymp Capital

Olymp Capital launches European blockchain and crypto asset fund

Alternative investment fund (AIF) manager Olymp Capital has launched what it says is the first European investment fund to cover the entire blockchain and crypto asset ecosystem. The fund will include blockchain-related private equity, initial coin offering (ICO) activity, and fund-of-fund activity centred on crypto hedge funds. The fund accepts investment both

Pomona Capital closes ninth secondary fund over USD1.75bn target

Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm specialising in secondaries investing, has held the final close of its ninth secondaries flagship fund, Pomona Capital IX. The fund was oversubscribed and capped at USD1.8 billion. Limited partners in the Fund include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, and

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