Linden Capital Partners (Linden), a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm, has closed its fourth private equity fund, Linden Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), with USD1.5 billion of limited partner commitments. Similar to Linden’s prior funds, Fund IV was oversubscribed, exceeding its target of USD1.25 billion and hitting its hard cap.

Foresite Capital, a multi-stage healthcare and life sciences investment firm, has closed its fourth and largest fund with USD668 million in capital commitments. The firm now has USD2 billion in assets under management.   Limited partners in Fund IV include new investors as well as a significant representation of existing

Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), a provider of senior and unitranche debt financing to middle market companies, has closed a USD300 million leveraged loan fund, Churchill Middle Market CLO IV Ltd.  The seven-year Fund is comprised of: a USD200 million AA DBRS-rated senior revolving credit facility; USD55 million of “A”-, “BBB”-

Oxx, a growth capital firm investing in B2B software companies, has completed the first close of its debut fund, Oxx I, with a total of USD100 million in funds under management so far. Oxx was launched in January 2017 after Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson left Amadeus Capital to co-found

SVPGlobal, a global investment firm focused on distressed and deep-value opportunities, has held the final closing of Strategic Value Special Situations Fund IV (SVSS IV) at its hard cap of USD2.85 billion, including USD350 million of reserved capacity for a ‘fund of one’ relationship. SVSS IV received significant demand beyond its hard cap

Fried Frank has advised RoundShield Partners (RoundShield) on the successful raising of its third European special opportunities fund. The fund was almost three times oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of EUR500 million within three months of launch. RoundShield now advises approximately USD1.4 billion across three funds and several

US power and energy infrastructure manager LS Power Equity Advisors has held the final close of LS Power Equity Partners IV (Fund IV) at USD2.25 billion, exceeding its initial target of USD2 billion. Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the global placement agent for the fundraise with Magenta Capital Services

Tikehau Capital has launched the new EUR212 million Tikehau NOVO 2018 Fund managed by asset management subsidiary Tikehau IM. The Tikehau NOVO 2018 Fund has been structured as a French mutual securitisation fund (FCT) qualifying for treatment as a “debt fund” that directly finances the French economy (Fonds de Prêt

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed fundraising for Thoma Bravo Discover Fund II. The fund closed at its hard cap with a total of USD2.4 billion in commitments, and, like its predecessor, Thoma Bravo Discover Fund, will focus on middle market software investments. The oversubscribed fund received strong support