Athyrium Capital Management, an asset management company focused on opportunities in the global healthcare sector, and Neuberger Berman, have closed Athyrium Opportunities Fund III, which seeks to make capital investments in commercial-stage healthcare companies. Athyrium Opportunities Fund III closed at approximately USD2.025 billion. Including the new fund, Athyrium Capital now advises funds

United Ventures SGR, an independent Italian Venture Capital manager, has launched its second fund, UV2, having held its first closing at EUR75 million, higher than the total capitalisation of the firm’s first fund launched in 2013. “UV2” aims to raise up to Euro 120 million during 2018 and its Anchor

EnCap Investments, a provider of capital to the independent sector of the US oil and gas industry with offices in Houston and Dallas, has closed EnCap Energy Capital Fund XI with capital commitments of USD7.0 billion, exceeding its target. Fund XI provides growth capital to proven management teams focused on

Blue Water Energy has held the final closing of Blue Water Energy Fund II (BWE Fund II), with total commitments over USD1.1 billion, surpassing its target of USD1 billion after securing further commitments from a number of new limited partners. Blue Water Energy, founded in 2011 by Jerker Johansson, Tom

Chinese business accelerator COMB+ and the Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation (BICI) have launched a new Artificial Intelligence Fund with a target size of EUR65 million. The fund will focus on international technology startups entering the Chinese market. The fund is part of the COMB+ Sino Track accelerator program, which

Anchorage Capital Partners (Anchorage) has held the closing of its third institutional fund, Anchorage Capital Partners Fund III (ACP III) at AUD350 million, approximately three months after initial launch. ACP III was considerably oversubscribed, with demand exceeding the fundraising target, attributable to continued strong support from existing investors combined with

Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), a provider of senior and unitranche debt financing to private equity-owned middle market companies, has completed fundraising for Churchill Middle Market Senior Loan Fund, its inaugural fund as part of Nuveen, with over USD1.1 billion in committed capital. “We are delighted with the strong response we received from

Fortino Capital Partners has created a second fund, Fortino Capital II Growth, with EUR200 million dedicated for investments in scale-ups and growth companies in the Benelux. Commitments worth EUR125 million have already been secured with the first closing having taken place. The new growth fund accompanies the original EUR80 million