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ICG’s latest direct lending fund is truly unique

ICG, the specialist asset manager with EUR27.2 billion of assets under management, announced earlier this month that it had raised EUR5.2 billion of dry powder to deploy in the third vintage of its Senior Debt Partners strategy.  The capital raised for Senior Debt Partners III (SDP3) makes it the largest

KKR closes USD1.45bn Health Care Strategic Growth Fund

KKR has held the final closing of KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund (HCSG), a USD1.45 billion fund dedicated to health care growth equity investment opportunities in the Americas. KKR will be investing more than USD265 million of capital in the Fund alongside external investors through KKR’s balance sheet and

Lightyear Capital closes fourth financial services buyout fund

Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm focused on financial services investing, has held the final close of its fourth private equity fund, Lightyear Fund IV, with more than USD950 million in capital commitments, with an additional USD75 million raised in a related co-investment vehicle. Fund IV received commitments from US

Yukon Partners closes USD558.7m Mezzanine Fund III

Yukon Partners (Yukon) has held the final closing of Yukon Capital Partners III, and its associated parallel funds, at its hard cap of USD558.7 million in total capital commitments. Since its inception in 2008, Yukon has raised over USD1.2 billion in total capital commitments across three funds. Fund III will

Nomura to enter private equity market with initial JPY100bn investment

Nomura Holdings is extending its range of services by investing an initial JPY100 billion in establishing a new private equity business. Under the new business, Nomura will primarily provide equity to clients as a solution for business reorganisations and revitalisations, business succession as well as management buyouts.   Effective 1

Gradiente holds first closing of second PE fund

Gradiente SGR has held the first closing of its second private equity fund, Gradiente II with total capital commitments in excess of EUR60 million. The Fund has a target of EUR120 million and is backed by a group of Italian and international investors. Gradiente was established in 2009 by Pietro

Fried Frank advises Balderton Capital on latest VC fund

Fried Frank has advised Balderton Capital (UK) (Balderton) on the structuring and raising of its new USD375 million venture capital fund, Balderton VI. The fund exceeded its target of USD350 million, with support from investors across the globe. The Fund will primarily invest in European technology companies at Series A-stage.

AllianzGI launches second Sterling infrastructure debt fund

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has launched its second UK Infrastructure Debt Fund, which is aimed at institutional investors and will invest in core UK infrastructure assets, including primary brownfield and greenfield transactions within the transport, energy and social infrastructure sectors. Like AllianzGI’s pioneering, first UK Infrastructure Debt Fund, this new

Swarm Fund brings institutional investment opportunities to crypto investors

The team behind Swarm Fund, a decentralised capital marketplace that provides cryptocurrency investors with access to institutional style investments, has raised USD5.5 million through its public token sale. Swarm has appointed serial tech entrepreneur Philipp Pieper as its CEO. The firm has also had what it calls its first ‘liquid

STIL launches Nobel Sustainability Growth Fund

Sustainable Technology Investors (STIL) has launced the GBP100 million Nobel Sustainability Growth Fund (NSGF) in partnership with the Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST), founded by members of the Nobel Family, and SET3, the global investment group founded by Gordon Power and Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown. The Fund is backed

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