Pan-European seed investor Seedcamp has held the first close of its fourth fund to invest in the next generation of European talent with GBP41 million in commitments. The fund is already over 2x larger than Seedcamp’s last (EUR20m raised in 2014) and is backed by 60 leading corporates, venture capitalists

German bank Donner & Reuschel has launched a new investment fund which is aiming to take advantage of the long-term growth trend in global sports and invest in media rights, private equity and real estate. Few other business sectors have grown as fast in recent years as professional sports. In

Francisco Partners has held the closing of Francisco Partners V (FP V), a USD3.975 billion fund that will continue the firm’s history of partnering with management teams and investing in companies across the technology ecosystem. Francisco Partners closed its largest fund to date in less than six months through a

Specialist investment advisory firm Gravis Advisory Limited is to launch the VT Gravis Clean Energy Income Fund on Friday 1 December. Gravis anticipates the Fund will provide investors with an attractive and regular income stream expected to deliver a yield of 4.5 per cent per annum from launch, paid quarterly

Stanhope Capital is to launch a new EUR100 million investment platform – the Stanhope Entrepreneurs Fund (SEF). The fund aims at filling two major gaps. Firstly, the SEF will seek to add true operational expertise to portfolio companies by relying on successful entrepreneurs who will act as “Anchor Investors” to

Onex Corporation (Onex) has raised USD7.15 billion for Onex Partners V, surpassing its USD6.5 billion target. The fundraising was supported by both existing and new investors, including large public pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors globally.    “This is a terrific outcome,” says Emma Thompson, Onex’s Managing Director

A new fund that aims to invest in EIS-qualifying companies in the media and entertainment industries has been launched by Atlantic Screen Media Limited. Atlantic is seeking to raise GBP15m in the current tax year for identified projects. Demand for content in film and television worldwide is growing exponentially as

Arrowroot Capital Management has held the closing of its third fund, Arrowroot Capital III with over USD177 million in limited partner and general partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its fundraising cap. The firm has already completed a number of investments throughout 2017 and expects to close

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has raised EUR5.2 billion for Senior Debt Partners III (SDP3), the largest pooled direct lending fund in Europe so far in 2017.

 The SDP3 transaction took from January to September 2017 to structure, document and close. The fund was oversubscribed and catered for a wide-range of