Capagro has closed a second funding round worth EUR66 million following the reopening of the subscription period for its French AgTech-focused venture capital vehicle, Capagro Innovation, back in January. Established in April 2014 with an initial allocation of EUR37.5 million, which rose to EUR58 million following the first subscription period

The Halifax Group is actively pursuing investments for Halifax Capital Partners IV (Fund IV) after raising capital earlier this year and meeting its hard cap of USD650 million. Demand for the fund offering exceeded its original target of USD550 million. David Dupree, Founder and Senior Partner, says: “With this fund,

Endowment Wealth Management has launched its EWM Unicorn Technology Fund. The private fund is seeking to raise up to USD25 million to capitalise on what its management team sees as opportunities in the secondary market for private, late-stage venture capital technology companies. Such firms are often referred to as unicorns

Avedon Capital Partners has held the final close of Avedon III at EUR300 million, substantially above the fund’s target of EUR250 million. Avedon III investors comprise a combination of institutional investors (banks, insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, fund-of-funds), both from Europe and North America, as well as a group of

Capital Dynamics, an independent global asset manager, has held the final close of Mid-Market Direct IV (MMD IV), the firm’s latest co-investment fund. MMD IV was oversubscribed relative to its initial target of USD350 million and closed with USD383 million in capital commitments. MMD IV, which began investing in early 2016, has

SilverStreet Capital has held the third closing of Silverlands II, the successor fund to its original Silverlands Fund. SilverStreet Capital is a leading private equity investor in the agricultural sector. It has offices in the UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Silverlands II, which is targeting a fundraising total of USD300

Illumina Ventures, an independent, early-stage venture capital firm, has raised USD230 million for its first fund. Illumina Ventures was launched in the summer of 2016 with an initial USD100 million investment from Illumina. The balance of the funds has been raised from a mix of corporate, institutional, sovereign, and individual

M33 Growth, a venture and growth stage investment manager that partners with founders and CEOs and seeks to rapidly scale and build companies, held its first and final closing today for its debut fund, M33 Growth I with USD180 million in limited partner commitments. The M33 Growth founders are excited

Hermes GPE, a specialist investor in global private equity, has successfully raised circa USD620 million for its co-investment platform. The Hermes GPE PEC III Co-Investment Fund LP (‘PEC III’) has exceeded its USD300 million target fund size with total commitments of USD389 million raised from a club of global pension