BlackFin Capital Partners completed a first closing in excess of EUR100 million for its BlackFin Tech Fund 1 from European institutional investors such as Bpifrance, Vaudoise Assurances Group, Groupama Group, Sogecap (Société Générale Insurance), Natixis Assurances, Swiss Life as well as several banks and family-offices. This closing paves the way

BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) Private Debt Group has held the final close of its Senior Loan Fund with investable capital, including leverage, in excess of EUR3 billion. The Fund has significantly exceeded its initial target, with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors globally. BlueBay’s Private Debt platform

Oak Hill Capital Partners (Oak Hill) has successfully closed Oak Hill Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), a USD2.65 billion private equity buyout fund. The fund was significantly oversubscribed, surpassing its target of USD2.0 billion and its hard cap of USD2.5 billion.    Oak Hill will continue its 30-year history of

Castlelake has completed the first and final closing of its fifth general purpose fund, Castlelake V at its hard cap of USD2.4 billion in capital commitments after four months of marketing. The fund’s investor base consists of both existing and new Castlelake limited partners based in the US, Canada, Europe,

Canadian private equity company Novacap has closed its latest private equity fund, Novacap TMT V at its hard cap with total commitments of USD840 million. The Fund surpassed its target size by 40 per cent, driven by strong demand from new and existing investors. “We are delighted by the support

Qumra Capital, Israel’s leading late stage capital provider, has held first closing of Qumra Capital II. With commitments of USD115 million, mainly from existing investors of Qumra I, Qumra intends to cap the fund at USD150 million. Qumra Capital was founded in 2014 by Erez Shachar, Boaz Dinte and Sivan

Barings has held the final close of its GBP1.3 billion Barings Global Private Loan Fund II, marking the conclusion of a successful capital raise within six months of launching the effort. The fund, which attracted 26 investors from 11 countries, will invest primarily in global private senior secured corporate loans.

Twin Brook Capital Partners (Twin Brook), the middle-market direct lending subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co, has held the final close of AG Direct Lending Fund II with total capital commitments of USD1.6 billion, exceeding the Fund’s target by USD600 million.  Total equity capital raised for this second fund when

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has announced plans for two of its VCTs to raise up to GBP30 million in aggregate (with an aggregate over-allotment facility of GBP10 million) for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 tax years. Since Maven was formed in 2009 it has managed nine successful VCT fundraisings, with three