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Launches & Fundraising

Pictet Alternative Advisors’ Monte Rosa IV raises USD815m

Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the alternative investment specialist of the Pictet Group, has held the final close at USD815 million of Monte Rosa IV, the fourth fund in a series of diversified, multi-manager private equity funds. Maurizio Arrigo, head of private equity at PAA, says: “This is 2.5x bigger than

BDC and MaRS IAF hold initial closing of women-focused fund

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), a seed-stage investor funded by the Province of Ontario and managed by MaRS, have held the first closing of StandUp Ventures Fund I. BDC Capital, the investment arm of BDC, has contributed CAD5 million to the new fund; other

Tecum Capital launches second SBIC Fund

Tecum Capital has held the first closing of its second SBIC (Small Business Investment Company) fund having secured a license from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) for the fund’s operation. This second fund, Tecum Capital Partners II, is fully subscribed at USD225 million, and will continue the strategies of

EMK Capital Partners closes fund at GBP575m hard cap

EMK Capital has held the final close on its first fund, EMK Capital Partners, at the fund’s GBP575 million hard cap. The fund was raised from first meeting to final close in just eight months.   EMK is an independent firm, established to continue the investment strategy of the managing

Simon King, Aztec Group

Aztec Group establishes first Jersey Private Funds

Independent fund and corporate services provider the Aztec Group has established two Jersey Private Funds (JPFs), the first funds to be formed since the regime’s inception on 18 April 2017.  Introduced last month by the Jersey Financial Services Commission, the new JPF product has been designed to rationalise and consolidate

BRIDGE platform triples AUM in less than three years

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management’s BRIDGE (Benjamin de Rothschild Infrastructure Debt Generation) platform has now reached EUR1.2 billion and has tripled in size since the first closing of FCT BRIDGE I in July 2014 with EUR400 million. The second closing of BRIDGE II has been completed, after a first closing in

Go Capital launches EUR60m seed fund

Go Capital has held the first closing of Go Capital Amorçage II, a EUR60 million venture capital fund. The first Go Capital seed fund of EUR57 million was launched in 2012, at the initiative of the Regional Councils of the western France, with the support of Bpifrance (through the French

Vendep Capital launches EUR40m early-stage software venture fund

Vendep Capital has launched a EUR40 million venture find which will invest mainly in Finnish start-ups offering software to B2B customers. The investors are Finnish institutional investors, foundations, family offices and private investors.   By the first closing at the end of April, Vendep Capital Fund II has received capital

Elaia holds first closing of VC fund at EUR115m

Elaia Partners, a Paris-based venture capital firm, has held the initial closing of its new venture capital fund, Elaia Delta Fund, at EUR115 million. This new investment vehicle pursues the fundamental drivers of Elaia Partners’ historical strategy targeting European early-stage digital opportunities based on high disruption and on deep technology.

Moderne Ventures closes USD33m early stage venture fund

Moderne Ventures, a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in technology companies, has closed its early stage venture investment fund with USD33 million in total commitments. Launched in 2015 by Constance Freedman, Moderne identifies and invests in cutting-edge technology companies who have a shared purpose of modernising

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