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Launches & Fundraising

Kirkland & Ellis advises on closing of EMR Capital Resources Fund II

Kirkland & Ellis has advised EMR Capital, a mining private equity manager, on the closing of the oversubscribed EMR Capital Resources Fund II with commitments of USD860 million. The fund, which will make investments in global metals and mining companies and projects, accepted commitments from a broad mix of global

ERES closes fund III at EUR300m hard cap

The Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES) franchise has held the final closing of ERES III at its hard cap of EUR300 million. This is the highest amount ever raised by the ERES franchise.   Its 2011 vintage, ERES II, raised EUR217 million.   Limited partners include high net worth

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Muzinich to launch two funds

Corporate debt specialist Muzinich is launching two funds to be managed by the loans team who recently joined from ECM Asset Management (ECM), a Wells Fargo Asset Management company. Muzinich announced in the summer that it had hired Torben Ronberg, Stuart Fuller, Sam McGairl and Alex Woolrich, who managed the

Morgenthaler closes MPE Partners II at USD250 million hard cap

Lower middle-market private equity firm MPE Partners has closed its oversubscribed second fund, MPE Partners II, at the hard cap of USD250 million. The firm launched fundraising in April 2016 and did not use a placement agent.    "More than 30 investors committed to Fund II, including global asset management

IMAX completes first phase of USD50m virtual reality fund

IMAX Corporation and IMAX China Holding have completed the first phase of a USD50 million virtual reality fund to help finance the creation of at least 25 interactive VR content experiences over the next three years. IMAX and its partners, which include leaders from the media, entertainment and technology sectors,

SPLIO secures EUR10 million fundraising

SPLIO, a SaaS-based customer experience software company, has secured a EUR10 million fundraising supported by three funds – Digital Ambition Fund, BNP Paribas Développement and Amundi Private Equity Funds. Digital Ambition Fund is managed by Bpifrance under the Future Investment Program led by the Commissariat-General for investment (CGI).   Leveraging

HarbourVest closes secondaries fund above target

HarbourVest Partners has held the final close of its latest secondaries fund, which was oversubscribed and closed above its USD3.6 billion target at USD4.77 billion. “Our global secondaries team has decades of experience and deep industry relationships. As the secondaries market continues to evolve, these competitive advantages have helped us

Juniper Capital closes first institutional PE fund at USD500m

Juniper Capital Advisors has held final close of its first institutionally-backed private equity fund, Juniper Capital II, at its hard cap of USD500 million. The fund targets equity investments of USD25 million to USD75 million in oil and gas companies located primarily in the continental US.   Edward Geiser (pictured),

Plexus Capital closes USD400m Fund IV

Plexus Capital, a provider of capital to small businesses in the US, has closed Plexus Fund IV at its fully subscribed offering of USD400 million. Consistent with its predecessor funds, Fund IV will focus on the same strategy of investing in profitable businesses with USD10 million to USD100 million in

SEP closes technology-focused fund

Venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has raised GBP260 million for its fund SEP V. SEP V, which is one of the largest venture capital funds raised in Europe this year, was over-subscribed and closed above target.    It will be invested in high growth technology and technology-enabled companies

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