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Rothschild completes EUR451m fundraising of Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities IV

Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities (FASO), the European small and mid-cap secondary business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, has completed the fundraising of Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities IV (FASO IV) at EUR451 million after only a few months of fundraising. A significant majority of limited partner commitments originated from existing investors in

Dundee Venture Capital raises USD20m Fund III to back Midwest start-ups

Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based seed-stage investment firm, has raised USD20 million for its Fund III, which will back start-ups in the broader Midwest US. The capital will be deployed into seed and early-stage investments targeting e-commerce, B2B SaaS and consumer-network focused start-ups. Dundee Venture Capital has made over 30

UBS AM raises EUR570 million for first infrastructure debt fund

UBS Asset Management’s infrastructure and private equity business has held the final close of its inaugural infrastructure debt fund, Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform (Archmore IDP), which has raised EUR570 million (USD640 million).   The capital has been raised from 17 institutional investors comprising a mix of insurance companies, pension funds

Align Capital Partners raises USD325m for first private equity fund

Align Capital Partners has held the first and final close of its inaugural private equity investment fund, Align Capital Partners Fund I, and Align Capital Partners Fund I-A (collectively ACP I). Align began fundraising in June 2016 with an initial target of USD250 million and closed at its hard cap

Gide advises iBionext on first VC fund

Gide has advised iBionext on setting up the firm’s management company and on structuring its first venture capital fund, iBionext Growth Fund. The fund specialises in the investment in and development of healthcare start-ups.   iBionext Growth Fund has announced a first closing of USD52.5 million, with a target of USD112

Legion Capital launches high yield mortgage fund

Direct to market venture firm Legion Capital has launched the Legion High Yield Mortgage Fund I, a USD25 million real estate mortgage fund to finance property acquisition, renovation and rent. "The US real estate market is experiencing a sustained recovery, with home equity nearly doubled since 2011. However, banks are

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Californian alt assets industry reaches USD732 billion in AUM

Although California is best known for its venture capital industry, the state has seen marked growth and diversification of its alternatives market, as other private capital and hedge fund managers are drawn to the area, according to Preqin. The number of active California-based private capital firms has more than trebled

BGV reaches first close of third fund

Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), an early-stage venture capital firm which focuses on enterprise IT opportunities in global markets, has held the first close of its third fund with over 50 per cent of the targeted USD75 million fund committed to date. Investors in the third fund include both existing limited

Tikehau IM closes Direct Lending III fund at EUR610m

Tikehau IM has held the close of its Tikehau Direct Lending III (TDL III) fund at EUR610 million. Tikehau IM’s total asset under management in private debt amount to EUR3.3 billion.   Over 40 per cent of the fund is already invested through 15 portfolio companies based in France, Spain

oTMS raises USD25m to build China’s open transport platform

Transportation platform oTMS has raised USD25 million in a Series B funding round led by Chen Weixing, the founder of Kuaidi Dache.   Previous investors Baidu, Chengwei capital and Matrix Partners China also participated in the round. China Renaissance was the exclusive financial advisor of the deal.   The funding

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