Technology investment firm Asenqua Ventures has closed its fourth investment fund, raising USD125 million which will be reinvested in capital efficient companies with a minimum revenue of USD10 million in niche technology sectors. Fund IV will target investments in semiconductors, display technology, software, medical technology, wireless communications, and internet infrastructure,
Elm Capital says it has seen a strong first half with primary fund closings and secondary transactions for many of its clients in Europe and North America. On 26 July, Montefiore Investment completed the first and final closing of its largely oversubscribed fourth fund at the agreed hard cap of
Fried Frank has advised OpCapita on the raising of its second fund, OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund II. Upon close, the fund reached its hard cap of EUR350 million, exceeding its debut fund, OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund, which raised EUR110 million when it reached its final close in December 2014.
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has held the final close of its newest energy-focused private equity fund, the Kayne Private Energy Income Fund (KPEIF), with total capital commitments of USD1.55 billion. KPEIF’s strategy is to partner with a select group of high-quality management teams to acquire and develop large, long-life producing
BlackFin Capital Partners is launching a venture fund focused on FinTech opportunities across Europe. The venture fund, which will be supported by a new dedicated FinTech team led by Julien Creuzé and Maxime Mandin, will focus on the FinTech sector including all aspects of banking, payments, wealth and asset-management,
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has held the first close of its fourth dedicated private equity secondaries fund, Unigestion Secondaries Opportunities IV (USO IV). The fund represents a continuation of the secondaries strategy that Unigestion has deployed since 2000. USO IV has now received commitments in excess of EUR177 million,
Early-stage venture capital firm True Ventures has raised USD310 million for its fifth fund, True Ventures V. With the close of this fund, True now manages approximately USD1.3 billion in capital. True received support from substantially all of its existing investor base and a few new institutional investors.
Earlybird Venture Capital has held the first closing of its Earlybird Health Tech Fund. Headquartered in North Rhine-Westphalia, the fund will invest primarily in the field of medical technology across Europe and has a target size of EUR100 million to EUR120 million. The fund’s investors include NRW.BANK, the Generali
The USD1bn Club of infrastructure investors, a group of 69 institutional investors that have allocated USD1 billion or more to the asset class, have become dominant players in the infrastucture fundraising market, according to research by Preqin. More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of the USD1bn Club have a separate
CEL Global Investment Fund, a private equity fund sponsored and managed by China Everbright Limited (CEL), has completed its first closing with total capital commitments of approximately USD264 million. CEL Global Investment GP Limited and CEL Global Management Company Limited, each an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CEL, serve as
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