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Three Hills Capital Partners closes first fund at EUR100m

Three Hills Capital Partners, the new private equity investment platform launched in November 2013, has held the final close of its first fund at the hard cap of EUR100 million (USD127 million). Three Hills Capital Partners was founded by Mauro Moretti, a former partner at Hutton Collins, the firm he

Quarterly PE fundraising slowed in Q3 2014, says Preqin

In Q3 2014, 185 private equity funds held a final close and secured an aggregate USD73bn, a figure which is expected to increase by 10 to 20 per cent as more information becomes available. This is the lowest quarterly amount of capital raised in three years, when USD66bn was secured

Perella Weinberg Partners closes USD600m PWP Growth Equity Fund

Perella Weinberg Partners has held the final closing of its USD600 million PWP Growth Equity fund. The fund exceeded the original USD400 million target and met the revised cap of USD600 million.   PWP Growth Equity is a private equity investment strategy focused on primarily US-based growth-oriented companies in the

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Albion Ventures latest VCT offers raise over GBP21m

Albion Ventures has raised over GBP21m across its six venture capital trusts through its offers for subscription in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 tax years. The offers closed at midday on 30 September 2014.   Due to the high levels of investor demand that followed the launch of its top-up offers

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General Catalyst Partners launches GC Stripe Platform Fund

General Catalyst Partners (GC) has launched the GC Stripe Platform Fund, a programme in which GC plans to invest USD10 million in venture capital for businesses and applications built on the Stripe Connect platform. Stripe Connect enables businesses to connect their Stripe account (and their Stripe data) with other services:

Galena closes first PE resource fund at USD400m

Galena Asset Management has held the final close of its first Private Equity Resources Fund with USD400 million of total committed and invested assets. The fund invests in both the equity and debt of small-to medium-sized metals and mining companies, particularly those that are in a development or expansion phase.

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Ashurst advises Inflexion on double fund raising

Ashurst has advised Inflexion Private Equity on the simultaneous first and final closings of two new private equity funds. Inflexion Buyout Fund IV and Inflexion Partnership Capital Fund I were raised in a parallel process over just five months, securing commitments of GBP650m and GBP400m respectively.   Both funds were over-subscribed

Rockpoint Group closes Core Plus Fund I at USD950m

Private equity real estate fund Rockpoint Group has closed on USD950 million of equity commitments for Core Plus Fund I, its first lower-risk, lower-return core plus investment vehicle. Rockpoint has historically sponsored opportunistic funds, having raised over USD8 billion of equity capital for these funds since 2003, including its most

Biotech VC firm Aglaia launches USD65m Oncology Fund

Dutch venture capitalist Aglaia has launched the Aglaia Oncology Fund II, backed by high-net-worth families. Investors will contribute a total of USD65 million to the fund, which has a final target of USD80 to USD100 million.   The group of investors has been expanded to include several institutional investors, including

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Octopus Titan VCTs launch GBP50 million fundraise

Octopus Investments has launched a GBP50 million joint fundraising by the five Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). The latest fundraising, which offers the opportunity to invest into all five Titan VCTs, provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of early stage high growth businesses, helping to meet the demand

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