Last week London-based Balderton Capital, which is now actively deploying over USD1 billion in some of Europe’s most prolific breakout companies, announced the launch of a new tech growth fund – their largest in Europe to date. PEW caught up with partner Rana Yared who will manage the fund together
HQ Capital has held the final closing of its co-investment program Auda Co-Investment Fund II (ACF II), with USD210 million of commitments, surpassing its original target of USD150 million. The limited partners in ACF II consist of high net worth and institutional investors including insurance companies, pension funds and family
Bertram Capital (Bertram) has closed the Bertram Growth Capital IV, & Bertram Growth Capital IV-A (collectivelyBGC IV), with USD940 million of total capital commitments, significantly above its initial hardcap of USD800 million and 80 per cent above the predecessor fund. The new fund will continue Bertram’s proprietary buy and build
Princeton Equity Group, a Princeton, NJ and Dallas, TX-based private equity firm focused on control investments in franchisor and multi-unit companies, has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Princeton Equity Partners I, with more than USD350 million in total commitments, surpassing its initial USD250 million target. The fund
Berkeley Energy, a leader in the development and operation of clean energy projects across emerging markets, has secured EUR130 million for a first close of the Africa Renewable Energy Fund II (AREF II). AREF II’s investor base includes seven development finance institutions including CDP, CDC, FMO, Proparco, Swedfund, Sustainable Energy
Isomer Capital has completed the first close of “Isomer Capital Opportunities”. The new co-investment fund is backed by British Business Investments, through its Managed Funds Programme, amongst other global institutions. The goal of the new opportunities fund is to build on the success of ‘Isomer Capital I’, the firm’s
Prime Capital has completed the Third Closing of its commingled infrastructure fund. With this Closing PGEIF reached total commitments of EUR342 million. The fund was launched in June 2020 and focuses on wind-powered energy assets in the Nordic countries. It aims to secure assets in their late development stage and
LGT Capital Partners has held final close of Crown Global Secondaries V (CGS V), its fifth private equity investment programme investing globally in secondaries, at the hard cap of USD4.5 billion. The programmes’s investor base consists of more than 100 institutions, including pension funds, endowments, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, family
Clessidra Private Equity SGR, a management company in the Italian private equity market, has held the first successful closing of Clessidra Capital Partners 4 fund, closed-type alternative investment fund. The placement reached about EUR270 million and has registered a significant participation of subscribers from previous funds. Amongst the investors, some
NewSpring’s buyout strategy, NewSpring Holdings, has raised an additional USD120 million in a funding round led by Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) and Velocity Structured Solutions. The investment supports the strategic growth and expansion of NewSpring Holdings’ existing platform companies and the acquisition of additional platforms, where the team seeks to
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