Los Angeles-based private equity firm Gallant Capital Partners (Gallant Capital), has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Gallant Capital Partners I, with USD378 million in total commitments. Fund I reached its hard-cap and was substantially oversubscribed, exceeding its target of USD300 million. Investors include public and corporate pension funds,

Azora, a Madrid-based European private equity real estate manager, has raised EUR680 million for the launch of a new fund, Azora European Hotel & Lodging, EUR80 million above the Fund’s initial EUR600 million target. With a hard cap of EUR750 million, the Fund has an implied total capacity of more than

NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services Limited is providing depositary services both in the UK and in Luxembourg for Ardian’s eighth-generation secondaries platform ASF VIII, which recently closed on USD19 billion as the world’s largest secondaries market vehicle.Headquartered in Paris, Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of USD96

Sestante Capital (Sestante) has launched a new private equity fund, SC Food Innovation Fund.“We’re excited to bring a unique product to the market and to give investors exposure to a transformative category. This category is fueled by consumers that have a continuing and increasing focus on sustainability, health and freshness,”

Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) has closed its third private equity program at EUR 162 million with renowned international investors. The original target for MPEP III was EUR100 million. 
MPEP launches a new private equity program approximately every 18 months. Benefiting from the relationship with its anchor investor, the mid-cap buyout

London-based ETF Partners has closed its third Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF3) at GBP167 million, which will focus on innovative companies in the UK and Europe that help deliver long-term and sustainable economic prosperity.