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Pictet Alternative Advisors closes Monte Rosa V on USD1.164bn

Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA) has held the final close of Monte Rosa V, the fifth fund in a series of diversified, multi-manager private equity funds, at at USD 1.164 billion. Maurizio Arrigo, head of Private Equity at PAA, said that the capital raise positions Pictet as a “leader in the global

Machine Labs raises GBP1m in seed extension round

Machine Labs has raised a Seed Extension round of GBP1 million (USD1.25 million) lead by Techstart Ventures alongside the founders, the angel investors Bill Dobbie and Richard Freedman, and the British Business Bank. 

Manila

Navegar’s latest Philippine-focused fund closes on USD197 million

Manila-based private equity firm Navegar has held a final close of its second fund at USD197 million, above the fund’s USD150 million target. The fund will focus on investments in established companies in the consumer and business services sectors in the Philippines. Monument Group acted as a placement agent and

Artemid holds first close for Senior Loan III Fund at EUR400m

CAPZA1 and Amiral Gestion have held the first close of Artemid Senior Loan III (ASL III), the third fund of their joint subsidiary, at close to EUR400 million, which comparable to the size of the previous fund (EUR413 million).Raised in just a few months thanks to the renewed confidence of

Charlesbank Capital Partners closes Credit Opportunities Fund II at USD700m hard cap

Charlesbank Capital Partners has completed fundraising for Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II (COF II) with limited partner commitments in excess of its USD700 million hard cap.Established in 1998, Charlesbank is an experienced middle-market private equity firm with a strong history of investing across a range of core sectors and business

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Elysian Capital close to reaching third fund target

Elysian Capital has held a first close of its third fund, having raised 90 per cent of the fund’s target of GBP 300 million in three months, since officially launching the fund. The final close is expected to be completed in the next couple of months from investors already well

Auster Capital holds first closes of Fund I in excess of USD500m

Auster Capital, an independent private equity firm with a global mandate to pursue cross-border acquisitions, has held the first close of Auster Fund I in excess of USD500 million. Support has been received from a variety of investors including sovereign wealth funds, prominent financial institutions, industrial corporations and family offices. The

Summit Partners closes on USD2.2bn for Europe and VC funds

Summit Partners, a global alternative investment firm, today announced the first and final closings of two funds with combined capital commitments of USD2.2 billion. Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund III closed at its hard cap with EUR1.1 billion in total commitments and will target equity investments between EUR20 and EUR70

MVI completes the first closing of MVI Fund II

MVI Advisors (MVI) has held the first closing of its second private equity fund, MVI Fund II AB (Fund II) with commitments of SEK688 million. The Fund has a target of SEK1 billion.The Fund will continue to execute the successful strategy implemented by MVI since 2011, through buyout investments in

Mourant advises Ardian on world’s largest secondaries platform

Mourant has advised private investment house and longstanding client, Ardian, on its eighth-generation secondaries fund. The platform has attracted USD19 billion of commitments from investors globally. The programme, which includes USD5 billion of co-investment interests, significantly exceeds the USD14 billion raised for Ardian’s seventh generation platform in 2016. The fundraise highlights

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