FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Launches & Fundraising

TorQuest Partners closes Fund V at USD1.375bn

TorQuest Partners has held the final closing of TorQuest Partners Fund V, with USD1.375 billion of committed capital.Fund V will continue to apply the firm’s successful middle-market investment and operating strategy of partnering closely with management teams to create value through strategic change, operational enhancements, and the successful integration of

Origami closes oversubscribed Fund IV at USD520m

Origami Capital Partners (Origami), a private equity firm focused on opportunistic special situations, has held the final closing of Origami Opportunities Fund IV (Fund IV) with USD520 million in capital commitments. Metric Point Capital (Metric Point) acted as the exclusive placement agent for the fundraise. Origami offers flexible and creative capital

Integral Venture Partners holds first close of first fund

Integral Venture Partners (Integral) has held the first close of its first private equity and growth capital fund, Evolving Europe Principal Investments I (EEPI I). The fund, which has a hard cap of EUR150 million, is backed by leading institutional investors including the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Bank

Mayfield secures USD750m across two new VC funds

Venture Capital firm Mayfield has closed on USD750 million in new capital across two venture capital funds, the USD475 million Mayfield XVI and the USD275 million Mayfield Select II, bringing the firm’s current assets under management to over USD2.5 billion.Mayfield XVI will continue the firm’s early-stage focus, primarily investing in

LSP closes European life sciences fund at USD600m

LSP, a life sciences investor in Europe, has held its final close of LSP 6 at the USD600 million hard cap. This is the largest fund ever raised in Europe focused on life sciences ventures. LSP currently has USD1.1 billion of capital to invest across LSP 6, the LSP Health Economics

Paris

FundRock launches operation for investors to access French PE

FundRock Management Company will launch a new operation that helps international institutional investors getting access to alternative asset classes, including private equity. Through a partnership with Jean Edouard Mazery, FundRock is set to drive expansion into the French private equity real estate sector. While already managing French funds under the

Imperial launches early-stage innovation fund to support staff- and student-founded startups

Imperial College London (Imperial) has launched its first Innovation Fund to invest in early-stage, high-growth, knowledge-intensive companies spun out of the world top ten university. It offers alumni and investors the opportunity to support the commercial development of Imperial’s discoveries into tomorrow’s solutions in medicine, engineering, biochemistry, genetics, materials, quantum computing,

Coutts and BGF to launch The UK Enterprise Fund

Coutts, the Private Banking arm of NatWest, together with BGF, are working on plans to launch The UK Enterprise Fund to bring additional funding and support to entrepreneurs across the UK. 
The partnership will build on Coutts and BGF’s existing platforms, drawing on the significant scale and financial firepower of

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings