Ada Ventures has raised a new USD34 million (GBP27 million) fund which will invests in ‘overlooked’ company founders. At present, 92 in every 100 dollars invested in Europe goes to all male teams, 83 per cent founders are white, 82 per cent are university educated. In the UK, a quarter

Parthenon Capital, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm with offices in Boston, San Francisco and Austin, has held the first and final close of Parthenon Investors VI with more than USD2.0 billion in commitments. Parthenon Fund VI exceeded its initial fund target of USD1.5 billion. “We appreciate the rapid and

Peregrine Ventures, an Israeli med-tech venture capital fund, just closed its fourth fund, Peregrine 4, raising USD115 million. Their partners include some of the leading institutional and private equity investors from Israel, the United States, Europe and Australia.  Peregrine 4 will continue to invest in early stage and late stage

Israeli med-tech venture capital fund Peregrine Ventures has just closed its fourth fund, Peregrine 4, raising USD115 million. Their partners include some of the leading institutional and private equity investors from Israel, the United States, Europe and Australia.  Peregrine 4 will continue to invest in early stage and late stage

Muzinich & Co has held the first close of the Muzinich European Senior Secured Private Debt Fund at EUR104 million. The Fund focuses on providing growth financing solutions for European middle-market companies and explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and monitoring into the investment process. With a target

Global Parametrics (GP), a provider of parametric protection against climate risks in developing markets, and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), in partnership with the German Development Bank (KfW) and Hannover Re, have launched the Natural Disaster Fund (NDF) Deutschland. The NDF Deutschland, actively managed by

Kaiser Permanente Ventures (KPV) thas closed its fifth investment fund at USD141 million, bringing the total assets under management to more than USD500 million. This latest fund includes financial commitments from Kaiser Permanente and a diverse group of new and returning external strategic investors including Tufts Health Plan, Henry Ford

BlackRock Real Assets has achieved a USD1 billion first close for its Global Renewable Power III fund (GRP III,) with commitments from over 35 institutional investors in North America, Europe and Asia. The record first close reflects strong investor demand for renewable power assets that can generate attractive risk adjusted

Amundi Private Equity Funds (Amundi PEF) has launched the second-generation of its investment program targeting European SMEs benefiting from disruptive global trends. This follows the success of the first-generation launched at the end of 2016 and closed in early 2019 after raising a total of EUR320 million, above the original