Specialist alternative asset manager, Gresham House plc (Gresham House), has held the interim close of its British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) taking total commitments to GBP200 million. The final close is expected in the first quarter of 2020.   Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Greater London Authority have made new

Aruwa Capital Management (Aruwa), a female founded and led private equity firm focused on Nigeria and Ghana, has launched a USD20 million co-investment vehicle. Aruwa‘s mission is to provide patient growth capital to established and rapidly growing companies in the small to lower middle market and it expects to execute

DWS has held the first close of its new closed-ended European Direct Lending fund with commitments of more than EUR350 million from investors across Europe and Asia. The fund is expected to be a third invested at first close and is targeting a final close of EUR500-700 million by the

Mogrify, a UK company aiming to transform the development of life-saving cell therapies, has held the initial close of its Series A funding round at USD16 million bringing the total investment to over USD20 million USD to date. The funding will support internal cell therapy programs, and the development and

Hiro Capital has launched a EUR100 million venture capital fund, to back the future UK and EU specialists in the global games, e-sports and digital sports sectors. The partners will use the fund to accelerate the growth of about 20 UK and European Games and Sports innovators.   Hiro Capital

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed fundraising for One Equity Partners VII, LP (Fund VII) with USD1.75 billion in total capital commitments, bringing the firm’s total AUM to USD6.5 billion. Fund VII attracted commitments from a range of premier global institutional LPs, including pensions

Voyager Capital, a West Coast venture capital firm focused on first-round venture technology investments, thas raised USD100 million to fuel innovation in the underserved Cascadia market, which includes Washington, Oregon, and Western Canada. The fund, Voyager’s fifth, will power first-round investments in B2B startups across cloud infrastructure, software as a

Sverica Capital Management (Sverica), a growth-oriented lower middle market private equity firm, has held the first and final close of its fifth private equity fund, Sverica Capital Partners V (Fund V). After three months in the market, Fund V exceeded its target, was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap

Schroders has launched a specialist private equity fund, which provides greater investment flexibility for a potentially larger pool of prospective clients. The Schroder GAIA II Specialist Private Equity Fund addresses a number of factors that have traditionally made accessing the asset class challenging – it offers monthly subscriptions and quarterly