TandemLaunch, a company creator and seed fund focused on creating, incubating and accelerating early-stage technology start-ups, has held the first close of its latest fund, TandemLaunch Ventures III (TLVIII) with initial proceeds of approximately USD23 million.  The final close is expected to occur before the start of the summer of

Hatteras Venture Partners has held the first closing of Hatteras Venture Partners VI, LP (HVP VI),says with USD94 million in deployable capital toward an ultimate target fund size of USD200 million.  “The pace and quality of our deal flow has grown tremendously during the past several years,” said Clay Thorp,

Bregal Partners has closed its second fund, Bregal Partners II, with USD650 million of capital commitments sourced from its current limited partners.  The USD650 million brings Bregal Partners to a total of USD1.25 billion in committed capital under management.   “Our team is proud and appreciative of the support we’ve

HQ Equita has successfully concluded fundraising for its fifth fund, HQ Equita V with capital commitments totalling EUR308 million. With the Fund now closed, at a level comparable to its main predecessor fund, HQ Equita remains true to its strategic investment focus.   Fund V will focus on investments in

Despite the prevailing economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit, Velocity Capital Advisors has closed its Velocity Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Technology Fund 5 and Velocity Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) Technology Fund 4, having raised three times the investment secured in the previous funding round. All funds in the portfolio have been

AfricInvest, a private equity firm in Africa with USD1.5 billion in assets under management, and Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital fund, created in affiliation with Cathay Capital Private Equity, have launched a pan-African venture fund, the Cathay Africinvest Innovation Fund. This partnership capitalises on the pan-African presence of AfricInvest

Burford Capital Limited (Burford), a global finance and investment management firm focused on law, has closed the Burford Alternative Income Fund LP (BAIF), a new private fund focused on post-settlement investments.  BAIF will invest in settled litigation matters, monetising a claimant’s settlement and other associated legal receivables. The solution serves

Private equity firm M/C Partners (M/C) has held the final closing of its most recent fund. M/C Partners VIII (Fund VIII) at its hard cap of USD350 million.  M/C’s specialised investment strategy remains focused on investing in targeted high growth infrastructure and services segments of the USD1 trillion Telecommunications and

Octopus has raised GBP83 million from investors, including BP Investment Management, for its Zenith III fund. The Fund, which is managed by Octopus Ventures, focuses on providing high growth European technology businesses with the capital and expertise they need to fuel their next phase of growth.   Octopus is one