In Q3 2014, 185 private equity funds held a final close and secured an aggregate USD73bn, a figure which is expected to increase by 10 to 20 per cent as more information becomes available. This is the lowest quarterly amount of capital raised in three years, when USD66bn was secured
Perella Weinberg Partners has held the final closing of its USD600 million PWP Growth Equity fund. The fund exceeded the original USD400 million target and met the revised cap of USD600 million. PWP Growth Equity is a private equity investment strategy focused on primarily US-based growth-oriented companies in the
Octopus Investments is expanding its healthcare business through the acquisition of MedicX Holdings Ltd, a UK healthcare real estate investment manager. The acquisition has been completed via Octopus’ parent company, Octopus Capital Ltd. Octopus Capital Ltd and the MedicX management team, led by Mike Adams, have agreed to acquire
Europe-targeted M&A through to the end of the third quarter has already surpassed 2013 values by 11.4 per cent, with deals totalling USD714.7 billion, according to Mergermarket. A rise in valuable European targets coming to market so far this year has been one driver for corporates seeking assets – over
Albion Ventures has raised over GBP21m across its six venture capital trusts through its offers for subscription in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 tax years. The offers closed at midday on 30 September 2014. Due to the high levels of investor demand that followed the launch of its top-up offers
General Catalyst Partners (GC) has launched the GC Stripe Platform Fund, a programme in which GC plans to invest USD10 million in venture capital for businesses and applications built on the Stripe Connect platform. Stripe Connect enables businesses to connect their Stripe account (and their Stripe data) with other services:
Galena Asset Management has held the final close of its first Private Equity Resources Fund with USD400 million of total committed and invested assets. The fund invests in both the equity and debt of small-to medium-sized metals and mining companies, particularly those that are in a development or expansion phase.
Private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners has completed the sale of portfolio company Sequoia Golf Holdings to ClubCorp for approximately USD265 million. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Sequoia owns or operates 50 private clubs, semi-private and resort golf facilities located across the US. Its portfolio includes the world-class 63-hole Woodlands
Ashurst has advised Inflexion Private Equity on the simultaneous first and final closings of two new private equity funds. Inflexion Buyout Fund IV and Inflexion Partnership Capital Fund I were raised in a parallel process over just five months, securing commitments of GBP650m and GBP400m respectively. Both funds were over-subscribed
Montagu Private Equity is to sell its entire holding in Euromedic International to Waypoint. Waypoint is already the majority investor in Euromedic through Ares Life Sciences and will now assume full ownership. Headquartered in Budapest, Euromedic is a provider of Advanced Diagnostics Imaging (ADI) and cancer care (CC) services
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