AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is to create AXA IM PRIvate Markets Enabler (AXA IM Prime), a business unit which would host the Private Markets Fund of Fund business that the groups investment teams have built since 2013 together with AXA IM Alts. AXA IM Prime would gather indirect alternative

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets investment specialist, has marked its 40th anniversary. Founded in 1982 by Brooks Zug and Ed Kane, HarbourVest has committed more than $49 billion to newly-formed funds across its private markets platform, completed over $40 billion in secondary purchases, and invested over $27 billion directly

Slate Capital Group, a private equity investment firm that partners with lower-middle market companies, has expanded in the US Midwest with new local presences in Nashville and Cincinnati. Parker Davis will manage the Baltimore office, where Slate was established in 2004. Erik Ginsberg and Rick Corcoran will manage the Nashville

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has announced it has reached an important milestone as it celebrates £60 million of investment in North West businesses from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).  It also reaffirms Maven’s position as one of the UK’s most

First American Financial Corporation has launched the official brand and website for the company’s venture capital arm – Parker89. Since 2019, First American’s venture capital arm has invested over $350 million in more than 20 high-growth proptech companies, many of which have become strategic partners and customers. Parker89’s investment strategy

Ten fund managers active in Africa’s tech space have been selected from across the continent for the LAUNCH Capital Provider Fellowship Program, facilitated by the Collaborative for Frontier Finance (CFF), with the main objective of further advancing the capacity of these local capital providers (LCPs) to raise institutional capital. LCPs

Greenstone Equity Partners, a capital raising firm in the Middle East, has launched an Investor Advisory Board of prominent GCC business leaders to provide strategic guidance and support. The Investor Advisory Board has been established with the goal to enable and accelerate positive impact across the GCC and deliver unparalleled

Global investment firm KKR has launched Aster Renewable Energy (Aster), a newly created renewables platform, to develop, build, and operate solar, wind and energy storage projects in Taiwan and Vietnam, with a view to expand to other markets in Asia. Headquartered in Singapore, Aster looks to invest behind high-quality renewable

Venture capital investment manager, Deepbridge Capital has deployed a record £31.5 million into early-stage technology and life sciences companies during the 2021/22 tax year, up from £29.4 million in 2020/21. Providing private investors with access to portfolios of innovative and growth focused companies, Deepbridge manages the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS

Tikehau Capital reached €35.5 billion in Group AUM as of 31 March 2022, up 21% year-over-year. The Group exceeded its target of reaching, by the end of 2022, more than €35 billion in Group AuM. Private Debt funds were the main contributor to Q1 deployment, accounting for 63% of the