SEAF has been appointed, through wholly-owned affiliates, as the general partner and investment manager of the Southeast Europe Equity Fund II and affiliated vehicle (SEEF II). SEEF II is a USD320 million, 2006 vintage private equity fund that made control and significant-minority equity investments in companies operating in Southeast
ACON Investments has held the final closing of ACON Equity Partners IV (AEP IV) with commitments of approximately USD1.07 billion, the fund’s hard cap. The fund represents ACON’s fourth US investment fund targeting mid-market control investments primarily in US businesses. AEP IV was significantly oversubscribed in relation to
Private equity trade association Invest Europe has published its 2016 European Private Equity Activity report revealing that fundraising for investment into companies across Europe hit its highest level since 2008 last year at EUR74.5 billion, a 37 per cent year-on-year increase. The report reveals private equity investments totalled EUR53.7 billion
Highland Capital Management Korea, an affiliate of Dallas-based alternative investment management firm Highland Capital Management, has closed a healthcare-focused private equity fund, with approximately USD147 million of total capital commitments. South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) served as the anchor investor. Highland’s private equity fund is its first
The Wood Street Microcap Investment Fund has been renamed as the CF Livingbridge UK Micro Cap Fund. The changes will align the fund name with that of the investment manager. Livingbridge is a UK mid-market private equity houses, with a bottom-up investment approach. The fund continues to invest
Star Tech NG, the UK’s first portfolio company focussed on pre-IPO US tech giants, will shortly commence a second round of funding to raise in excess of USD50 million through a listed Guernsey fund. Accredited investors are still able to participate in its first funding round up to a total
Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the alternative investment specialist of the Pictet Group, has held the final close at USD815 million of Monte Rosa IV, the fourth fund in a series of diversified, multi-manager private equity funds. Maurizio Arrigo, head of private equity at PAA, says: “This is 2.5x bigger than
EMK Capital has held the final close on its first fund, EMK Capital Partners, at the fund’s GBP575 million hard cap. The fund was raised from first meeting to final close in just eight months. EMK is an independent firm, established to continue the investment strategy of the managing
The total value of private equity business in the international finance centre of Guernsey has surpassed GBP100 billion for the first time. Figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission show that the net asset value of private equity funds under management and administration in the island grew by GBP25 billion
Oakley Capital Investments’ Oakley Capital Private Equity III (Fund III) has completed a deal to acquire the assets and operations of Plesk, at an enterprise value of USD105 million, as a carve out from the Parallels Group. Fund III has invested USD27.4 million for a 51 per cent controlling stake
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