Lower middle-market private equity firm MPE Partners has closed its oversubscribed second fund, MPE Partners II, at the hard cap of USD250 million. The firm launched fundraising in April 2016 and did not use a placement agent. "More than 30 investors committed to Fund II, including global asset management
Juniper Capital Advisors has held final close of its first institutionally-backed private equity fund, Juniper Capital II, at its hard cap of USD500 million. The fund targets equity investments of USD25 million to USD75 million in oil and gas companies located primarily in the continental US. Edward Geiser (pictured),
CACEIS offers private equity fund managers bridge financing solutions that allow them to delay the process of collecting capital commitments from investors, thereby enhancing the internal rate of return of the fund. In such an arrangement, CACEIS provides Equity Bridge Financing to the manager – essentially a guaranteed line of credit
Gemspring Capital, a Connecticut-based private equity firm specialising in lower middle market companies, has held the final closing of its debut fund, Gemspring Capital Fund I, with USD350 million of capital commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap in less than three months after the official
By James Williams (pictured) – The private equity secondary market has experienced significant growth in deal volumes and investor interest in recent years. According to Cogent Partners, secondaries volume was USD22.5 billion in 2010. This rose to USD27.5 billion in 2013, and reached USD42 billion in 2014. Last year, deal flow was estimated to have
Francisco Partners Management, a technology-focused private equity investment firm, has closed the Agility Fund, a USD600 million fund targeting smaller tech deals. “Our natural process of meeting companies has consistently produced very interesting opportunities that may be too small for our main funds. With the addition of Agility, we now
Preqin’s latest update on private equity reports that 2015 witnessed record levels of capital distributions (USD443 billion), surpassing that of the previous record high in 2014, when fund managers return USD424 billion to investors. 2015 also marks the fifth consecutive year in which capital distributions outstripped capital calls, Preqin writes.
Centaur Fund Services has launched an enhanced fund services offering, which focuses on providing services to funds specialising in private equity, real estate, venture capital and fund of private equity strategies. The announcement comes in response to a dramatic rise in the number of private equity firms outsourcing the
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has held the final close of its latest energy-focused private equity fund, Kayne Anderson Energy Fund VII, at its hard cap of approximately USD2 billion in limited partner commitments. The fund will continue Kayne Anderson’s strategy of partnering with management teams focused on the upstream oil
Private equity firm Doughty Hanson’s Doughty Hanson & Co III and Doughty Hanson & Co V have agreed to sell their stakes in LM Wind Power, a manufacturer of wind blades, to GE for an enterprise value of EUR1.5 billion. The acquisition is valued at 8.3 times 2016 forecast EBITDA.
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