COI Partners, a DACH-focused growth investor and pioneer in deal-by-deal investments, has held the first closing of COIP DACH Growth II SCSp, a Luxembourg-based fund focusing on growth companies.  With a target size of EUR120 million, the fund will match each future deal-by-deal investment by COI Partners. This will bring COI Partners’ assets under management to over EUR300 million and strengthen the firm’s mission of partnering with outstanding companies and entrepreneurs.   Primarily focused on DACH, the fund will target growth companies that have a proven business model, positive unit economics, and are ready to scale. COI Partners generally invests

Global Investment firm KKR & Co Inc (KKR.N) has secured capital commitments of around $2.1 billion for its first asset-based fund, according to a report by Reuters. The new fund has attracted new and existing investors, including public and corporate pensions, sovereign wealth funds and commercial banks, on the look out for collateral-based cash flows with attractive yields to beat market volatility. KKR has also invested around $150 million in the new fund which will aim to provide capital to global private credit instruments backed by financial and hard assets.

Carey Olsen and Highvern have supported Capital Pilot on the launch of Boost Fund I, the UK’s first automated high-volume investment fund for high-growth UK startups. Established as a Jersey Private Fund, Boost Fund I invests in UK startups, assessing each potential portfolio company using Capital Pilot’s unique and data-driven “Investability Rating System”. Boost Fund I is sector agnostic and plans to complete 100 equity investments in less than six months. Carey Olsen acted as lead counsel to Capital Pilot on the fund launch, led by partner Chris Griffin, with assistance from associate Thomas Bulfin. The firm advised Capital Pilot

Booz Allen Hamilton has formed Booz Allen Ventures, a $100 million corporate venture capital arm that furthers the firm’s commitment to invest in strategic dual-use, commercial technologies that will provide federal clients disruptive technology for critical missions. Aligned with client demand and the firm’s VoLT (Velocity, Leadership, Technology) growth strategy, Booz Allen Ventures will invest in early-stage companies and technologies within four core areas of demand: defence, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity, and deep technology. Booz Allen Ventures will enable Booz Allen to further expand its existing Tech Scouting capability to source and recommend technology investments with a focus on differentiated

Resolute Capital Partners (RCP), a private investment firm focused on providing structured capital solutions to lower middle market businesses, has closed Resolute Capital Partners Fund V (RCP V) at $405 million in aggregate capital commitments. The funding includes assumed leverage accessible through RCP’s licensure by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC).   In deploying RCP V, the RCP team will continue to execute the same strategy that has generated strong returns for its investors for more than two decades. RCP seeks to make capital commitments of $5-$40 million per transaction in profitable

StepStone Conversus (Conversus), an investment platform designed to expand access to the private markets for individual investors, has launched StepStone Conversus (Luxembourg) SCA SICAV-RAIF, a Luxembourg umbrella fund, and its inaugural sub-fund, Conversus StepStone Private Markets (CPRIM Lux). CPRIM Lux offers European investors global exposure to the major private market asset classes – Private Equity, Real Assets and Private Debt – in a single investment. StepStone Group Inc is a global private markets investment firm that oversees $570 billion of private markets allocations, including $134 billion of assets under management. The firm’s more than 800 professionals work from 23 cities

Siparex has held the final closing of the Siparex ETI 5 fund, which is dedicated to mid-market companies, at €450 million, 60% higher than its previous fund. At the same time, the fund has completes its fourth investment in the family-owned mid-market company Aldes, a European specialist in indoor air quality and thermal comfort.   The final fundraising included: Winncare, a key player in medical equipment for prevention and long-term care; Destia, a French specialist in home care for the elderly or people with disabilities; and Orion, a group specialised in wealth management/asset management.

Siparex has held the final closing of the Siparex ETI 5 fund, which is dedicated to mid-market companies, at €450 million, 60% higher than its previous fund. At the same time, the fund has completes its fourth investment in the family-owned mid-market company Aldes, a European specialist in indoor air quality and thermal comfort.   The final fundraising included: Winncare, a key player in medical equipment for prevention and long-term care; Destia, a French specialist in home care for the elderly or people with disabilities; and Orion, a group specialised in wealth management/asset management.

Conscious Venture Partners has raised $15.8 million for Conscious Venture Fund II which has a target size of $50 million. Sagamore Ventures – the investment arm of Under Armour founder Kevin Plank – has made a $2.5 million commitment to the Baltimore-based fund. Conscious Venture Partners seeks out minority and women founders to invest in entrepreneurs that others are ignoring for all the wrong reasons. They support companies that are using technology to break down barriers to access and create a more equitable society, including in the healthcare, food, technology, media, mobility, and education industries. Conscious Venture Partners believes businesses that practice

Partners Capital has held the final closing of its inaugural private equity environmental impact fund, Partners Capital 15 degrees Fund, LP, with $143 million in client commitments. The fund has strong support from a variety of limited partners globally, including foundations, endowments, and family offices. The fund will invest in private equity opportunities focusing on proven technological innovations and long-established businesses which are most critical to the global energy transition to net zero carbon emissions. The private equity investment partnership will invest via specialist fund managers as well as direct co-investments in a diversified set of environmental sustainability sectors and