Foreunner Ventures, a consumer-focused early-stage investment firm has raised USD1bn in capital commitments for its sixth fund, according to a report by AltAsstes. The total is double the USD5000 billion collected by the predecessor fund, which closed in 2020. The new Fund VI will continue Forerunner’s strategy of making early-stage investments in consumer-focused businesses and the companies that support them.

AURELIUS has acquired Ceramic Tile Distributors (CTD) in a carve-out transaction from parent company, Saint-Gobain (ISIN: FR0000125007). The transaction will be completed by AURELIUS’ co-investment structure with AURELIUS European Opportunities Fund IV controlling a 70 per cent stake and AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co KGaA (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8) controlling 30 per cent.  The transaction is expected to close during Q1 2022.

The Ageras Group announced today that it closed a EUR30 million investment round raised from a group of European and American investors. Among seven new investors, Centripetal Capital and Saeid Esmaeilzadeh are participating and joining existing investors Investcorp Technology Partners, Lugard Road Capital and Roosgruppen, which all are participating in the round.  The capital will help Ageras accelerate the expansion of its small business-focused financial services software and accounting marketplace.

NEXUM Capital has launched the NEXUM TOR Funds I SCSp SICAV RAIF and has engaged ARCIDA Advisors as exclusive advisor for its investment and asset management activities in the German-speaking region (DACH region). NEXUM TOR Funds I provides national and international institutional investors with access to investments in the real estate distressed debt market and to special situations where stranded real estate with value-add potential exists. The focus is on non-performing loans (NPLs), sub-performing loans (SPLs), real estate owned assets (REOs) and value-add properties (together: Target Investments). The Fund is domiciled in Luxembourg and has a target volume of approximately

Stronghold, a payments and financial infrastructure company, has launched Stronghold Capital to invest USD100 million in pioneering companies and funds across three core areas: overlooked and underrepresented founders and fund managers; the payments and fintech ecosystem; and the Web3 and blockchain ecosystem. The creation of an investment arm follows the listing of Stronghold’s SHx token on KuCoin, a top-five global currency exchange.  Stronghold CEO and co-founder Tammy Camp will serve as fund manager for Stronghold Capital. She advanced growth in fintech and blockchain throughout her earlier roles as partner at 500 Startups, head of growth at Stellar Development Foundation, and

Venture capital investment manager, Deepbridge Capital, is opening a new GBP1 million tranche of the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS fund. The Deepbridge Innovation SEIS enables private investors to access a portfolio of early-stage companies within the UK’s vibrant tech sector, whilst benefiting from the generous potential tax reliefs available via the Government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme.   Providing seed investment to emerging UK-based tech companies, the fund seeks to provide capital to companies with exciting new technologies that seek to satisfy the needs of large and growing markets.  The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme is structured to provide eligible investors who are

Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on technologies for the global real estate industry, has closed the European Real Estate Technology Fund (European Fund) at EUR 140 million. Like prior Fifth Wall funds, the European Fund attracted the largest owners and developers of real estate, including Aldar Properties, Azora Capital, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Conren Tramway, DAMAC Group, Gestilar, Inmobiliaria Colonial, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Knight Frank, MERLIN Properties, MOMENI Group, NEINVER, affiliates of Northwood Investors, Pecunia, PGIM Real Estate, Pontos Group, Redevco, SEGRO, and Tramway Capital.  The European Fund aims to accelerate European proptech innovation adoption, replicating the success of

HV Capital has launched the first continuation fund in the German venture capital tech sector, with a size of over EUR430 million. HV COCO Growth will enable HV Capital to continue supporting portfolio companies from existing funds and take advantage of further growth opportunities facing them. All existing investments from the three very successful funds HV IV, HV V and HV Co- investment Fund from the years 2010 to 2015 will be taken over by the new fund. In addition to HarbourVest, which is the anchor investor, LGT Capital Partners, Pathway Capital, and a number of family offices and financial

Hildred Capital Management (Hildred), a New York based private equity firm, has closed its first institutional fund, Hildred Equity Partners II with total commitments of USD362.5 million, exceeding its target. Hildred will continue to focus on generating strong financial returns for its partners by tapping into secular growth opportunities in attractive healthcare sectors such as consumer products, medical provider services, pharmaceuticals services, information technology, life science tools and diagnostics, as well as related businesses, and will pursue both majority and influential minority investments. The Fund received strong support from a diverse group of both new and existing Hildred investors globally,