SuperSeed, a venture capital firm investing in the future of business automation, has held the first closing of its new fund at GBP31 million, targeting a final close of GBP50 million.

NGP Capital, the global, growth stage investment firm has raised a new venture investment fund of USD400 million from Nokia.

Artisanal Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on high growth B2B cloud startups, has held the closing of its oversubscribed inaugural fund, Artisanal Ventures I, LP, at USD62 million.

Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets, has held the final close of Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund IV (Fund IV) with USD14 billion of aggregate capital commitments.

Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, has completed fundraising for Great Hill Equity Partners VIII with total commitments of USD4.65 billion, inclusive of the General Partner commitment.

Coller Capital has completed fundraising for its first credit secondary fund, Coller Credit Opportunities I (CCO I). CCO I and its co-investment vehicles will have investor commitments of cUSD1.4 billion.

Softeq Development Corporation (Softeq), a Houston-based global full-stack development company serving Fortune 500 companies, has launched a USD40 million venture fund to support the growth of early-stage technology startups.

Polaris Private Equity (Polaris), a Nordic buyout investor, has closed Polaris Private Equity V K/S (Fund V) at its hard cap of EUR650 million, exceeding its target of EUR550 million.