Allocations
Nordics and Germany-based growth equity fund Nordic Alpha Partners has closed Fund II with €266m in commitments from Dutch bank ABN Amro, asset manager Unigestion, Danish holding company Novo Holdings and members of the Danish shipping family Maersk.
Fasanara Capital is marketing a new ‘best ideas’ fund that will draw on the firm’s private credit strategies, and is hoping to raise up to $500m in capital commitments for the vehicle, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Seaya has closed Seaya Andromeda, the first Article 9 climate-tech fund based in Southern Europe, with €300m in total capital commitments from LPs including Iberdrola, Nortia and Santander.
New York-headquartered alternative investment firm New Mountain Capital has held the final close of its seventh control-oriented fund, New Mountain Partners VII, with $15.4bn in capital commitments.
Private investment house Ardian has raised $3.2bn for the sixth generation of its global co-investment platform, Ardian Co-Investment Fund VI, including fund commitments and mandates from Ardian Customized Solutions.
Chicago Public School Teachers’ Pension & Retirement Fund has allocated $30m to private equity funds following its 20 June board meeting, according to a report by Pensions & Investments.Â
Private investment major KKR & Co is gearing up to secure approximately $20bn from investors for its latest flagship North America private equity fund, North America Fund XIV, according to a report by Reuters.Â
Private equity giant Blackstone plans to double its European Private Credit Fund within the next year after raising €1bn from the region’s affluent investors, aiming to mirror the success of its $54bn US flagship fund, according to a report by the Financial Times.Â
Cresset Partners, the private investment arm of Cresset Capital, a $50bn wealth management and multi-family office platform, has seen its flagship private credit fund, Cresset Partners Private Credit Fund, surpass $500m in AUM, since its launch last April.Â
US venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz will enter private equity with the launch of its inaugural fund, a16z Perennial Private Equity Fund, according to a report by Fortune citing US SEC filings.Â
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