Oakley Capital, a pan-European private equity investor, has held the final close of the Origin Fund II at its hard cap of €750m after just four months. Origin II received strong demand from institutional investors, including 18 new LPs in Europe, US and Asia.

Paine Schwartz Partners, a private equity firm focused on companies operating in the global food and agribusiness sectors, has closed its fourth fund with $1.7bn of total capital commitments.

Global private equity advisory firm Apax Partners has raised circa $750m for the first generation of dedicated Apax Credit Funds, which like the firm’s private equity firms will focus on four core sectors – technology, services, healthcare and internet/consumer.

Blue Owl Capital has responded to the challenges of the current fundraising environment by offering a special deal to investors who make an early commitment to its sixth fund aimed at investing in private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.

ECI Partners, a UK-based growth-focused, mid-market private equity firm, has held the final closing of its twelfth buyout fund, ECI 12 at its hard cap of £1bn, in excess of the fund’s original target of £900m.