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Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI), the corporate private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Principal Investments II, its second European lower mid-market private equity fund.
The fund size of FAPI II has been increased from the original target of EUR700 million to EUR775 million due to significant over-subscription by investors.
A significant majority of limited partner commitments originated from existing investors in Five Arrows Principal Investments I (FAPI I) and other Rothschild Merchant Banking funds. In addition, the Fund attracted strong interest from new investors comprising prominent blue-chip institutions and major
Octopus Investments has launched the GBP90 million Octopus Zenith Opportunities II aimed at providing growth capital to successful fast-growing later-stage companies across Europe.
The fund, which is now closed for investment, is dedicated to follow on investments into some of the most successful companies within the Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust (VCT) and Octopus Eureka Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) portfolios beyond the legislative limits of these funds, as well as having the opportunity to back later stage high growth businesses new to Octopus.
Octopus has a proven track record of helping build exceptional global businesses, including Zoopla Property Group, Secret
Lighthouse Funds has closed its most recent mid market private equity fund, India 2020 Fund II, in June 2015 with aggregate commitments of USD138 million, well over its targeted size of USD125 million.
The success of Lighthouse’s predecessor fund, Fund I attracted major Fund I investors to reinvest as well as a host of new, long-term investors including the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), amongst others. Fund II will follow the successful strategy of Fund I, investing primarily in mid-market growth companies focused on domestic Indian consumption.
Brian Larcombe, Board Member of Fund
HIG Capital has promoted Andrew Scotland (pictured) to Managing Director of Bayside Capital, the distressed debt and special situations affiliate of HIG
Scotland joined HIG Capital in 2013 as a Principal. He is based in HIG’s London office and has over 17 years of investment banking and distressed investment experience across a variety of industries. Prior to joining HIG Capital, Scotland was a Managing Director in Royal Bank of Scotland’s Special Situations Group for more than six years, where he was the senior analyst focused on European distressed investments. Before RBS, Andrew was a Director in the Equity Research department
Venture capital investor Octopus Ventures, part of the Octopus Group, has launched the USD140m Octopus Zenith Opportunities II, which will provide growth capital to successful fast-growing later-stage companies across Europe.
The fund is dedicated to follow on investments into existing companies within the Octopus portfolio, as well as having the opportunity to back later stage high growth businesses new to Octopus.
London-based Octopus Ventures has a proven track record of helping build exceptional global businesses, including Zoopla Property Group, Secret Escapes, SwiftKey and graze.com. The Octopus Opportunities fund will see Octopus invest between GBP250,000 and GBP25 million into Europe’s most talented entrepreneurs, enabling the team to
Fidelity Biosciences is joining with Devonshire Investors’ technology venture capital fund to become F-Prime Capital.
F-Prime Capital will create a new, unified name for the venture capital funds of FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments, and continue its 40-year history as an active global investor in life sciences, healthcare and technology.
“Throughout the firm’s history, our scale and scope have grown with the addition of new venture funds, domain expertise and global reach,” says Stephen Knight, managing partner for the firm. “While our venture teams retain a strong cultural bond with Fidelity Investments, we are introducing a
Fidelity Biosciences is joining with Devonshire Investors’ technology venture capital fund to become F-Prime Capital.
F-Prime Capital will create a new, unified name for the venture capital funds of FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments, and continue its 40-year history as an active global investor in life sciences, healthcare and technology.
“Throughout the firm’s history, our scale and scope have grown with the addition of new venture funds, domain expertise and global reach,” says Stephen Knight, managing partner for the firm. “While our venture teams retain a strong cultural bond with Fidelity Investments, we are introducing a
Aquantia, today announced it has secured USD37 million in an oversubscribed Series H round of growth capital. New investors participating in this round include Credit Suisse's Direct Equity Partners, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and Walden Riverwood along with existing investor Cisco Investments.
Aquantia has raised a total of USD199 million and currently employs over 160 people. Since its first round of funding in 2005, Aquantia has become a market leader in high-speed Ethernet copper connectivity solutions in data centre and enterprise.
The additional funding marks a major milestone in the company's history, having attracted strategic investment over the years from among the
Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for large-cabin, long-range private jets, has agreed to purchase the aircraft lease and loan portfolio of GE Capital Corporate Aircraft in the Americas representing approximately USD2.5 billion of net assets.
Shawn Vick, Executive Director of Global Jet Capital, says: “We are investing heavily in growing the business both organically and through strategic acquisitions such as this one with GE. This is a prime example of our industry expertise and investment capital coming together to evaluate and identify an opportunity to expand the business in a disciplined, carefully measured way.”
He adds:
Over the last 12 months there has been enormous media coverage of cybersecurity, and seemingly endless headlines. Anyone could be forgiven for thinking the end of the world was nigh.
It was therefore a refreshing change for hedge fund managers to attend a recent lunch event hosted by Intralinks that attempted to cut through the white noise and outline a sensible approach to establishing a robust cybersecurity program.
Hedge funds are looking for a way to navigate through the issues sensibly, and proportionately, based on their size. And one of the first points raised in the cybersecurity panel, which took
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