Bregal Sagemount (Sagemount), a growth-focused private equity firm, has held the final closing of the Bregal Sagemount Fund IV (Fund IV) at its hard cap of $2.5 billion, 66% larger than its prior fund.

Fund IV will continue the investment strategy Sagemount has pursued since inception in 2012, providing flexible, solution-oriented capital to durable growth businesses with high recurring revenues, operating in end-markets with uncorrelated secular growth characteristics.

Sagemount launched the Fund IV raise earlier this year and was fully allocated over the summer. The fund had a 100% Limited Partner participation rate and a 130% re-up rate by dollar value. Similar to prior fundraises, Sagemount spent time identifying and working with a targeted group of new investors with which to build a long-term partnership.

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