Amazon’s India partner Samara Capital plans $500 mn fund
Samara Capital, an India-focused private equity firm and a local partner of Amazon.com Inc., is planning to raise as much as $500 million for a new fund targeting companies in Asia’s third-biggest economy. Samara is seeking to step up investments in a consumer market of a billion-plus people. Almost 120 companies, including online grocers to food delivery […]
Barings Real Estate hits EUR850m hard cap for second European value-add fund
Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, has closed the Barings Real Estate European Value-Add Fund II (BREEVA II), its second pan-European value-add real estate fund, at its hard-cap of EUR850 million after receiving EUR1 billion of client demand, significantly surpassing the target of EUR750 million. BREEVA II follows the success […]
Hines targets USD1.5bn for third value-add fund
Global real estate firm Hines is set to launch Hines European Value Fund 3 (HEVF 3), which is expected to be its largest closed-end fund to date in its growing flagship series of value-add funds in Europe. HEVF 3 intends to build on Hines’ principles of value-add investing applied across the fund series so far […]
Insight Partners raises $20bn for twelfth flagship fund
Insight Partners said on Thursday it has raised $20bn for its twelfth flagship fund as the New York-based private equity and venture capital firm looks to ramp up investments in technology and software companies. The sum is the firm’s largest fundraise to date and is more than twice the size of its previous flagship fund, […]
Infrastructure fund raises €575m for green projects
Pioneer Point Partners, the specialist sustainable infrastructure investment firm, has reached a final close of €575m on its maiden institutional fund, Pioneer Infrastructure Partners. The Fund is targeting a 15+% IRRover a ten-year term, including an annual cash yield of 4-6%, through a diversified portfolio of 8 to 10 investments. Since the first close in December 2020, The […]
BlueVoyant raises $250m in funding round led by Steven Mnuchin-backed PE firm
Cybersecurity services provider BlueVoyant said on Wednesday it had raised $250m in a late-stage funding round led by Liberty Strategic Capital, a private equity firm founded by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Other investors in the series D round for the New York-based BlueVoyant include Temasek subsidiary ISTARI, Eden Global Partners and 8VC. Last […]
Mumford & Sons member raises new funds for music venue business TVG
Ben Lovett backed by musicians and tech heavyweights in $50mn round led by Gibson Brands A host of musicians, tech billionaires and international financiers have backed the US expansion of a British music venue business set up by a founding member of folk rock band Mumford & Sons. The Venue Group (TVG) Hospitality has raised […]
Astorg hits €1.3bn hard cap for first dedicated mid-cap fund
The European private equity fund manager Astorg closed its first dedicated mid-cap fund at its hard cap of $1.48bn. Due to strong investor demand, the fund has exceeded its initial target of €1bn to hit its hard cap. According to a press release from the PE firm with €15 billion of assets under management, Astorg […]
GTIS Partners Raises $630 Million Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund
GTIS Partners (“GTIS”), a real assets investment firm that manages $4.3 billionin gross assets with a US focus on residential and industrial logistics investments, announced today that it has raised $630 million for its GTIS Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund I (the “Fund”). Investors in the Fund include over 1,600 individuals across over 100 registered investment […]
Forerunner Ventures latest fund pulls in USD1bn
Forerunner Ventures, a consumer-focused early-stage investment firm has raised USD1bn in capital commitments for its sixth fund, according to a report by AltAsstes. The total is double the USD5000 billion collected by the predecessor fund, which closed in 2020. The new Fund VI will continue Forerunner’s strategy of making early-stage investments in consumer-focused businesses and […]
