Logistics platform Flexport secures USD935m in funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and MSD Partners
Flexport, a platform for global logistics, has closed a USD935 million Series E investment round led by Andreessen Horowitz and MSD Partners with a strategic investment from Shopify. Existing partners DST Global, Founders Fund, SoftBank Vision Fund 1, and other investors including Kevin Kwok also participated. The investment brings Flexport’s post-money valuation to over USD8 […]
NGP raises new USD400m venture fund from Nokia
NGP Capital, the global, growth stage investment firm has raised a new venture investment fund of USD400 million from Nokia. The new fund will invest in promising, growing companies, with a focus on Edge Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Industry and Digital Transformation in the US, Europe, and China. This is the fifth fund that NGP Capital […]
Coller Capital raises $1.4B credit secondaries fund as LPs seek liquidity
Coller Capital, a private equity secondary investor, is nearing the close of its inaugural fund dedicated to private debt secondary deals, joining a growing group of investors diving into the sector as increasing demand from LPs for liquidity drives an expansion in the market. Coller’s debut credit secondaries fund, dubbed Coller Credit Opportunities I (CCO […]
PineBridge Private Credit holds final close of second direct lending fund ay USD1.7bn
PineBridge Investments has held the final close of PineBridge Private Credit II (Fund II) at USD1.7 billion of capital including separately managed account clients and fund-level leverage. The fundraising brings PineBridge’s total Private Credit platform to USD3.3 billion. As with the entire PineBridge Private Credit team’s strategy, Fund II will focus on making directly originated […]
Aksìa Group closes oversubscribed fifth fund at over EUR275m
Italian private equity investor Aksìa Group has completed the final closing of its latest fund, Aksìa Capital V (Fund V), with over EUR275 million of commitments from a large group of new and existing investors in Italy, Continental Europe, the UK, and the US. The investor group includes funds of funds, pension funds, banks, asset […]
Vance Street Capital Closes Third Fund with $432.5 Million
Vance Street Capital (“Vance Street”), a middle market private equity firm, held the final closing on December 31, 2021 for its third buyout fund, Vance Street Capital III L.P. (“Fund III”), with $432.5 million in commitments, exceeding its target of $375 million. Through Fund III, Vance Street will continue to partner with founders, families, and management teams of highly engineered […]
Stonepeak closes fourth North American Infrastructure Fund with USD14bn in commitments
Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets, has held the final close of Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund IV (Fund IV) with USD14 billion of aggregate capital commitments. The fund received commitments from a diverse group of more than 150 global investors from 23 different countries with strong support from both existing and […]
Great Hill Partners completes fundraise for eighth growth buyout fund with USD4.65bn of commitments
Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, has completed fundraising for Great Hill Equity Partners VIII with total commitments of USD4.65 billion, inclusive of the General Partner commitment. The fundraise process was launched in September 2021, and the Fund was significantly oversubscribed, with demand exceeding the original USD3.5 billion […]
Oaktree closes Real Estate Debt Fund III at USD3bn
Oaktree Capital Management (Oaktree) has held the final close of its third global real estate debt fund, Real Estate Debt Fund III, and its related vehicles (REDF III), with total capital commitments of approximately USD3 billion. Oaktree’s Real Estate Debt strategy seeks to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns and current income by investing across a broad […]
Polaris Closes Fifth Fund at €650 Million Hard Cap
2 February 2022 – Polaris Private Equity (“Polaris” or the “Firm”), a leading Nordic buyout investor, is pleased to announce the closing of Polaris Private Equity V K/S (“Fund V” or the “Fund”) on 31 January 2022. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of €650 million, exceeding its target of €550 million. […]
