Pollen Street Capital raises over GBP1bn in latest fundraise for private equity strategy
Alternative investment management company Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street) has closed PSC Fund IV, which will focuses on growth investments in European financial and business services. The close also includes over GBP185 million committed in PSC Accelerator, a dedicated fund which will invest alongside other Pollen Street funds in high growth, digitally enabled companies and […]
Mental health startup Cerebral gets SoftBank funding, valuation surges to $4.8 bln
Online mental health startup Cerebral has raised $300 million in a funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, it said on Wednesday, lifting its valuation fourfold to $4.8 billion in less six months after the last capital raise. The San Francisco-based company, which signed four-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast and mental health advocate Simone […]
YipitData raises up to $475 million in Series E funding from Carlyle
Leading alternative data firm surpasses unicorn status, ushers in a new era of market research YipitData today announced a Series E funding round, led by global investment firm Carlyle. YipitData has gained rapid momentum among institutional investors and corporations with its highly accurate, detailed research and analytics on the most disruptive and digitally enabled sectors […]
Rightcharge raises GBP700k to accelerate adoption of smart electric vehicle charging
All-in-one charge point and EV-friendly energy tariff comparison service Rightcharge, has raised GBP700k in a fully subscribed Seed funding round, to help accelerate the adoption of smart EV charging in the UK. Rightcharge unlocks the benefits of smart charging for EV drivers by helping them find the right charge point and energy tariff for their […]
Mapletree hits record year of private fundraising with $1.9b US logistics fund
Mapletree Investments has closed its third private fund for the year, Mapletree US Logistics Private Trust (Muslog), at a total fund equity of US$1.4 billion (S$1.9 billion). This brings its total private funds raised this year to US$2.5 billion – the highest ever raised in a year, said Mapletree on Wednesday (Dec 1). The trust also […]
Excellere Partners raises USD875m for fourth fund
Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams, has completed fundraising for its fourth fund at USD875 million. The fund was oversubscribed, exceeding its target of USD750 million and closed at the hard cap. Excellere targets recapitalisation partnerships with entrepreneurial companies with primary operations in North America. Read […]
Bessemer Venture Partners raises USD220m to back founders in India
Bessemer Venture Partners has closed a dedicated USD220 million fund in India to back the country’s next generation of innovators. The fund will focus primarily on early-stage investments, consistent with Bessemer’s time-honoured approach of starting with seed and Series A investments and sticking with companies throughout their growth lifecycle with later stage investments. Bessemer plans […]
Manulife Investment Management closes USD4.65bn infrastructure fund
Manulife Investment Management has held the final closing of Manulife Infrastructure Fund II (MIF II), a USD4.65 billion private fund pool with committed capital from 29 limited partners and Manulife’s general account. MIF II is the firm’s second infrastructure fund which will make equity investments in core and core-plus infrastructure assets. The Fund benefits […]
Italy’s Nextalia raises $635 mln in first close of new private equity fund
Italian asset management firm Nextalia has raised more than 500 million euros ($564.5 million) in the first close of its newly launched private equity fund focused on mid-market deals in the euro zone’s third-largest economy. Nextalia, led by former Mediobanca banker Francesco Canzonieri, said on Friday it had raised an overall 563 million euros ($635.51 […]
Morrison & Co secures USD3bn to anchor new open-ended global infrastructure fund
HRL Morrison & Co (Morrison & Co) has held the first close of a new open-ended global infrastructure fund, the Morrison & Co Infrastructure Partnership (MCO IP), securing more than USD3 billion in fund commitments and co-investment capital from anchor investors. MCO IP is designed to provide investors with access to major global themes driving […]
