Blackstone holds USD5.6bn final close of second GP stakes fund
Blackstone has held the final close of Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings II (BSCH II), the second Blackstone fund in GP Stakes, with USD5.6 billion of investor capital. Blackstone GP Stakes specialises in value-added, long-term, minority investments in the management companies of leading private equity firms. This year the team has made investments in Great Hill […]
Balderton Raises $600 Million Early Stage Fund
Balderton Capital has raised a new $600 million venture capital fund to invest in early stage companies amid a surge in the valuation of British and European startups. The launch of the new Europe-focused fund follows a record year for investment in startups in the region with over $80 billion already invested this year, according […]
Berlin Brands Group Raises $100 Million Amid Fundraising Rush For Amazon Aggregators
Berlin Brands Group (BBG) has raised $100 million from private equity group Ardian to fund its international expansion, according to a source close to the company. The deal comes after Ardian sold its 40% stake in the Berlin-based Amazon brand buyer to Bain Capital in a $700 million debt and equity deal in September. BBG, […]
Investcorp looks to raise $500m for Saudi Arabia’s pre-IPO stage companies
Bahrain-based alternative asset manager has already made seven investments in the kingdom and listed four of its portfolio companies Investcorp, the alternative asset manager that counts Mubadala Investment Company as its biggest shareholder, is launching a $500 million fund to invest in Saudi Arabia high-growth companies. It plans a rapid expansion across its GCC and […]
Bain Capital bets on ed-tech company HiMama through its impact fund
The latest funding is part of Bain’s Double Impact Fund, which invests in health and wellness, education and workforce development and sustainability. Bain Capital is leading a $70 million funding round into HiMama, a software provider for childcare centers as part of its push to make money while doing good through its impact platform. Bain […]
Gradiant raises over USD100m in new funding for clean tech water growth
Gradiant, a global end-to-end cleantech water treatment solutions provider and projects developer, has raised over USD100 million in Series C funding. The round was led by financial and strategic partners Warburg Pincus and Schlumberger New Energy and was oversubscribed from its initial target of USD65 million. The round brings Gradiant’s total funding to date to […]
Kempen European Private Equity Fund II raises over €173m at first closing
Kempen Capital Management’s (Kempen) new private equity fund, the Kempen European Private Equity Fund II, has raised over €173 million at its first closing. The fund is focused on small and lower mid-market private equity buy-outs in Europe. Sven Smeets, Managing Director of the Private Markets team, says: “We are pleased that our clients have […]
Nautic Partners raises $3.0bn for Nautic Partners X
Nautic Partners (Nautic), a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in the Healthcare, Industrials and Services sectors, has successfully completed the final closing of Nautic Partners X (Nautic X). Representing the tenth private equity fund in the Firm’s history, Nautic X closed on its hard cap of $3.0 billion of limited partner commitments with […]
European life sciences investor Sofinnova Partners raises $548m
European venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has raised €472m, equivalent to $548m, to invest in life sciences startups, the latest in a series of healthcare funds the firm has closed recently. Sofinnova, based in Paris, London and Milan, raised this latest fund, Sofinnova Capital X, to invest in early-stage biotechnology and medical-device companies. In July, […]
Pantheon raises $624m for dedicated GP solutions program
Pantheon has held the final close of Pantheon Secondary Opportunities Fund (PSOF), a new program that will exclusively invest in the rapidly evolving market for GP-initiated private equity secondary solutions, with total investor commitments of $624 million, exceeding the initial target. Pantheon has played a market role in structuring and investing GP capital solutions, deploying […]
