KKR Raises Billions for Real Estate Deals Across Europe
KKR & Co. has raised $2.2 billion for a new real estate fund that will seek investment opportunities throughout Europe as lockdown measures are eased across the continent. The private equity firm’s second dedicated property fund has already invested more than $700 million in residential housing and warehouses, two areas that have proved resilient to the […]
Toqio raises €8m seed funding from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and SIX FinTech Ventures
Toqio has raised a seed round of €8 million from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and SIX FinTech Ventures, to scale its global financial SaaS platform. The company makes it easier for any business to quickly launch financial solutions, removing the need to build and manage complex software solutions through its platform and marketplace. Martínez continues: “Businesses […]
EXCEL Esports raises €20m
EXCEL Esports (EXCEL), a leading British esports franchise competing in League of Legends, Fortnite and VALORANT, has secured €20 million (£17 million) in new equity capital. This financing round was led by investment firm JRJ Group which first acquired a majority shareholding in 2018 alongside TOMS Capital LLC, the family office of Noam Gottesman. Amongst […]
Nordic Capital raises over €1.2bn for first mid-market Evolution Fund in a record three months
Nordic Capital has held the first and final close of its first Evolution Fund at just over €1.2 billion (including GP commitment of 6.8 million per cent). Launched in April 2021 and raised in only three months, the Fund was substantially oversubscribed at its hard cap and significantly exceeded its target. With the Evolution Fund, […]
Virti raises $10m to optimize human performance for the global workforce
Digital training platform Virti has raised USD10 million in a Series A to further its goal of improving human performance using world-class interactive technology. The round was led by deeptech investors IQ Capital and joined by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a new, UK-based learning technology VC fund. Virti helps organisations optimise learning, training and performance […]
Philippines’ Voyager raises $167M from KKR, Tencent
Philippine digital and financial services firm Voyager Innovations has raised $167 million for its expansion programme, including a venture into digital banking, its listed and largest shareholder said on Monday. Shareholders PLDT Inc (TEL.PS), private equity firm KKR & Co Inc (KKR.N) and Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) participated in the funding round. Voyager, which serves 38 […]
Golding holds first close of first dedicated buyout co-investment fund at €161m
Golding Capital Partners has has held first close of its co-investment fund, Golding Buyout Co-Investment 2020, with capital commitments of €161 million. The asset manager for alternative investments has thus been able to place three quarters of the target volume of EUR200 million with investors – primarily pension funds and insurance companies – within just […]
Dansk Vækstkapital III ‘s DKK 1.5 Billion (US$240 Millions) Fundraising
Vækstfonden has established Dansk Vækstkapital III with commitments of DKK 1.5 billion. The fund will be managed by Vækstfonden and the purpose is to invest in a broad range of venture capital and private equity funds, and consequently, indirectly invest in Danish growth companies. In addition to Vækstfonden, a total of 29 investors, including the […]
Cybersecurity Illumio just scored $225M in new funding from Thoma Bravo and other investors
Illumio has notched a $2.75 billion valuation and plans to invest heavily in its programming for systems integrators (SIs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs). The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based zero trust segmentation vendor expects to source most of its business through the channel as soon as this year, and is currently enhancing its products to make them more […]
Vida Ventures closes $825m Vida III Fund
Vida Ventures (Vida), a next-generation life sciences venture firm, has closed Vida Ventures III (Vida III) on USD825 million. Vida, founded in 2017, now has over USD1.7 billion of assets under management. Vida III will build upon the success of Vida’s first two funds and continue its investment approach of identifying and investing in transformative […]
