S. Korea’s public fund majors mull $500 mn invest in H&F new blind fund
South Korea’s major public institutions and sovereign wealth fund are expected to join a blind fund of U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F) focused on corporate investments in new growth with a combined $500 million commitment. According to sources from investment banking industry on Sunday, National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest […]
CardinalStone Capital Advisers announce final close of maiden private equity fund, and first fund investments
The Fund was established to support the growth and institutionalization of SMEs operating in Nigeria and Ghana CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a Lagos based private equity fund manager, has announced the final close of its maiden private equity fund, the CardinalStone Capital Advisers Growth Fund LP (CCAGF or the Fund) at US$64 million. The Fund […]
Greenbriar Equity Group Closes Fund V at $1.68 Billion
Greenbriar Equity Group, L.P. today announced the final closing of Greenbriar Equity Fund V, L.P. (“Fund V”) with total capital commitments of $1.68 billion. Fund V represents the firm’s largest fund to date, receiving strong support from both existing investors as well as a broad base of globally diverse and highly regarded new investors across […]
Capital Dynamics Closes Global Secondaries V Fund Above Target
Fund was oversubscribed and received USD $786 million in capital commitments Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, today announced the final close of Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries V (“GSEC V” or “the Fund”) with approximately USD $786 million in commitments. Advised by a multinational team across North America, Europe and Asia, GSEC […]
Riverside Partners Closes $532 Million Continuation Fund, Led by Neuberger Berman
Riverside Partners, a Boston-based, middle market private equity firm, announced the closing of a new Continuation Fund, led by funds advised by Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The Continuation Fund and related vehicles are comprised of $532 million in capital commitments. The Continuation Fund was formed to provide fresh capital for add-on acquisitions for the […]
Orangewood Partners Raises More Than $300 Million in Equity
Continues Orangewood’s Successful Strategy of Investing in North American Businesses Across Non-Discretionary Healthcare, Consumer and Multi-Unit Sectors Orangewood Partners (Orangewood), a long-term focused private investment firm, today announced the successful close of Orangewood Fund II, L.P. (together with its parallel vehicles, the “Fund”) with more than $200 million in equity commitments as well as approximately […]
Fulcrum Equity Partners Closes Oversubscribed Growth Fund IV at $275M
Fulcrum Equity Partners, a growth equity firm investing in healthcare services, HCIT, B2B SaaS, and tech-enabled services, announced today it has closed its fourth and largest fund to date, Fulcrum Growth Fund IV (“Fund IV”), which was oversubscribed with $275 million in committed capital. Fulcrum’s existing investor base validated the firm’s thesis and approach with […]
DunPort launches EUR50m fund to support Covid-19 impacted SMEs
DunPort Capital Management (DunPort) has launched a EUR50 million fund to provide tailored and flexible capital solutions to Irish small and medium sized enterprises whose businesses have been directly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic The fund, backed by a EUR50 million commitment from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), will seek to support well-established, historically […]
KLAR Partners closes debut fund at EUR600m hard cap
KLAR Partners (KLAR) has held the final closing of its debut fund, KLAR Partners I (KLAR I), at its hard cap of EUR600 million The fund is one of the largest European first-time funds raised in the last 10 years and by far the largest raised during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Fund was significantly oversubscribed […]
PhoreMost closes GBP33m Series B financing
PhoreMost, a UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to ‘Drugging the Undruggable’, disease targets, has completed an oversubscribed GBP33 million (USD46 million) Series B investment round The round was led by BGF, the UK’s most active growth economy investor, and included new investors XtalPi Inc, Astellas Venture Management, Trend Investment Group and o2h ventures. Existing investors Parkwalk […]