KKR leads $68m Series B finding round in Advanced Navigation
KKR has led a $68 million (AUD108 million) Series B funding round in Advanced Navigation, a developer of AI robotics and navigation technology. The funding round includes participation from new investors such as deep learning venture firm AI Capital and existing investors, including Main Sequence, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull AC, In-Q-Tel, and Our Innovation Fund, […]
Qualitas Energy holds first close of fifth flagship fund at more than €1.1B
Qualitas Energy, a global investment and management platform focused on renewable energy, energy transition and sustainability investments, has held the first close of its flagship fund QE V, which has a target size of €1.6 billion, at more than €1.1 billion. This equals the entire fund size of QE IV and makes QE V one […]
KKR leads $48m Series C Round in Indonesian digital trust provider Privy
KKR has led a $48 million Series C funding round in Privy, a digital trust provider in Indonesia. Existing investors MDI Ventures, GGV Capital and Telkomsel Mitra Inovasi (TMI), and new investors including Singtel Innov8, also participated in the round. The investment will help Privy strengthen its position as a digital signature and digital identity […]
Brighton Park Capital closes Fund II at $1.8B
Brighton Park Capital Management (Brighton Park), an investment firm that specialises in collaborating with software, healthcare, and tech-enabled services businesses, has completed a $1.8 billion fundraise for Brighton Park Capital Fund II and related vehicles (BPC II), exceeding its target of $1.5 billion. Consistent with its predecessor fund, BPC II will continue the firm’s strategy […]
Thoma Bravo leads $70m TRM Labs series B expansion round
Global software investment firm Thoma Bravo has led a $70 million expansion to TRM Labs’ Series B funding round, bringing the raise to $130 million in total. Goldman Sachs and previous TRM investors including PayPal Ventures, Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, and others, also participated in the round. The expansion follows TRM’s original $60 million Series […]
EQT closes Europe’s largest VC fund for early-stage tech startups at €1.1B
EQT has held the final close of EQT Ventures III at €1 billion of fee-generating commitments, and €1.1 billion of total commitments, making it the largest European fund to date focused on investments in European and North American early-stage tech startups. The fund, which includes participation from a wide range of European, North American and […]
Chimera Capital and Alpha Wave Global launch inaugural credit fund with USD2B of commitments
Chimera Capital, an affiliate of Chimera Investment, an Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm managing a diversified international portfolio of listed and private investments, and Alpha Wave Global, an investment company with multiple funds across asset classes, have launched Alpha Wave Private Credit, an open-ended credit fund, with initial commitments of USD2 billion. The perpetual fund, […]
Ecovadis raises $500m in funding round led by General Atlantic and Astorg
EcoVadis has raised $500 million in a funding round led by General Atlantic and Astorg, with participation from Princeville, GIC, Blackrock and GP Bullhound. This latest funding brings the total investment in EcoVadis to more than $735 million since its founding in 2007. Founded in France, EcoVadis is a leading provider of globally trusted business […]
Hg raises $11B for largest European buyout fund YTD
European private equity major Hg has raised $11 billion for its latest fund, Saturn 3, significantly ahead of its original $8.5 billion and making it the largest European buyout fund to close so far this ear, according to a report by Private Equity International. The fund which launched at the end of last year, reportedly […]
Thoma Bravo leads $123m Alation Series E round at $1.7B valuation
Alation Inc, a specialist in enterprise data intelligence has raised $123 million in a Series E funding round led by Thoma Bravo, Sanabil Investments, and Costanoa Ventures alongside participation from new investor Databricks Ventures. This round takes Alation’s total funding raised to $340 million with the company now valued at $1.7 billion. Dell Technologies Capital, […]
