Alterna Equity Partners Announces Launch of Inaugural Private Equity Fund

Alterna Equity Partners (“AEP” or “the Firm”), a South Florida-based private equity firm, today announced the launch of its firm. AEP focuses on control and non-control investments in lower middle market companies in the United States. The strategy will build upon the principals’ experience investing in lower middle market founder- and family-owned businesses, targeting companies […]

Paceline Equity Partners closes Opportunity Fund I

Paceline Equity Partners (Paceline), a Dallas-based private equity manager, has held the final closing of commitments to Paceline Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I, and Paceline Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I (Cayman) with total commitments of USD350 million. In addition, Paceline has raised and currently manages USD64 million of third-party equity capital to invest alongside deployments […]

Unicorn Capital Partners closes oversubscribed Fund IV at USD450m hard cap

Unicorn Capital Partners (Unicorn), an Asian venture capital fund-of-funds manager, has completed fundraising for Unicorn Partners Fund IV, (Fund IV), which was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of USD450 million.  Similar to its predecessor funds, Fund IV will focus on fund and direct investment opportunities in technology and healthcare in China. The investor […]

VAM Funds partners with Foresight Capital Management to launch VAM Global Infrastructure Fund

VAM Funds (VAM), a Luxembourg SICAV fund management company, has partnered with Foresight Capital Management to launch the VAM Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF). FCM brings a strong track record in investment management, having generated consistent outperformance for Foresight’s Global Real Infrastructure Fund, which reached a Net Asset Value of GBP500 million within two years of […]

VAM Funds partners with Foresight Capital Management to launch VAM Global Infrastructure Fund

VAM Funds (VAM), a Luxembourg SICAV fund management company, has partnered with Foresight Capital Management to launch the VAM Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF). FCM brings a strong track record in investment management, having generated consistent outperformance for Foresight’s Global Real Infrastructure Fund, which reached a Net Asset Value of GBP500 million within two years of […]

Luminate Capital Partners closes USD1bn Fund III

Luminate Capital Partners has closed Luminate Capital Partners III, LP with USD1 billion of committed capital from a broad group of global institutional investors.   The oversubscribed fund closed at its hard cap and above its USD700 million target, bringing the firm’s total assets under management to USD1.7 billion. Since inception, Luminate has built a portfolio […]

Arcano Impact just raised over €200 million to date and completes 10 transactions

Arcano Asset Management has raised over €200 million to date for the Arcano Impact Private Equity Fund (AIPEF) and has already completed 10 transactions. AIPEF is looking to invest in private equity funds with a clear focus on social or environmental impact, aiming to generate measurable positive impact alongside a financial return in line with […]

Klarna seeking new funds at close to $50 bln valuation

Swedish payments firm Klarna is close to raising a new round of funding from a group of investors including SoftBank that could lift the company’s valuation close to $50 billion, three sources told Reuters. The latest fundraising is expected to be Klarna’s final private round before the fintech giant, Europe’s most valuable startup, sets the […]

Ada Health Raises $90M in Series B Financing

Ada Health GmbH, a Berlin, Germany-based digital health company, raised $90m in Series B funding. The round was led by Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG, with participation from Samsung Catalyst Fund, Vitruvian Partners, Inteligo Bank, F4 and Mutschler Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to advance its health […]