Blazehill Capital launched
Blazehill Capital, a new alternative lender focusing on providing credit and critical working capital funding to mid-market UK businesses who require additional financial support which they cannot get from traditional providers, has been launched. Blazehill Capital typically provides secured lending ranging from GBP5 million to GBP30 million per transaction, delivering fast and flexible credit solutions […]
Neuberger Berman Collects $280 Million for Debut Impact Fund
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has held the final close of the NB Private Equity Impact Fund with nearly USD280 million of commitments. The successful fundraise demonstrates the growth of Neuberger Berman’s private equity impact investment strategy and the manager’s active role in the market. Neuberger Berman manages USD429 billion in AUM […]
AlpInvest Partners completes fundraising for its eighth co-investment fund, raising USD3.5bn
AlpInvest Partners has raised USD3.5 billion for AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII (ACF VIII). The Fund exceeds its USD3 billion target. Rob de Jong, Managing Director & Co-Head of Co-Investments at AlpInvest, says: “This latest fundraise underlines AlpInvest’s strong performance, and the appetite for our differentiated co-sponsored approach acting as a partner in active deal settings, […]
Digital Alpha closes second digital infrastructure fund at over USD1bn
Digital Alpha Advisors (Digital Alpha), a digital infrastructure investment firm, has held the closing of Digital Alpha Fund II over its initial hard cap with over USD1 billion in commitments. The Fund was oversubscribed and continues the same successful strategy of investing in digital infrastructure assets, companies and revenue share arrangements as Digital Alpha Fund […]
Eurazeo launches Sustainable Maritime Intrastructure Thematic Fund
Eurazeo has launched the Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure thematic fund (the Fund) to finance more environmentally friendly infrastructure and technologies in the maritime sector that support the transition to a low carbon economy. The Fund will support around fifty European facilities that will back the transition of the maritime economy to become carbon neutral by 2050 […]
TCG Crossover raises inaugural USD824m fund
TCG Crossover (TCG X), in partnership with The Column Group, has raised an inaugural USD824 million fund focused on crossover and public investments in the life sciences. The oversubscribed fund attracted an array of premier investors including university endowments, family offices, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. TCG X is led by Founding Managing Partner, […]
EQT IX holds final close at EUR15.6bn hard cap
EQT has held the final close of EQT IX at EUR15.6 billion in fee-generating assets under management, marking EQT’s first key fund closing since EQT AB’s public listing in 2019. EQT IX was launched in January 2020, made its first investment in July, and is currently 40-45 per cent invested. The commitments into the Fund […]
Muzinich & Co reaches third close on Pan-European II Private Debt Fund
Muzinich & Co has held the third close of the Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund (the Fund), at EUR342 million. The Fund focuses on providing growth capital to lower middle-market companies to fund acquisitions, expansions and transitions in family and founder-owned businesses. Muzinich & Co.’s locally-based teams work across Europe to deliver on-the-ground deal […]
Inovo closes latest VC fund at EUR54m
Inovo, a venture capital firm investing in technology startups across Poland and Central & Eastern European region (CEE), has today announced the final close of its second fund, Inovo II, at EUR54 million A range of global funds, entrepreneurs and family offices joined the European Investment Fund (EIF) as the cornerstone investor. Inovo specialises in […]
IK Investment Partners raises EUR1.2bn in three months for third Small Cap fund
IK Investment Partners (IK), a Pan-European private equity firm, has closed the IK Small Cap III Fund (IK Small Cap III) at its hard cap with commitments of EUR1.2 billion. The Fund is more than double the size of its EUR550 million predecessor, IK Small Cap II Fund, and was raised exclusively with the support […]
