Avista Capital Partners closes Fund V at USD1.2bn

Avista Capital Partners, a New York-based healthcare private equity firm, has held the final closing of Avista Capital Partners V, which was over-subscribed, hit its hard-cap and substantially exceeded its target of USD775 million, closing with committed capital of USD1.2 billion. Thompson Dean and David Burgstahler, Managing Partners and Co-Chief Executive Officers at Avista, says: […]

Hamilton Lane closes latest Strategic Opportunities Fund series on nearly USD900m

Private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund VI with nearly USD900 million in commitments from a wide range of global LPs. The Fund is focused on making credit-oriented investments striving for consistent cash yield, shorter duration and attractive risk-adjusted returns. Consistent with previous vintage […]

CORE Industrial Partners closes Fund II at USD465m

CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), a Chicago-based private equity firm, today announced the successful final and only close of CORE Industrial Partners Fund II (Fund II) with total commitments of USD465 million.  Fund II was significantly oversubscribed with demand in excess of both the initial target of USD400 million and hard cap of USD450 million. CORE […]

Trestle Partners closes Fund I with USD30m in capital

Trestle Partners (Trestle), a New York-based private investment firm that specialises in partnering with pre-Series A enterprise software entrepreneurs and founders, has completed fundraising for its inaugural fund, Trestle Partners I, reaching the hard cap of USD30 million. The Fund, which was raised over 12 months, will invest entirely in Software as a Service (SaaS) […]

Tikehau Capital raises more than EUR1 billion for private equity energy transition strategy

Tikehau Capital has completed fundraising for its T2 investment strategy focused on energy transition with over EUR1 billion in commitments. Tikehau Capital launched this strategy in 2018 with EUR100 million from its own balance sheet. This unique alignment of interest with LPs has proven successful, attracting large strategic investors from several geographies (whose commitments represent […]

Peterson Private Equity closes USD225m Fund IX

Peterson Private Equity has held the closing of a USD225 million fund focused on investing USD10-25 million behind entrepreneurs and management teams in profitable and growth-oriented businesses.  “We are passionate about helping great people build great businesses,” says Clint Peterson, Managing Partner of Peterson Partners. “We are thrilled to raise this latest fund to continue […]

Advent Life Sciences closes two new funds with USD215m in combined commitments

Advent Life Sciences has closed two new funds with commitments totalling USD215 million. Advent Life Sciences Fund III is the firm’s third dedicated life sciences venture capital fund raised from new Limited Partners (LPs), including British Patient Capital, as well as existing LPs. Investing at seed, series A and beyond, the funds will primarily support […]

Peterson Search Partners launches new Micro-Cap Buyout Fund I

Peterson Search Partners, a new Peterson Partners strategy dedicated to search funds and micro-private equity, has announced a USD50 million fundraise for Fund I. The fund is mandated to invest USD1 million to USD2 million in talented operators with cash-flowing businesses. “Our investment philosophy at Peterson Partners is to help great people build great businesses,” […]

Foresight holds interim close of FEIP at EUR430m

Infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group has held an interim close for Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP) with commitments of cEUR430 million. Including co-investments to date, this represents a total capital pool in excess of EUR600 million. This close sees new investment from Postens Pensionsstiftelse, investment manager of the Swedish National Post Service, […]