Air France-KLM has entered into exclusive discussions with Apollo Global Management for an €500m capital injection to an operating affiliate of Air France, which owns a pool of spare engines of the company. The post
Global investment giant Ardian has bought a minority stake in Taxually, a cloud-native tax compliance software company formed by a trio of ex-KPMG execs. The post Ardian looks to expand cloud tax compliance business Taxually
Asset manager Capital Dynamics has sealed its second fund close in as many weeks by raising $578m for its target-busting fifth mid-market direct fund. The post Capital Dynamics strikes second fund close in two weeks with
US and Asia-based investor MassMutual Ventures has expanded to Europe through the launch of a $300m fund targeting early and growth-stage companies in digital health, financial technology, enterprise SaaS and cybersecurity. The post MassMutual Ventures makes
Secondaries giant Ardian has tripled in fund sizes to raise $5.25bn for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund, making it the largest infra secondaries fund to-date. The post Ardian closes world’s largest infra secondaries fund on
Cleantech-focused investment managers Cycle Capital and Demeter have hit a $160m first close for their Circular Innovation Fund thanks to help from anchor investor L'Oréal. The post Cleantech investment pair get L’Oreal backing to reach $160m
Amsterdam-based investment firm Convent Capital has collected more than €50m for its new Agri Food Growth Fund to offer growth capital to sustainable companies in the AgriFood industry. The post Convent Capital launches €150m-targeting Agri
Global private equity giant KKR had reportedly raised more than €6bn for the first close of its latest European buyout fund. The post KKR said to pass €6bn in first close of latest hefty European
Israel-based venture capital firm Maor Investments has raised more than $150m at the first close of its sophomore fund, already beating the total gathered for its debut fund. The post Israel startups ‘bridge to Europe’
Specialist healthcare investor Gilde Healthcare has held a final close for its oversubscribed fourth healthcare private equity fund on €517m. The post Gilde Healthcare closes €517m fund to target lower mid-market healthcare companies in Northwest
Cinven has agreed to buy Bayer's Environmental Science Professional business for $2.6bn. The post Cinven reaches $2.6bn deal to buy Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
HarbourVest Partners has struck an above-target $1.6bn final close for its latest flagship Europe and Asia-focused private equity fund. The post HarbourVest beats goal for latest Europe, Asia PE fund with $1.6bn final close first
Octopus Ventures has co-led a $2.8m seed round in family finance app Nosso with Anthemis Group. The post Ocotpus Ventures co-leads seed round in family finance app Nosso first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Italian investment bank Mediobanca has launched a venture capital fund to invest in technology start-ups primarily based in the US. The post Mediobanca launches venture capital fund to expand offering of illiquid assets first appeared
Bravo Capital Management has held a first close for Bravo Capital Partners II on €90m, €20m away from the fund’s target. The post Bravo Capital holds first close for Bravo Capital Partners II on €90m
Real estate tech-focused venture capital house Fifth Wall has expanded its investment outreach to Europe with the €140m final close for its latest real estate technology fund. The post Fifth Wall expands its proptech investing to Europe
UK private equity house Exponent has agreed to acquire a majority stake in H&MV Engineering, a specialist in high voltage electrical engineering. The post Exponent picks rapidly-expanding H&MV Engineering as its latest industrials deal first
The $251bn-managing Florida State Board of Administration has made almost $1bn of new commitments across private equity, real estate and distressed debt funds. The post Hefty Summa impact fund, Blackstone Asian RE vehicle among almost
HIG Capital has agreed to acquire smart mobility solutions EYSA Group. The post HIG to buy into EYSA Group to capture trend on city automation first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Carlyle is reportedly readying itself for its biggest-ever European fundraise with eyes on up to €7.5bn. The post Carlyle lines up €7.5bn European buyout fundraise – report first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
