European climate tech investor Contrarian Ventures has picked up backing from the European Investment Fund towards its €75m-targeting sophomore investment vehicle. The post Climate tech specialist Contrarian Ventures gets EIF backing for sophomore fundraise first
European private equity house Triton has beaten a Bain Capital-led consortium's offer for Finnish construction systems specialist Caverion to value it about about €1.09bn. The post Triton trumps Bain Capital’s Caverion deal with €1.09bn offer, Bain
CVC Capital's credit arm has closed its third European direct lending fund on a hefty €6.3bn. The post CVC seals huge €6.3bn close for third European direct lending fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity
Global buyout giant Carlyle has reportedly pulled in more than €3bn for its latest European tech-focused fundraise. The post Carlyle passes €3bn for hefty new Europe-focused tech fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
UK private equity firm Bowmark Capital has agreed to back digital transformation IT services business Xperience. The post Bowmark Capital backs digital transformation IT services business Xperience first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
The $34.8bn-managing Texas Municipal Retirement System has picked a raft of private equity funds as part of a new slate of alternative investment commitments. The post Big Texas pension fund investment round sees Bregal, PSG,
StepStone's Conversus investment platform for high-net worth and accredited investors has hit a €100m first close for a new core private markets fund. The post StepStone strikes €100m first close for fund giving European investors
Advent International has merged its portfolio business Caldic with Wilbur-Ellis' Connell to create a life science and chemicals company with combined revenues of about €3bn. The post Advent creates €3bn revenue chemicals company by merging
Asset manager Capital Dynamics has continued its strong fundraising year with a €521m final close of its latest renewable energy investment vehicle. The post CapDyn’s 2022 fundraising streak continues with €521m renewable energy vehicle first appeared
European mid-market buyout investor Stanley Capital Partners has scored a big exit success with the sale of Noden Pharma after just two years in its portfolio. The post Stanley Capital scores 151% IRR on its
The $246bn-managing New York State Common Retirement Fund has picked Cinven's latest large buyout fund among $1.4bn of new alternatives fund commitments. The post New York pension giant reveals $1.4bn of fund commitments first appeared
The $34.5bn-managing Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has picked Ardian's latest secondaries megafund for its latest alternatives investment. The post Ardian’s battle with Lexington for world’s biggest secondaries PE fund gets PennSERS boost first appeared
Asset management major Adams Street Partners has launched a European private credit platform alongside the hire of former Sixth Street managing director James Charalambides. The post Adams Street brings in Sixth Street’s Charalambides for launch of
Ninety One, the asset manager which demerged from Investec Bank two years ago, has raised €130m for the first close of its first European Credit Opportunities Fund I. The post Ex-Investec asset management arm Ninety
Sustainability and net-zero focused VC investor Energy Impact Partners has hit a €390m final close for its debut European fund thanks to support from a string of prominent LPs. The post Energy Impact Partners raises
Mobility startups-focused venture capital house Vektor Partners has launched a €125m fund aimed at building "a more connected, autonomous, shared, electric, and sustainable future". The post Vektor Partners launches €125m fund targeting mobility startups first
Fundraising patterns seem to be shifting, however, with GPs coming back in the market more frequently than in the past. Vincent Goupil, deputy head for placement agent activity at Jasmin Capital, tells us why this
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
