Kennet Partners raises €223m for biggest ever fund in tie-up with Edmond de Rothschild
Tech-focused European growth equity investor Kennet Partners has raised $250m for the final close of its fifth flagship fund.
Tech-focused European growth equity investor Kennet Partners has raised $250m for the final close of its fifth flagship fund.
Debt and equity investor Backcast Partners Management has closed its debut private credit fund to bring its assets under management to more than $775m.
More realism, longer holding periods and an advantage for investors with long-term focus are all structural changes expected to impact the private equity industry in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a new survey suggests.
Most institutional investors expect higher long-term returns on real estate if ESG criteria are taken into account when making investment decisions, new research from Warburg-HIH shows.
CDC Group and Finnfund have anchored the $202m first close of Africinvest's latest pan-Africa private equity fundraise.
Czech private equity firm Jet Investment is set to take complete ownership of electricity, heat and cooling production efficiency equipment exporter Tedom.
Industrial-focused private equity house Sole Source Capital has hired former Crescent Capital senior exec Sumil Menon as its new head of investor relations.
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners has led a further investment in Bright Network, a media technology recruitment platform aiming to connect employers with graduate workers.
Hamilton Lane, a private markets asset management firm, has held the final close of its new Impact Fund, pulling in over $95m.
San Francisco private equity house Gryphon Investors has completed a majority investment in Microsoft Azure cloud platform advisory and technical services provider 3Cloud.
Asset managers have been given a massive vote of confidence from insurers, with the vast majority confident their investment managers can navigate the current financial crisis caused by COVID-19, new research reveals.
Carlyle has agreed a $235m investment in the data centre unit of India's largest integrated telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel.
Emerging markets private equity industry association EMPEA has named General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford and CPPIB head of Asia Pacific Suyi Kim to its board of directors.
Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company Hunters has bagged $15m in a Series A funding round from Microsoft’s M12 and US Venture Partners.
Former IBM and Microsoft veteran Adam Warby has joined KKR as its latest senior advisor.
Asset management major Schroders has bought a majority stake in $1.1bn-managing Asian real estate investor Pamfleet.
Carlyle has reinvested in government procurement and supply chain software provider Unison, a decade after last exiting the business.
DigniFi, a AI-powered platform which connects consumers with lenders for auto parts, repairs and services, has signed a deal with Neuberger Berman Private Equity to purchase over $275m of assets.
Elysian Capital has held the first close for its third fund, nearing its target, despite it only being in the fundraising market for three months.
Summit Partners, a global private equity firm, has closed a pair of funds which have a combined capital pool of $2.2bn.
