The Board of the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has picked Veritas Capital and Blackstone for its latest round of alternative asset fund commitments. The post PennSERS makes latest commitments to Veritas, Blackstone as it
European life science venture capital firm Forbion has held a first close of a €470m fund to invest in late-stage European life science companies. The post Forbion holds €470m first close for Growth Opp Fund
Newly-found B2B life science investor Biospring Partners has closed its debut fund and co-investment vehicles with north of $245m in capital commitments. The post New B2B life science investor Biospring Partners brings in $245m for
Obvious Ventures, the VC house launched by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, has closed a pair of new funds to boost its assets under management to $1.11bn. The post Twitter co-founder’s Obvious Ventures closes two new
Bain Capital has closed a $2bn special situations fund for the Asia Pacific region, doubling the size of its predecessor which was closed on $1bn, Reuters reported quoting firm managing director Barnaby Lyons. The post
Felix Capital has doubled its funds under management to $1.2bn thanks to a new fund close. The post Felix Capital doubles AUM to $1.2bn ahead of fundraising environment becoming more cautious first appeared on AltAssets
CBRE Global Investment Partners has collected $599m for its Global Special Situations Fund together with its co-investment vehicles. The post CBREIM closes global special situations fund on $599m, targeting distressed RE assets first appeared on
Schroders Group impact investor BlueOrchard Finance has launched BlueOrchard Financial Inclusion Fund to foster accessibility of financial services to low-income individuals. The post BlueOrchard launches €300m-targeting new fund to extend lower-market financial services provision first
Software-focused VC house Bonfire Ventures has gathered $230m across two funds, boosting its assets under management to $1bn. The post Bonfire Ventures reaches $1bn AUM with two new fund closes first appeared on AltAssets Private
Trustar Capital, formerly known as CITIC Capital Partners, is said to be eyeing $3.5bn for its fifth China buyout fund. The post Trustar Capital eyes mammoth $3.5bn China buyout fund – report first appeared on
Alternative protein investor Synthesis has raised more than $300m for its debut fund - the largest VC vehicle ever raised targeting the sector. The post Synthesis raises largest VC fund ever targeting alternative protein sector
Cathay Capital has launched a new €500m health fund to invest in healthcare, life sciences and technology. The post Cathay Capital launches €500m health fund for tech-enabled healthcare, life science investments first appeared on AltAssets
KKR has held a final close for the largest inaugural pan-regional performing credit fund on $1.1bn. The post KKR closes largest inaugural pan-Asian performing credit fund on $1.1bn first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Early-stage investor BlueRun Ventures has closed its latest duo-currency fund on 5.5bn yuan ($824.4m), boosting its AUM to 15bn yuan ($2.25bn). The post BlueRun Ventures China hits $824m close for second dual-currency fund first appeared
Earlybird has closed its seventh early-stage fund at the hard cap of €350m, making it one of the largest in its kind in Europe. The post Earlybird closes one of the largest early stage funds
La Banque Postale Asset Management has held a first close of its Infrastructure Debt Climate Impact Fund at €270m. The post La Banque Postale AM holds first close to debut infrastructure debt climate impact fund
Underserved market focused private equity house Troob Capital has closed its second tactical opportunities fund at $209m, three years after its inaugural fund. The post Troob Capital closes Tac Opps Fund II for specialty financing,
Software and services-focused private equity investor FPE Capital has beat its target and hard cap to close Fund III on £185m in just six months. The post EXCLUSIVE: FPE Capital beats target, hard cap to
European private equity major Eurazeo has raised €200m, more than half of the target fund size, for its Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure Fund. The post Eurazeo raises half the target for Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure Fund, secures
Fintech-focused investor Aquiline Capital Partners has held a final close of Aquiline Technology Growth Fund II on $365m of commitment, nearly doubling the close of the first fund. The post Aquiline almost doubles predecessor to close Technology
