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
Blackstone has reportedly pulled in about $10bn for its latest tactical opportunities fundraise, which targets opportunistic investments often outside the scope of its other funds. The post Blackstone set for up to $10bn in latest
Thompson Street Capital Partners has made a growth investment in OpenClinica, a cloud-first, unified e-clinical platform. The post Thompson Street Capital backs e-clinical research platform OpenClinica first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Highland Europe has hit a €1bn final close for its fifth flagship fund, a 50% increase on its last fundraise completed in 2020. The post Highland Europe seals big fund size boost with €1bn final
Real estate private equity specialist Prime Group Holdings has hit a $2.5bn hard cap final close for its third Prime Storage Fund, well above its $1.5bn target. The post Self-storage real estate specialist Prime Group
Investment management giant Ares has raised about $5bn for the final close of its fifth infrastructure debt fund, targeting the digital, utilities, renewables, energy and transportation sectors. The post Ares bags $5bn for new infra
UK private equity house Inflexion has continued its push in European healthcare investing with a minority deal for Germany's Proteros Biostructures. The post Inflexion continues healthcare investing push with Proteros deal first appeared on AltAssets Private
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
Private equity deal value has almost halved from $1.2tn to $685bn between Q1 and Q3 this year as the industry continues to adjust to an increasingly tough climate for transactions, new research shows. The post
Infrastructure and real assets investor Stonepeak is reportedly eyeing up to $20bn for its latest North American infrastructure fund, just months after collecting $14bn for its predecessor vehicle. The post Stonepeak already eyeing up to $20bn
Private equity giant Advent International has agreed to bring in Goldman Sachs veteran Heather Kennedy Miner as a managing director. The post Senior Goldman Sachs veteran Miner to join Advent as managing director first appeared
Climate tech venture capital firm Propeller has raised $100m for its debut fund targeting ocean-specific science and technology investments. The post Ocean-focused climate investor Propellor lands $100m for debut fundraise first appeared on AltAssets Private
Cube Infrastructure Managers has agreed to acquire firstcolo datacenters from Emeram Capital Partners. The post Emeram celebrates big revenue, assets expansion at Firstcolo with sale to Cube Infrastructure first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Veteran UK private equity and infra investor Foresight Group has bought into F&W Networks to support the roll out of the company's full-fibre-to-the-premise network. The post Another fibre deal from Foresight Group seems firm back
Software-focused private equity major Thoma Bravo has agreed a $2.3bn buyout of New York-listed digital identity specialist ForgeRock. The post Thoma Bravo agrees $2.3bn take-private of identity software specialist ForgeRock first appeared on AltAssets Private
Veteran venture capital house CRV has raised $1.5bn across two new funds, including its first-ever $1bn early-stage vehicle. The post CRV raises first $1bn early-stage fund amid rising round sizes, valuations first appeared on AltAssets
Apax Partners has agreed to sell tank container services business Boasso to private equity giant KKR. The post KKR taps $17bn infra fund to buy Boasso from Apax Partners first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity
NGO Sista has launched a €100m early stage European venture capital fund dedicated to backing female founders and gender balanced teams. The post Sista launches €100m-targeting fund to back female founders, gender-balanced teams first appeared
European seed-stage investor Trind VC has beaten its target for its second fundraise through a €55m final close. The post Trind VC targets C2C deals in Estonia, Finland with target-beating Fund II first appeared on
The $64.6bn-managing Maryland State Retirement & Pension System has picked a trio of major private equity fundraises among its latest $1.1bn of commitments. Thoma Bravo’s mammoth new software-focused private equity fund picked up $125m from
