Private equity major Apax Partners is already eyeing up to $13bn for its latest flagship fundraise, just a year after closing its $11bn Fund X vehicle. The post Apax Partners eyes $13bn Fund XI raise
Blackstone's growth arm has helped online visual media business Cloudinary to a $2bn valuation through a new investment round. The post Blackstone investment helps Cloudinary to $2bn valuation first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Asia-Pacific dealmaking across private equity, venture capital and M&A nosedived in January as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 surged through the region. The post Omicron variant spread sees Asia-Pacific deal activity slump first appeared on
The $56.8bn-managing Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has made $190m of new commitments across private equity and real estate funds. The post US pension giant IMRF picks NEA, Clearlake among latest round of fund commitments first appeared
University Growth Fund, a student-run private equity fund, has closed its second fund with over $50m of committed capital. The post Student-run University Growth Fund closes oversubscribed second vehicle on $50m first appeared on AltAssets
LSP has raised €1bn for the biggest European life sciences venture capital fund ever raised, which was boosted by the firm picking up investment from buyout giant EQT three months ago. The post EQT buyout
Summit Partners has named chief investor relations officer David Schiller as managing director amid a flurry of promotions at the firm. The post Summit names IR head Schiller as managing director amid promotions flurry first
High-tech software investor Omega Venture Partners has hit a $115m final close for its debut fund targeting AI, machine learning, data and digitisation. The post AI, machine learning-focused VC house Omega beats $100m target in debut
Blackstone's growth arm has agreed to lead a $300m investment in Xpressbees, which is says is India’s fastest growing third-party logistics company. The post Blackstone growth arm seals debut Asia deal by leading $300m Xpressbees
Lauxera Capital Partners has raised one of Europe's biggest healthtech-focused fundraises with its debut vehicle by soaring past its target to reach a €260m final close. The post Lauxera smashes target for debut fund looking
Global logistics platform Flexport raised $935m in a Series E funding round on its mission to boost supply chain resilience and visibility. The post Andreessen Horowitz leads $935m investment round for logistics platform Flexport first
Canadian healthtech investor iGan Partners has teamed with Dubai-based entrepreneur Faisal Belhoul to launch a $250m fund targeting medtech deals across the MENA region. The post Canada’s iGan Partners to tap booming MENA medtech sector
Artisanal Ventures has raised $62m for its oversubscribed debut fund, which will focus on high growth B2B cloud startups. The post Artisanal Ventures looks to tap LP expertise in investing $62m debut cloud startup fund
Software-focused private equity heavyweight Thoma Bravo is officially back in the market for the follow-up to its $17.8bn Fund XIV vehicle, having picked up a commitment from the Texas County & District Retirement System. The
NGP Capital, a venture capital firm with Nokia as its sole investor, has closed Fund V with $400m funding from the technology company. The post Nokia’s venture arm NGP Capital closed $400m Fund V for
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
Veteran VC house Technology Crossover Ventures has raised $460m for TCV Velocity, which is geared towards expansion-stage investment opportunities. The post TCV raises $460m for expansion-stage Velocity to hunt for the next Netflix, Facebook, Airbnb
AirTree Ventures has boosted its fund under management to $1.3bn thanks to the newly-collected $700m across three funds. The post AirTree closes largest seed fund in Australia, boosts fund under management to $1.3bn first appeared
Lightsmith Group, the sustainability-focused private equity house launched by former Siguler Guff partner Jay Koh, has hauled in $186m for the final close of its debut fund. The post Ex-Siguler Guff partner Koh raises over
A trio of private equity firms have picked up more than $250m between them in the latest round of fund commitments from the $10.9bn-managing District of Columbia Retirement Board. The post Private equity trio pick up
