Buyout
Capiton aims to launch EUR 600m fundraise for seventh fund in 2024
Next year’s fundraising timeline could avoid current tough environment
Strada Partners heads for 2024 final close for EUR 150m debut fund
Emerging Belgian manager was formed last year and will ink deals with EUR 5m-EUR 50m equity tickets
Cariano sponsor Atena Equity Partners sells business and preps new fund
Atena III will invest in complex buyouts, particularly distressed assets and succession issues
GP Profile: Bregal Milestone explores generative AI opportunities for portfolio companies
Plans seven further deals from recently closed EUR 770m fund
Naxicap to exit ECF in SBO to PAI
Hospitality and care equipment producer marks fifth deal from PAI’s eighth flagship fund
TA Associates waltzes to USD 16.5bn fundraise
Seven-month raise for the US-based sponsor’s fifteenth vehicle bucks fundraising woes faced elsewhere
Astorg cuts flagship fundraising target with EUR 4bn raised
French GP initially expected to raise around EUR 6.5bn for eighth flagship fund, Unquote previously reported
Carve-outs specialist Inspirit gears up for second fund
GP could aim to raise GBP 50m-GBP 100m for its next fund, Unquote reported previously
GP Profile: Limerston Capital anticipates higher volume but more complex M&A as market steadies
UK-based GP is seeing dealflow driven by carve-outs and buy-and-build in a market where organic multiple arbitrage is no longer a given
Archimed closes MED II on EUR 3.5bn
Healthcare-focused GP took 17 months to raise its second mid-cap fund, which has already deployed almost EUR 1bn
Qualium raises more than EUR 500m for third fund against tough fundraising backdrop
French mid-cap GP began marketing the fund in summer 2021; it has deployed EUR 220m to date
Exponent to return to fundraising trail with fifth buyout vehicle
Fund V comes five years after the GP registered its predecessor vehicle, whose size remains undisclosed
Golding aims to raise EUR 350m for next buyout co-investment fund amid ‘unprecedented’ dealflow
Vehicle expects to make its first deals this year, providing additional equity for deals against a tough fundraising backdrop
Hamilton Lane targets global impact opportunities with new USD 370m fund
Asset manager’s new fund will make direct investments and can take larger stakes than its USD 95m predecessor
Bregal Milestone closes second tech fund on EUR 770m
European technology investor has around 60% dry powder remaining to deploy in its latest fund
Women in PE: Innova Capital's Pasecka on consolidation and succession opportunities amid macro challenges
Magdalena Pasecka discusses the Polish GP’s fundraising and deployment plans, as well as advice for emerging leaders in the industry
Eurazeo halves deployment and PE fundraising in Q1 amid ‘complex and uncertain’ environment
GP has EUR 7.7bn dry powder across its strategies and remains assured of its potential to make exits in H2 2023
Ceder Capital holds SEK 1.5bn final close for third fund
Swedish GP will continue to focus on asset-light businesses and will build a portfolio of around eight investments
CEIP eyes industrials and services targets with EUR 70m vehicle, aims for year-end fund close
Czech Republic-headquartered GP is open to co-investments from LPs and fellow sponsors; one further deal expected this year
Wise Equity closes sixth fund on EUR 400m, eyes Italian family-owned B2B targets
Italian GP reached its hard-cap, raising its biggest fund to date four months after launching
Spire Capital Partners holds EUR 57m first close for debut digital/tech fund
CEE-focused sponsor has a EUR 100m hard-cap for its first fund and will deploy EUR 7m-EUR 15m tickets
AnaCap gears up for fourth private equity fund
Registered earlier this month, AnaCap IV follows the mid-market sponsor's EUR 850m, 2016-vintage predecessor
InvestIndustrial closes third lower mid-market fund on EUR 1.1bn
Strategy will target businesses in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland with internationalisation potential
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice hires European ESG head from FTI Consulting
Hannah-Polly Williams is the second addition to the US PE firm’s ESG initiatives group in the past six months