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Kompas VC seeks built environment tech opportunities, eyes second fund
Early-stage VC keen to expand cooperation with industry partners as it searches for investments to decarbonise the built environment, managing partner Sebastian Peck tells Unquote
Jet Investment opens Polish office, eyes future DACH expansion
Industrials-focused sponsor has reserved more than EUR 100m in its new Jet 3 vehicle for Polish deals
GP Profile: Hayfin seeks European mid-market opportunities with PE strategy
Launched in 2018 and with EUR 1bn AUM, strategy aims to address GPs’ need for fund and asset-level capital, partner Gonzalo Erroz tells Unquote
Turnstone PE heads for debut fund first close in March
Sponsor formed by ex-Argentum team seeks to raise EUR 100m for vehicle focusing on mature primary and secondary opportunities
Women in PE: Schroders Capital’s Lukas on impact investment and supporting GPs through fundraising woes
Tanja Lukas speaks to Unquote about priorities for the asset manager’s private equity strategy
Ocean 14 Capital plans June final close for debut 'blue economy' fund
Article 9 growth fund is expected to exceed its EUR 150m target and will back 20-25 businesses
Triton on the road for Fund VI with EUR 5.5bn target
Latest flagship fund aims to raise slightly more than its EUR 5bn, 2018-vintage predecessor
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Après IPEM and the road ahead
Harriet Matthews and Min Ho share what they gleaned from the conference in Cannes and what this means for investment and fundraising outlooks
Planet A raises EUR 160m for debut greentech fund
German VC will back scaleable hardware and software startups, giving science team "veto power" in investment decisions
McDermott adds to German PE team with Noerr and Latham duo
Noerr’s Holger Ebersberger and Latham & Watkins’ Hanno Witt to join the firm’s Munich office
Oakley raises EUR 2.85bn for fifth flagship fund
More than twice the size of its 2019 predecessor, the vehicle will allow for larger equity tickets, more investments and bolt-ons
Brookfield acquires DWS private equity secondaries unit
Asset manager plans expansion into PE GP-leds, bolstering its existing real estate secondaries strategy
GP Profile: Key Capital upbeat about SME deals with next fund in the making
UK small-cap sponsor could return to market for its next GBP 125m fund at the end of 2023
GP Profile: Armen eyes “new frontier” for GP stakes in Europe
France-headquartered GP stakes investor is seeking to support sponsors as they become multi-strategy managers, co-founder Dominique Gaillard tells Unquote
IPEM 2023: GPs battle fundraising blues on the Côte d'Azur
Sponsors remain broadly optimistic despite fundraise bottlenecks and a growing number of LPs faced with tough choices on manager selection
Flight to quality, impact investing to drive allocations in 2023 – HarbourVest
Asset manager’s investment team discusses secondaries and co-investment dynamics amid a challenging fundraising market
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: The PE auction in times of exit scarcity
Rachel Lewis joins Harriet Matthews to discuss how auction process dynamics are changing against the current market backdrop
Arcano holds EUR 450m final close for latest secondaries fund
With just under 50% deployed, the vehicle will split focus evenly between LP stakes and GP-leds
Certior Capital holds first close for second PE emerging managers fund
Fund has a EUR 80m target and will be split evenly between fund investments and co-investments
Going, going, not gone: PE auctions bid for relevance amid risk-off environment
With a debt financing drought and macro woes denting exits, GPs are adapting the traditional M&A auction in favour of more flexible bilateral negotiations to get deals across the line
Bellevue eyes Q1 2023 first close for debut secondaries fund
With USD 200m target, vehicle will primarily focus on USD 1m-30m LP stake deals
Dyal raises USD 12.9bn for new fund with CVC, PAI stakes in portfolio
Blue Owl’s division exceeded target for fifth fund specialised in buying minority stakes in asset managers
Hamilton Lane raises USD 2.1bn for fifth co-investment fund
Close comes at a time when challenging credit and fundraising markets are increasing GPs’ need for strategic capital sources
Rede Partners opens Amsterdam office
Private capital adviser aims to grow its European footprint with first office on the continent