Buyout
Astorg holds €4bn final close for seventh fund
Three months after launch, Astorg's seventh fund exceeds €3.2bn target and nears hard-cap
Triton hits €5bn cap for fifth fund
Fund was registered in Luxembourg in March 2018 and has already made two investments
Bowmark holds final close for sixth fund on £600m target
Value of commitments is 60% higher than the vehicle's 2013-vintage predecessor
Investcorp holds $400m final close for fourth tech fund
Fund targets European technology businesses operating in the data, IT security and fintech sectors
Horizon to hold a close for $200m fund
Emerging Europe Growth Fund III was launched in June 2016 with a target of $150m
Omnes holds €72m interim close for Expansion III
GP plans to hold a final close in H1 2019, sets target at €120m and hard-cap at €150m
Tikehau holds €350m first close for energy fund
T2 Energy Transition Fund invests in European companies operating in the field of energy transition
Weinberg CP launches impact fund
WCP Impact Dév expects to hold a first close in 2019 and will inject €5-20m in businesses
NewAlpha Verto holds first close for maiden fund
France-based NewAlpha Verto aims to hold a second close for first-time vehicle mid-2019
Andera closes WC4 on €445m
Andera's independence from Edmond de Rothschild Group encourages new LPs to back WC4
21 Invest France closes fifth fund on €230m
Fund comes short of target but LPs agree to commit an extra €70m via co-investment programme
Main Capital acquires strategic stake in Cleversoft
Regulation tech company plans to expand through a buy-and-build strategy as well as organic growth
NVM holds £142m final close
Firm's maiden institutionally backed fund received commitments from European and North American LPs
M80 holds €100m first close for maiden vehicle
Brussels-based M80 is halfway through the fundraising process for its maiden vehicle
Triton to close fund V on €5bn hard-cap
Fund was registered in Luxembourg in March as The Triton Fund V with a target of €4bn
Finexx closes first fund on €35m
Finexx also makes its first majority-stake deal with the buyout of health supplement retailer GSE Vertrieb
Andera to close WC4 on €450m
Latest vehicle has surpassed its €400m hard-cap, according to two French publications
IGI holds €100m first close for sixth fund
Fund was launched with a €150m target and is larger than its predecessor, IGI Investimenti Cinque
Carlyle launches Europe Technology Partners IV
ETP IV's target amounts to €1.3bn, about double the size of its predecessor, closed in 2014
WestBridge holds interim close for second fund
Vehicle will invest in profitable SMEs in England and Wales with enterprise values of between £10-20m
ICG raises €4bn for seventh European fund
Debt and equity investor's fundraising reaches €4bn in third party commitments
Siparex closes Midcap 3 fund on €170m
GP's latest vehicle is larger than its predecessor, Siparex Midcap 2, which closed on €130m in 2012
Patrimonium launches €200m buyout fund
Fund is launched following the sale of the last portfolio company in the GP's previous fund
Jet closes second fund on CZK 4bn
Jet II is the largest private equity fund in the Czech Republic that is open to international LPs
