Buyout
IGI holds €170m final close for sixth fund
IGI Investimenti Sei acquires controlling stakes in Italian companies with a presence in niche markets
Ace Aero Partenaires reaches €630m first close
Fund is dedicated to supporting the aerospace sector in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
One Peak closes second growth fund on €443m
One Peak generally invests тЌ5-30m per business in companies with run-rate revenues of at least тЌ5m
Nuveen Global Impact Fund holds $150m first close
Fund invests in growth-stage companies in developed and emerging markets, with a focus on resource efficiency
Capza 5 Flex Equity holds €450m first closing
Fund provides flexible financing that combines majority or minority capital, convertible bonds and mezzanine
HIG Capital launches HIG European Capital Partners III
Fund will invest in buyouts, recapitalisations and carve-outs of both profitable and underperforming businesses
EMZ 9 closes on €1.04bn
EMZ recently opened its first international office in Munich, headed by partner Klaus Maurer
CVC hits €21.3bn close for eighth buyout fund
Fund invests equity tickets in the range of тЌ200m-1bn in North American and European companies
Alcedo to launch €230m fifth fund
Alcedo V will target Italian companies with high-growth potential and an export-orientated approach
Kennet V closes on €223m
Registered in February 2018, the fund's original target was тЌ200m, with a hard-cap of тЌ250m
Auster Fund I holds first close on $500m
Auster intends to target equity tickets of $50-200m with the ability to commit larger amounts
Equinox closes third fund on €360m
Equinox III targets Italian companies operating in the food, retail, technology and healthcare sectors
Elysian III holds first close on £270m
Domiciled in the UK as a UK limited partnership, the fund has a target of ТЃ300m
Unigestion announces closes for Secondary V and Direct II
Secondary V has held a first close on €228m, while Direct II held a third close on €375m
CBPE X nears final close towards £525m target
CBPE X is likely to target UK-based companies with enterprise values of ТЃ25-150m
VentureWave holds first close of Impact Ireland fund
Ireland-based VentureWave both supports buyouts and provides venture investments
Genesis Capital launches €150m fund
GPEF IV will focus on investments in small and medium-sized companies with high growth potential
Clessidra to launch €600m fourth fund
Fund will follow the same strategy as its predecessor, Clessidra Capital Partners III
Tenzing closes second fund on £400m
Fund had a target of ТЃ350m with a hard-cap of ТЃ400m and was raised in nine weeks
Piper to launch next fund in 2021
Managing partner Chris Curry told Unquote the fund is expected to target ТЃ150-175m
Corten closes debut fund on €392m
Corten began raising in January 2019, thus avoiding potential delays in the current market
Evoco holds €93m first close for third fund
GP buys bundles of three or four assets in one transaction and is optimistic about opportunities
Panoramic delays fundraising to H1 2021
Panoramic Growth Fund 2, which closed on ТЃ65m in May 2016, is around 60% deployed currently
Francisco Partners raises $9.7bn across three funds
Funds target the technology industry, with a focus on software, financial technology and healthcare IT