Funds
Access Capital raises €350m towards €400m target
Sixth fund-of-funds held first close on €190m in December 2013
Life.Sreda launches second fund
Fund has already secured $20m from Life.Sreda's existing LPs
First close for Bridgepoint's €3.5bn fifth fund
Vehicle expects to reach тЌ4bn hard-cap by end of 2014
France: LP returns for the masses?
Newcomer Fondations Capital Privé aims to offer LP-style returns to retail investors
SpeedInvest launches €50m second fund
VC working in partnership with start-up incubator Pioneers
Notion and NEA invest $8.2m in Move Guides
Funding to support company's expansion into Hong Kong
Keensight closes Fund IV on €250m
Vehicle is first to be raised by Keensight since becoming independent
Quantum closes €55m turnaround fund
Quantum's first private equity fund was oversubscribed
Access Capital Partners holds first close for debt fund
Access Capital Private Debt Fund II aiming to raise €150m
Sir Tom Hunter backs £5.5m Scotedge fund
New start-up-focused fund receives commitments from RBS and Hunter Foundation
Forbion holds first close for FCF III
Fund has a target of €150-200m
New player Three Hills closes fund on €100m
Three Hills Capital formed by ex Hutton Collins partners
VersoVentures holds €50m close for second spin-off fund
GP expects to hit тЌ75m target by middle of next year
Inflexion closes double fund, collects £1bn
Inflexion has closed Buyout Fund IV on ТЃ650m and Partnership Capital I on ТЃ400m
CapMan closes CapMan Russia II on €99.1m
Vehicle was announced in July 2012
Sponsor Capital closes fourth fund on €200m hard-cap
Helsinki-based vehicle was oversubcribed by тЌ25m
German GPs deliver homogenous & robust returns, says Wega's Berthold
Wega's Berthold says German GPs deliver homogenous & robust returns
New Russian VC Restart Capital launches
St Petersburg-based venture fund targets struggling internet companies
Aglaia launches Oncology Fund II
Fund focuses exclusively on biotechs developing anti-cancer therapies
Neomed's fifth fund holds €92m final close
Fund closed on slightly less than its predecessor
CataCap closes first fund on DKK 1.1bn
LPs include Danish and German pension funds, Access Capital Partners and Adveq
CCMP Capital closes $3.6bn fund
Fund will invest $100-500m in US and European LBOs
German PE activity still lacklustre, says Akina's Böhler
Akina's Böhler speaks to unquote" about the low levels of deal activity in Germany
Idinvest hits €235m first close for debt fund
Private Debt Fund III expected to reach final close by year-end