Funds
Endeit Capital holds final close for third fund on €250m
Fund II closed on тЌ125m in 2016; Fund III will continue to invest scale-up capital in European startups
Cap Grand Ouest 3 holds first close
Fund makes its first investment by acquiring a minority stake in healthcare consultancy Helpévia
LeadBlock plans €100m second close for blockchain fund
Fund held a first close on тЌ10m in March this year and will invest at the seed and series-A stages
Digital Alpha Fund II closes on $1bn
Fund invests in digital assets, with a focus on next-gen networks, cloud computing and "smart cities"
Columbus Life Sciences Fund III closes on €120m
Fund invests in early-stage and high-growth opportunities across the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries
EQT closes ninth buyout fund on €15.6bn
Vehicle was launched in January 2020 and is already 40-45% deployed
AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII closes on $3.5bn
ACF VIII invests alongside GPs in private equity buyouts and growth capital transactions across a variety of sectors
Endeavour Vision closes Medtech Growth II on $375m
Fund is 30% larger than its predecessor and will continue to focus on medtech growth investments
Inovo II holds €54m final close
Fund intends to fuel the development of the startup ecosystem across the CEE region
Cusp Capital announces €300m debut fund
Newly launched VC is led by former Tengelmann Ventures partners and managing directors
Forbion Growth Opportunities I holds €360m final close
Strategy will target later-stage life sciences businesses, as well as undervalued listed companies
Primo Digital Fund launches with €80m target
Fund has a special focus on the e-commerce, software, cybersecurity, fintech and blockchain sectors
Swedish VC Pale Blue Dot closes debut Climate Tech Fund on €87m
GP is looking to invest in 35 tech startups in Europe and the US that are focused on the climate
Icebreaker closes second fund on €100m
VC also closes a тЌ20m Opportunity Fund, which will be used for follow-on investments in portfolio companies from the first fund
IK closes third small-cap fund on €1.2bn hard-cap
New fund is more than double the size of its тЌ550m predecessor, IK Small Cap II Fund, which is now almost fully invested
Muzinich holds third close for second European debt fund
Private debt fund focuses on lower-mid-market companies; its predecessor closed on €706.5m in 2018
Aurelius raises first fund for institutional investors
Investor's тЌ360m fund has an extra capacity of тЌ150m from the GP's listed vehicle and will focus on carve-outs
Brightlands Venture Partners IV holds €45m first close
Fund invests in renewable chemistry, regenerative medicine and agri-food across the Netherlands, Belgium and parts of Germany
Tera Ventures closes second fund on €43m
According to Unquote Data, the fund was launched in January 2018 and had a target of raising €55m
BaltCap closes third fund on €177m hard-cap
GP committed €5m of its own capital to the fund, the largest amount it has committed to any of its own funds
Depo Ventures to begin raising €40m seed fund
Czech firm plans to start raising in a couple of months and close the effort by 2023
Phoenix launches £100m venture capital fund
Fund enables Phoenix to build portfolios with exposure to venture capital investments for its policyholders
Cathay Innovation buys minority stake in Seaya Ventures
Cathay and Seaya expect to build synergies and further develop their complementary expertise
BlackRock, Temasek launch decarbonisation fund platform
Decarbonization Partners has a fundraising target of $1bn for its first fund, including capital from Temasek and BlackRock