Funds
Beyond Capital holds final close for second fund on €115m
Fund surpassed its €100m target and will continue to focus on DACH-based, small-cap, asset-light businesses
Zubr Capital to start raising $100-150m fund in mid-2021
Firm will review placement agent pitches from early 2022, ahead of second closing
Ardian Buyout VII closes on €7.5bn
Fund invests in high-growth potential businesses with enterprise values of тЌ300m-2bn
Quadrivio launches €400m Silver Economy Fund
Fund targets European and North American companies, which specialise in products and services for people over 50
Quiet market for final closes in Q1, as backlog of funds on the road grows
The number of final closes for European PE funds was down by 22% year-on-year in Q1 2021
Peak Rock Capital Fund III hits $2bn hard-cap
Fund makes equity and debt investments in mid-market companies based across North America and Europe
Shackleton launches fifth venture secondaries fund
Fund combines secondaries purchases with the deployment of fresh capital directly injected in promising companies
Superhero Capital to close second fund by mid-summer
Fund was previously aiming for a final close by the end of 2020
MTIP holds first close for second fund
Digital-health-focused growth investor has a hard-cap of тЌ250m and target of тЌ200m for MTIP Fund II
Hamilton Lane registers latest Large Cap Buyout Club Fund
Hamilton Lane and Scala originally teamed up to launch the line of vehicles back in 2017
Kartesia Senior Opportunities I holds €1bn final close
Fund provides senior financing to European small and medium-sized companies with strong credit profiles
UV T-Growth Fund holds €100m first closing
Fund targets late-stage companies, primarily across the 5G, AI, cybersecurity, cloud and Internet-of-Things sectors
L Catterton gears up for fifth European fund
Vehicle makes majority investments in companies operating across the consumer industry in Europe
Iberia Fundraising Pipeline - Q1 2021
Unquote compiles a roundup of the most notable fundraises ongoing across the Iberian market, including Magnum, MCH, Suma and more
Astorg Mid-Cap anticipates summer final close
Fund will make pan-European investments in mid-market companies and has a €1bn target
Bregal Unternehmerkapital III closes on €1.875bn
Fund closed on its hard-cap and will target businesses in the DACH region and northern Italy
Industry Ventures Secondary IX closes on $850m
Fund focuses on investments in direct secondaries, LP interests, direct portfolios and tail-end funds
Nordic Fundraising Pipeline - Q1 2021
Unquote rounds up notable fundraises ongoing across the Nordic market, including EQT, Axcel, CapMan, Saga, and more
Investindustrial launches takeover for Guala
Minority shareholders GCL Holding and Peninsula Capital might try to block the takeover
Cairngorm eyes £200m final close in July
Fund's predecessor, Cairngorm Capital Partners II, reached a final close on ТЃ107.5m in April 2017
Armada Credit Partners closes fifth fund on €210m
Fund V is already 50% deployed and has made seven investments so far
UK & Ireland Fundraising Pipeline - Q1 2021
Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the UK & Ireland market across the buyout, venture and debt spaces
Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries V closes on $786m
Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of global secondaries interests in mid-market private equity funds
Klar Partners closes debut fund on €600m hard-cap
GP started raising the fund in March 2020 and said the vehicle was "significantly oversubscribed"