Funds
Cabot Square to launch sixth fund in 2019
Financial-services-focused GP's new vehicle is understood to have a target in the region of ТЃ300m
Insight closes 10th fund on $6.3bn
Total is 5% more than the fund's $6bn target and 32% more than the $4.75bn raised by its predecessor
C5 Capital aiming to close second fund in Q1 next year
C5 owns six companies through its, now fully allocated, initial 2013-vintage $100m fund
DeA Capital holds €80m first close for agriculture fund
Management team will be supported by Ettore Fieramosca Advisor, which specialises in the agriculture sector
Weinberg closes WCP#3 on €295m
Fundraising stops just short of the hard-cap, with the fund at nearly double the size of WCP#2
Seventure nears final close for Digital Opportunities Fund
Seventure is also currently fundraising for its Health For Life II and AVF vehicles
BlackFin holds €180m final close for tech fund
Having held a first close a year ago, BlackFin Tech Fund 1 surpasses €150m target
AP Ventures launches two funds with $200m commited
New vehicles will inherit seed investments made by PGM producer Anglo American Platinum
Cathay holds €600m first close for Midcap II
Vehicle will provide equity tickets of up to €100m and up to €150m with co-investment
BPI France launches InnoBio 2
BPI France and France-based corporate Sanofi have already made commitments to the vehicle
ICG approaches first close for seventh European fund
ICG Europe VI held a final close on тЌ3bn in July 2015 and was 60% invested as of September 2017
Mandarin Capital looking to kickstart new fundraise in Q4
Italian private equity house is planning to start fundraising for its new fund, MCP III, in October
Forbion holds first close above target at €270m
Fund officially launched in May 2018 and Forbion expects to hold a final close in Autumn 2018
Bridges hits £50m mark for evergreen vehicle
Permanent capital vehicle was launched in December 2016, with initial commitments of ТЃ23m
Bregal Milestone holds €400m final close for debut fund
Fund will make non-control investments in European family- and founder-led businesses
Triton closes smaller mid-cap fund on €448m
Fund was initially launched in January 2017 with a €350m target and a €400m hard-cap
NorthEdge's SME Fund I closes on £120m
NorthEdge's small-cap-focused vehicle, launched in February 2018, hits ТЃ120m hard-cap
Apiary holds £200m final close on debut vehicle
Fund is seeking investment opportunities in business services, healthcare and education
EIF seeks manager for Croatian fund-of-funds
Selected fund managers will be expected to attract private capital to be co-invested
Abingworth closes 12th fund on $315m
ABV VII will follow the same strategy as its predecessor, investing in early- and late-stage deals
ECI reaches £700m hard-cap for fund 11 in less than three months
ECI 11 was launched in mid-April this year and is 40% larger than its predecessor
Draper Esprit to co-invest with Earlybird
Draper Esprit has taken a stake in Earlybird's new Digital West Early Stage Fund VI
SwanCap launches co-investment fund
SwanCap held a final close on тЌ433m for SwanCap Opportunities Fund III in February 2018
Highland Europe holds €463m final close
Tech-focused fund will be equally deployed across France, Germany, the UK and the rest of Europe