Funds
Pollen Street closes third fund on £400m
Financial-services-dedicated vehicle has already deployed 53% of its available capital
ATP Private Equity Partners VI holds €800m final close
PE arm of ATP also announces a change in its investment strategy and is merging operations
German tax act gives LPs exemption rate of 80%
New rules apply to German and international funds treated as corporate taxpayers
Battery Ventures closes two new funds totalling $1.25bn
Tech-focused GP closes an $800m principal vehicle and a $450m fund to invest alongside it
Abac launches venture fund to invest in Spanish start-ups
Vehicle, created in partnership with Rubén Bonet, will invest up to €100,000 per round
Turkven to raise fourth fund in H2 2018
Fund is a follow-up to the current fund, Turkish Private Equity Fund III, which held a final close in 2012 on $840m
EdRip holds final close on €345m for BioDiscovery5
New life sciences fund will be considerably larger than its predecessor, closed in 2013
8GT launches £110m Sino-British venture fund
Government-formed fund will partner with Chinese institutes to invest in UK tech companies
Quantum holds final close on €77.5m hard-cap
New vehicle will employ the same strategy as the last, investing in complex carve outs
Olivier Sarkozy's Further Global launches $1.25bn PE fund
Vehicle is registered in the Cayman Islands, with Park Hill listed as the placement agent
Marathon holds €32m second close for seed fund
Latest investors in the fund include the European Investment Fund and Athens-based Equifund
EQ launches new secondary fund
Simultaneously to the launch, EQ also held a first close for its fund-of-funds EQ PE X North
EQ PE X North holds first close on €83m
Fundraising will continue during Q2, and a final close on тЌ175m is planned for June 2018
Unigestion's Euro Choice Secondary II hits €300m hard-cap
Fund attracts commitments from 59 LPs to hold a final close 20 months after its announcement
Tera Ventures to raise €55m for second seed fund
Early-stage venture capital investor intends to hold a first close for the fund in 2018
Astorius launches fourth fund-of-funds
Fund is the same size as ACF III, which launched in June 2016 and expects to close on target
Augmentum to launch £125m listed fund
New fintech-dedicated vehicle will acquire the GP's stakes in five portfolio companies
Miura Private Equity hits hard-cap for third fund
Spanish GP closes Miura Fund III on €330m, a step up from its €200m predecessor
Tosca holds final close for second fund on £237.6m
Vehicle is more than twice the size of its predecessor, Tosca Debt Capital Fund I
Value4Capital holds €80m close for Poland fund
Commitments include funds from EIF and EBRD, as well as capital from private Polish investors
Hayfin launches PE strategy
Hayfin will make primary and secondary investments in European mid-market buyout funds
Ace Management to raise cybersecurity fund
GP aims to hold a first close for its €150m-target Brienne III fund in March 2018
Nexxus holds first close on €130m for first Spanish fund
Nexxus recently launched its seventh Mexico-focused buyout fund with a target of $550m
Conor to raise third technology fund
Target size of the latest vehicle is around double the amount raised by its predecessor