Funds
Siparex raises €315m for fourth mid-market fund
Three quarters of investors in ETI 4 fund are returning backers from previous vehicles
FII holds first closes for PE and VC vehicles
Italian sovereign fund Cassa Depositi e Prestiti acted as anchor investor for the two vehicles
Fribourg Capital closes VC fund on €20m
VC firm intends to deploy capital in Romanian IT startups seeking seed funding rounds
Enterprise Investors closes Polish Enterprise VIII on €498m
GP holds first and final close for the vehicle three months after announcing its launch
Afinum holds final close on €410m hard-cap
GP announced plans to raise a new fund in 2017 when it hired investment director Abdel-Hadi
HTGF III raises target and tweaks investment terms
Fund is now operational and will begin making its first investment decisions this week
Hadean Ventures to close first fund on target
GP will invest in the healthcare sector across Europe, with particular focus on the Nordics
BEX Capital holds €120m final close for secondaries fund
Secondaries investor acquires commmitments in funds-of-funds and other secondaries-dedicated vehicles
ArchiMed hits €315m hard-cap for Med II fund
New fund is more than double the size of its predecessor and closed after four months on the road
Firstminute holds second close for $85m seed fund
Second close comes three months after the firm held a $60m first close for the fund
Essling to shake up funds-of-funds formula with new vehicle
Massena spinout Essling this month recruited the funds-of-funds team from Amundi and will launch its first vehicle shortly
Vertis Venture 3 Technology Transfer holds €40m first close
ITAtech, a €200m Italian technology transfer-dedicated fund-of-funds, signs its first commitment
Abris hits €500m target for third fund
GP has raised €500m for its CEE mid-market fund after a first close in May 2016 on €300m
Target Global holds first close for €100m VC fund
GP expects to hold a final close for the technology-focused fund in the first quarter of 2018
Q&A: Baker Botts' Neil Foster on corporate venture
Law firm's partner speaks to unquote" about the growing prevalence of corporate VCs in Europe and its ongoing evolution
Riverside Europe collects €312m for fifth fund
Vehicle is still raising and currently €110m short of its €450m target, including GP commitments
Palatine closes impact fund on £100m hard-cap
Vehicle is the GP's first impact investment fund and will write equity cheques of up to ТЃ10m
Guy Hands commits capital to Volpi's debut fund
Terra Firma founder joins Newbury and Members Capital Advisors as LPs in the fund
Bridgepoint registers sixth flagship fund for 2018 launch
Development comes two and a half years after the GP held a тЌ4bn final close for its predecessor
EQT to launch eighth fund, said to target €8bn
GP will formally start raising the fund, its largest to date, in the second half of 2017
ACT secures €20m commitment from EIF for new fund
VC is targeting more than тЌ90m for the fund, which will invest up to тЌ7m in Irish companies
Newcomer Essling poaches Amundi funds-of-funds team
Having recruited the four-strong team, Essling will launch its first fund-of-funds within the next few weeks
Fundraising – North America weekly edition
A roundup of the latest fundraises in North American PE, courtesy of unquote" sister publication Mergermarket
Maven appointed to manage £90m MEIF debt funds
GP will oversee deployments of ТЃ100,000-1.5m for SMEs in West Midlands, East Midlands and the area to the immediate south