Funds
YFM holds £45m final close for maiden buyout fund
GP launched the fund shortly after regulatory changes to the types of deals permissible to VCTs
17Capital closes latest fund on €1.2bn
Fourth fund comfortably exceeds €800m target after less than a year on the road
EMK closes maiden fund on £575m hard-cap
Fund was launched eight months ago by Bregal co-founder Edmund Lazarus and ex-Oakley Capital partner Mark Joseph
Hivest Capital Partners closes maiden fund on €120m
Hivest Capital Partners was launched at the end of 2016 by two former HIG Capital executives
MCH hit €350m hard-cap for fourth fund
MCH Iberian Capital Fund IV held a first close on €200m in June 2016
Go Capital holds first close for €60m seed fund
Fund will invest in companies in pre-development stage across a broad range of sectors
Vendep Capital hits €40m close for second venture fund
GP aims to support pre-series-A fundraising for Finnish software developers
Elaia Partners holds €115m first close for latest fund
French VC has already made five investments via its latest vehicle, Elaia Delta Fund
Procuritas holds €318m final close for sixth fund
Vehicle is domiciled in Sweden and follows the same investment strategy as its predecessors
Bitkraft holds €18m first close for eSport venture fund
Fund is targeting a final close on €30m and has already invested in 10 eSport companies
Beechbrook backs Plan.com and Infomedia
Investor provided a unitranche loan to finance the buyout of a minority shareholder in Infomedia
Macquarie acquires Green Investment Bank for £2.3bn
Transaction will see the firm take control of ТЃ4bn of funds and launch three new vehicles
Advent France Biotechnology holds €64.75m first close
Firm was launched in 2016 and targets early-stage companies in the life sciences sector
Ardian strikes $2.5bn secondary/primary transaction with Mubadala
Ardian takes majority stake in an existing PE portfolio and becomes lead investor in a new $1.5bn fund
Nauta Capital holds final close on $170m
Fund held a first close on $70m in September 2015 with an intial target of $115-175m
Azulis Capital closes MMF V on €215m
Azulis also reshuffles its team in parallel with the fundraise, with certain partners retiring
HarbourVest hits $375m final close for Mezzanine Income Fund I
Fund exceeds its $250m target and will co-invest with private equity investors
Alto Partners holds €103.5m first close for fourth fund
Fund manager expect to hold a final close by the end of the year, following a launch in January
Axcel holds first close for fund V on €352m
Axcel V is the first vehicle raised since Christian Schmidt-Jacobsen took over as the firm's managing partner
HTGF to hold €200m first close for third venture fund
Consortium of 15-20 investors will provide €60m, with the remainder coming from the German government
Committed Advisors closes third secondaries fund on €1bn
Strategy will focus primarily on mature private equity assets in North America and Europe
Summit raises $4bn across growth and VC funds
Firm's ninth growth equity vehicle takes majority of commitments at $3.3bn, while the VC fund raised €730m
Cairngorm closes second fund on £107.5m hard-cap
GP's maiden vehicle has also received a 40% increase in committed capital, bringing it to ТЃ73.5m
83North holds $250m close for tech VC fund
Fund hopes to take advantage of the UK's exit from the EU by accelerating activity in other European cities