Funds
Endeavour Medtech Growth closes on €250m
Endeavour Vision's decision to focus purely on medtech investments helped it secure new investors
IK Investment Partners returns to small-cap with €277m fund
Vehicle features a €27m GP commitment and marks a return to the segment for the buyout firm
Advent International closes GPE VIII fund on $13bn hard-cap
Advent scores the largest fund close of the year so far, following in the footsteps of Blackstone and Warburg Pincus
Equita Private Debt Fund holds first close on €66m
Equita Private Debt Fund will provide debt facilities as well as invest in equity
Anterra's food and agriculture tech fund holds $125m close
Anterra also expands from its headquarters in Amsterdam with the opening of an office in Boston
Partners Group closes sixth secondaries fund on €2.5bn
Its previous vehicle, Partners Group Secondary 2011, reached a final close on €2bn in 2012
Omnes Capital launches mutual fund
Omnes has launched a mutual fund that will invest 80% in SMEs and 20% in low-risk assets
Caixa Capital Risc launches Caixa Innvierte Start fund
Caixa Capital Risc has launched its eighth fund, focusing on early-stage investments in Spanish startups
Wisequity IV hits €215m hard-cap
Milan-based Wise has closed its Wisequity IV fund after six months on the road
Panakès launches first Italian medtech early-stage vehicle
Maiden medtech venture capital fund targets a €100m final close by the end of the year
Phoenix hits first close on £250m
Phoenix is targeting £500m for its fourth fund, which was formally launched last year
MML closes sixth fund on €438m
Final close for sixth fund comes after more than one year of fundraising
Beechbrook’s third debt fund targets €200m
Private debt vehicle aims to hold first close before the end of Q2 2016
Meridia Capital launches €125m Meridia Growth I fund
The fund targets Spain-headquartered companies generating revenues in the €15-100m bracket
NorthEdge hits £300m hard-cap
The GP's second fund was fully allocated at launch and closed on its hard-cap
Value4Capital to launch €150m fund
Latest fund would build on its predecessor’s strategy and target buyouts in Poland and CEE
SE Blue Equity launches DKK 600m second fund, rebrands
GP rebrands to Blue Equity with the launch of a successor to its fully invested, 2013-vintage maiden fund
CVC closes tech growth fund on $1bn
Fundraising for the Europe- and US-focused vehicle started in mid-2014 with a $750m target
Isomer launches €150m early-stage fund-of-funds
Vehicle will co-invest alongside backed managers including Hoxton Ventures and Felix Capital
Investindustrial closes sixth fund on €2bn hard-cap
Fund targeted €1.8bn and is now the largest fund focusing on southern-European mid-market
Karma Ventures holds €40m first close for maiden fund
The Taliinn-based VC firm is backed by part of Skype’s founding team
LGT closes Crown Europe Middle Market III on €500m hard-cap
LGT's third-generation European mid-market fund-of-funds is already close to 50% deployment
Adveq closes funds on €323m and €102m
Double closings are first vehicles raised by fund-of-funds since 2013
AnaCap closes third fund on €850m
Second vehicle with a focus on financial services to close so far in February, according to unquote” data