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Fundraising

Oksana Tiedt of Lennertz & Co
LP Profile: Lennertz & Co gears up for new tech impact venture fund-of-funds

German family office’s new strategy is set to launch this year with a EUR 50m-EUR 100m target

  • LPs
  • 22 May 2023
Magdalena Pasecka of Innova Capital
Women in PE: Innova Capital's Pasecka on consolidation and succession opportunities amid macro challenges

Magdalena Pasecka discusses the Polish GP’s fundraising and deployment plans, as well as advice for emerging leaders in the industry

  • GPs
  • 19 May 2023
Businesswomen in private equity
European VCs need to match actions to words by increasing funding to female-led companies

Women-led startups usually receive less than 2% of VC capital, but more diverse, defensible female-founded businesses emerging

  • Venture
  • 18 May 2023
Carl Nauckhoff of Investindustrial
GP Profile: Investindustrial eyes near-shoring opportunities as third growth fund closes

GP closed its latest fund within a 12-month period on the road with strong support from European LPs

  • GPs
  • 17 May 2023
A slump in financial results
Eurazeo halves deployment and PE fundraising in Q1 amid ‘complex and uncertain’ environment

GP has EUR 7.7bn dry powder across its strategies and remains assured of its potential to make exits in H2 2023

  • GPs
  • 16 May 2023
The Unquote Podcast
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Taking the plunge - GPs dive into alternative pools of capital

The Unquote team is joined by Thomas Eskebæk, CEO of private markets platform Titanbay, to discuss private markets’ search for alternative sources of commitments

  • GPs
  • 15 May 2023
Corporate management meetings
EQT launches semi-liquid strategy for individual investors

Strategy will focus on PE and infrastructure and will be led by ex-Partners Group exec William Vettorato

  • Fundraising
  • 15 May 2023
Fundraising in euros
Cerea Partners raises EUR 700m-plus for multi-asset food and beverage funds

France-headquartered GP is on the road for vehicles across its private equity, mezzanine and senior debt strategies

  • France
  • 12 May 2023
Closes of funds in euros
Wise Equity closes sixth fund on EUR 400m, eyes Italian family-owned B2B targets

Italian GP reached its hard-cap, raising its biggest fund to date four months after launching

  • Fundraising
  • 10 May 2023
Francois Jerphagnon of Ardian Expansion
GP Profile: Ardian Expansion doubles down on generalist approach, eyes EUR 3bn Q2 fundraise launch

With its current EUR 1.5bn fifth fund almost at full deployment, Ardian’s Expansion strategy expects to benefit from LP appetite for its strategy ahead of EUR 3bn fundraise

  • GPs
  • 05 May 2023
James Roebuck of Opera Investment Partners
GP Profile: Opera Investment Partners doubles fund size with EUR 200m target for next vehicle

Fund I ‘almost fully committed’ with one exit completed and two-three more realisations expected in the next 18 months

  • GPs
  • 24 April 2023
The Unquote Podcast
Podcast: Q1 2023 - Bank runs, fund home runs and markets come undone

Unquote’s reporting team discuss themes that have arisen in Q1 2023, ranging from liquidity management to venture and growth activity

  • Industry
  • 20 April 2023
Q1 2023 lowest first-quarter for VC fundraising since 2013
VC fundraising sinks further with lowest Q1 in a decade

Eight European firms secured just over EUR 2bn in commitments in Q1 2023 as continuing uncertainty suppresses LPs’ risk appetite, but fundraising pipeline looks promising

  • Fundraising
  • 14 April 2023
Climate impact funds
Half of LPs allocating to impact from generalist pool as market matures – Rede Partners

Jeremy Smith and Kristina Widegren speak to Unquote about key takeaways from the private capital adviser’s Private Markets Sustainability and Impact Report

  • LPs
  • 29 March 2023
Walter Ricciotti of Quadrivio Group
Quadrivio plans first close for EUR 500m Lifestyle Fund II by mid-2023

Italy-based GP will expand predecessor Made in Italy vehicle’s focus beyond Italy to target European SMEs

  • Buyout
  • 27 March 2023
Credit Suisse Headquarters building and UBS building to the left Paradeplatz Bahnhofstrasse Zurich
European sponsors sidestep panic, concede gloom over bank woes

Fallout from Credit Suisse collapse adds to slew of macroeconomic challenges for PE dealmaking and fundraising

  • Industry
  • 22 March 2023
Albert Farrant of Inspirit
GP Profile: Inspirit anticipates carve-outs uptick with fundraising on the horizon by year-end

Complex carve-outs specialist could raise around GBP 75m for its second fund with debut vehicle around 70% deployed

  • Exits
  • 17 March 2023
Dr. Thomas Buhler of Afinum Management
Afinum nears EUR 410m-EUR 420m fund close; mulls new fundraise

Plans for Fund 10 to be contemplated by mid-2024 “at the earliest” as GP advances on succession changes

  • Fundraising
  • 16 March 2023
Andrew Shebbeare of Counteract Partners
Counteract aims for GBP 50m fundraise by year-end

Decarbonisation-focused VC is approaching funds-of-funds, corporates and family offices as fundraise continues

  • Funds
  • 07 March 2023
Andy Dawson of BD Capital
BD Capital mulls second fundraising towards end-2023

London-based mid-cap sponsor has crossed the half-way mark of deployment of its debut fund

  • Fundraising
  • 06 March 2023
Europe focused impact funds by vintage year
Clean capital: record impact fundraising creates pools of do-good money

Impact vehicles raised EUR 8.5bn last year, but 2023 is off to slow start with just two funds closed

  • Fundraising
  • 06 March 2023
Fundraising in euros
Metric Capital to hold first close for EUR 1.5bn fund in spring

UK-based investor in mid-sized companies is in talks with existing LPs for its fifth vehicle, a source familiar said

  • Buyout
  • 24 February 2023
Quadrum Capital Almelo
Quadrum closes in on EUR 400m-EUR 450m fundraise

QIF IV set to reach its target by Q2 2023 with fundraising from family-based investors largely completed

  • Fundraising
  • 24 February 2023
Benelux secondaries market booms as banks reshuffle
Coller Capital joins GPs in search for private wealth allocations

Jake Elmhirst to lead new arm that will tap private banks and wealth managers to distribute GP's products

  • Secondaries
  • 24 February 2023
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