Fundraising
DACH leads lower-mid-market fundraising
An overcrowded lower-mid-market in the Nordic region and the UK, coupled with Brexit, has boosted DACH fundraising activity
Q&A: Alto Partners' Raffaele de Courten
Unquote speaks to the firm's founding partner about fundraising, dealflow and debt facilities in the Italian market
Allocate 2018: Risk-return for maiden managers and spin-outs
First-time vehicles have enjoyed historically good fundraising conditions over the last two years
Draper Esprit to co-invest with Earlybird
Draper Esprit has taken a stake in Earlybird's new Digital West Early Stage Fund VI
INVL launches Baltic Sea Growth Fund
Fund will focus on acquiring minority stakes and will take an active role in management
Italian funds find new source of capital
Local private pension funds are hiking their allocations to Italian private equity, improving fundraising prospects in the mid-market space
Cairngorm aiming for third fundraise in 2019
UK-based investor is likely to begin fundraising in the new year, with Cairgorm Capital II being currently depoyed
DACH Fundraising Report 2018
Private equity fundraising in the DACH region continued to build on strong momentum in 2017
DACH fundraising picks up steam after slow Q1
Funds holding final closes in Q2 have surpassed the total amount raised in the first quarter of the year, following a strong 2017
Q&A: Nordic Capital's Kristoffer Melinder
Partner Melinder discusses Nordic fundraising, the increasing focus on ESG, and differentiated strategies in high-price environments
Video: Mandarin's Inna Gehrt on DACH opportunities
Inna Gehrt, partner and head of DACH at Mandarin, explores why the region is viewed as an LP magnet
Dutch VC activity reaches all-time high
Biotech and pharma are driving record levels of VC investment in the Netherlands, while venture fundraising continues to perform strongly
Korea Post allocates $200m to global buyout funds
Korea Post Insurance plans to allocate $200m to as many as three managers focusing on global buyouts, predominantly in North America and Europe.
Draper Esprit to raise £115m via share placement
VC has raised £61m across its EIS, VCT and secondary funds, giving it an additional total of £176m
French fundraising on course for bumper year
Country has seen funds closing with a combined €6bn in commitments in Q1, more than half the total seen in 2017 as a whole
Unquote Fundraising Reports
Proprietary statistics on each regional fundraising market and insights from leading practitioners and LPs
France Fundraising Report 2018
The first quarter of 2018 has set the tone for what is likely to be a busy year for fundraising in the region
Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity to launch six new funds
PE branch aims to raise €3bn over the next three years, to reach €5bn of AUM by late 2021
Sino-French PE relations move forward
Chinese trade buyers, GPs and LPs are increasingly active in the French market as the number of funds with Sino-French strategies increases
Metric Capital to launch €500m fund with Virgin's Branson
Fundraising for the consumer-focused vehicle is expected to officially launch in the coming months
DACH GPs consider alternative funding models
With three of the region's top five most active GPs investing from non-standard funds in 2017, some other GPs are also adopting alternative approaches
Coller leads €2.5bn secondaries deal for Nordic Capital VII
Restructuring of Nordic Capital's seventh fund is one of the largest GP-led secondary transactions inked in Europe
European Commission launches VentureEU
VentureEU is a venture capital funding programme backed by €410m in fresh funding from the EU
Japanese insurance companies eye DACH funds
Insurance companies in Japan are considering increasing their exposure to European funds, with DACH GPs most likely to benefit
