Fundraising
Jon Moulton launches Greensphere Capital
Jon Moulton has launched a new £200m green investment fund known as Greensphere Capital.
Golden age for venture capital trusts
The VCT community is looking forward to a bumper year for fundraising, with some industry players forecasting up to £500m to flow into the vehicles for the 2010/2011 tax year.
Nordic Fundraising Summit 2011
An increasing number of private equity houses are set to join the fundraising trail in the coming months, judging by the amount of investor relations professionals converging in Copenhagen for the Nordic Fundraising Summit 2011 this week. Viktor Lundvall...
Challenges in Fund Raising - Implementing Successful Strategies
The myriad fund launches expected for this year will need to demonstrate cohesion, distinction, LP-friendly terms and structures in line with new regulations.
BlackBerry Partners Fund II to launch in June 2011
BlackBerry Partners Fund will launch its second fund, BlackBerry Partners Fund II, in June 2011.
EQT Partners taking steps towards fundraising
EQT Partners has circulated a draft private placement memorandum among some of its investors with regards to the EQT VI fund, according to reports.
Half of mega-fundraisings to struggle this year
Half of Europe’s mega-buyout funds launched in 2011 will struggle to reach a first close, according to MVision’s Mounir Guen.
Institutional cuts to PE: A mixed bag?
On Wednesday, it was reported that CalPERS is looking to sell another $800m of its private equity commitments. The news came the same week that PA SERS announced it was cutting its allocation to private equity to around 15%. This comes after CalPERS sold...
Industry pushes ahead with fundraisings
Fundraising is surging forwards in early 2011, with a raft of funds launching and reaching closes in the past month. Following news that Blackstone has raised $15bn for one of the largest private equity funds ever seen, how are other players responding...
Perceva Capital raises €150m
French special situations investor Perceva Capital has raised €150m for its latest fund.
EQT and Nordic Capital looking to raise new funds
EQT and Nordic Capital are in the early stages of fundraising, according to reports.
Argos Soditic closes latest fund on €400m hard cap
Argos Soditic has closed the Euroknights VI buyout fund at its €400m hardcap, following a relatively short formal fundraising period.
Montagu reaches €2bn first close on new fund
Montagu Private Equity is to tell its investors it has reached a €2bn first close on its new fund, according to media reports.
Apax aims to raise €11bn fund
Apax Partners is looking to raise an €11bn buyout fund in 2011, according to media reports.
Fundraising market continues to confound
Fundraising conditions are at their toughest for nearly a decade and the market is awash with rumours of stalled fundraising programmes. But there are also regular reports of highly successful fundraisings that fly in the face of the current trends. Julian...
Fundraising: Heavy traffic ahead
It is no secret that the private equity fundraising environment has been tough for the past couple of years. As many GPs prepare to hit the road again, current LP outlooks and strategies could result in a substantial number of players having to share...
ATP PEP holds final close of €1bn fund
ATP Private Equity Partners, the private equity arm of Danish pension fund ATP, has announced the final close of ATP IV K/S, a €1bn fund-of-funds.
Electra raises £100m in bond issue
Electra Private Equity is to raise £100m to help fund what it describes as “exciting” investment opportunities.
Matrix announces new £21m VCT fundraising
Matrix Private Equity Partners has launched a £21m fundraising process for three of the VCTs it manages.
Isle of Man pitches for business in the new PE environment
It may seem counter-intuitive, in a particularly bleak fundraising environment, to be heavily promoting the latest iteration of a specialist tax-efficient fund structure, but that is what the Isle of Man has been doing. Julian Longhurst investigates.
Impax announces second closing of new fund
Impax Asset Management Group plc has announced the second closing of its European renewable energy fund Impax New Energy Investors II, having raised €259m of commitments.
Riverside closes latest fund on €420m
The Riverside Company has closed its Riverside Europe Fund IV on €420m.
MVision spinout launches Asante
A new private equity placement group has been formed by Warren Hibbert, a former partner at global fundraising specialist MVision, unquote" has learnt.
Fundraising: The importance of the placement agent
In such tough fundraising conditions, the role of the placement agent has become increasingly important. Emanuel Eftimiu talks to HarbourVest’s George Anson and Mounir Guen of MVision about the current fundraising market and what LPs expect in this...