United States
Waterland-backed Hanse Orga bolts on Dolphin
Deal sees financial software developer Hanse Orga Group expand into North America
Eurazeo backs Dominion with $680m in GP's first US deal
Transaction is the first North American investment by Eurazeo since launching its New York office
Alaska Retirement increases PE allocation
US LP with $29.6bn under management has approved an increase in commitment pacing for 2017 to reach its revised PE allocation
Milestone Partners exits Quintus Technologies in $115m trade sale
The acquirer is Tokyo-based industrial group Kobe Steel, which will operate Quintus as a subsidiary
Calpers PE portfolio managing investment director to leave
Investment director Sarah Corr will take over as interim head after Réal Desrochers leaves on 7 April
University of California doubles strategic allocation to PE
Increase approved in March means up to $1bn in additional private equity investments for the endowment
City of Fresno Retirement Systems to build PE portfolio
California-based LP with $2.7bn in AUM approves a target exposure of 5% to the asset class by 2020
Vector Capital raises $1.4bn for fifth fund
Firm will look to make investments in North America, Europe and Israel
Paine & Partners rebrands as Paine Schwartz Partners
US agriculture-focused GP has promoted its founding partner and president, Kevin Schwartz, to CEO
BC launches credit arm to be led by Apollo's Goldthorpe
Firm has also appointed Wingspan's Ederer and Stonerise's Wang to the new credit team
Carlyle raises $2.24bn for Strategic Partners IV
Fund has received four times the commitments of its predecessor, CSP III
Inflexion's Reed & Mackay bolts on Gray's Travel
Deal marks the corporate travel agency's first acquisition under the ownership of Inflexion
Verdane, Industrifonden exit Movimento to Delphi Automotive
Formerly Sweden-headquartered car software services provider sold after nearly a decade
Accenture and Partech form strategic partnership
Accenture will invest in two Partech Ventures funds as part of the agreement
FirstMark Capital leads $14m series-A for Dataiku
New round brings total raised by the French data analytics startup to $17.6m
Ropes & Gray appoints three to London office
Appointments come as part of a wide hiring spree at the global law firm
Sofinnova closes biotech fund on $650m hard-cap
Fund's different generations have received a combined $2bn of committments in total
Carlyle holds final close on $3.6bn for long-term fund
Fund has already deployed $1.1bn in four businesses, aiming for longer holding periods
Ardian launches first North American buyout fund, targets $500m
Private equity firm aims to hold a final close for the fund in mid-to-late 2017
EQT closes first US fund short of $1bn target
Nordic-based GP holds final close on $726m for mid-market buyouts in US
China Everbright holds $264m first close for maiden overseas fund
China-headquartered GP launches first fund to invest in Europe and the US
EQT Equity completes first US investment with Press Ganey takeover
Nordic PE firm taps its EQT VII vehicle despite having a dedicated US fund
3i makes £73m from sale of US-based Quintiles Transnational
Total return on investment reaches 3.3x with the GP’s full exit from the biopharma services business
Harvard endowment president & CEO Blyth steps down
Outgoing chief executive has cited personal reasons for his resignation