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Nov 06, 2026
The $135.2bn-managing Virginia Retirement System is planning to increase its private equity co-investments to more than $750m a year and expand its use of continuation vehicles.
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Nov 06, 2026
Proterra Investment Partners has raised a target-beating $680m for its third private credit fund targeting food and beverage businesses, taking commitments across the fund and its companion vehicles to more than $1bn.
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Nov 06, 2026
Sagard Private Equity has raised €520m for its third emerging manager-focused fund, beating its original €400m target and securing almost three times the capital raised by its predecessor.
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Nov 05, 2026
Finnish private equity firm Intera Partners has raised €450m for its fifth buyout fund, establishing what the manager says is Finland's largest buyout fund to date.
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Nov 05, 2026
Blackstone has closed its fourth institutional European direct lending fund, bringing the total investable capital raised across the strategy and related vehicles since the fund's launch to approximately €13bn.
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Nov 05, 2026
Allianz Global Investors has raised €1.5bn for its second infrastructure credit opportunities fund, exceeding its original €1bn target by 50%, with approximately two-thirds of the capital already committed to investments.
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Nov 04, 2026
Cinven has agreed to acquire women's health pharmaceutical business Theramex from Carlyle and PAI Partners in a transaction valuing the company at approximately €2.6bn, according to the Financial Times.
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Nov 04, 2026
UK private equity firm Aliter Capital has raised a £50m annex fund to finance further acquisitions by two existing portfolio companies, TXP and Serbus, while retaining its ownership interests in both businesses.
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Nov 04, 2026
Former Phoenix Court partner Yvonne Bajela has raised an oversubscribed $17m debut fund for her new venture capital firm Evertrue Capital, targeting pre-seed investments in technology startups across the UK and Europe.
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Nov 04, 2026
AE Industrial Partners has closed a roughly $850m single-asset continuation vehicle for defence components distributor Blue Raven, seven years after the private equity firm first backed the business.
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Nov 04, 2026
European venture capital firm Creandum has raised $750m for its largest fund to date as it expands its US investment operations.
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Nov 04, 2026
European infrastructure transactions reached €56bn in the first half of 2026, equivalent to more than two-thirds of the €81bn recorded throughout 2025, according to new research from Preqin.
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Nov 03, 2026
Clarion Partners has raised €552m for its third European sale-leaseback fund, giving the real estate investment manager about €1.1bn of investment capacity targeting companies seeking to release capital from operational property assets.
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Nov 03, 2026
Churchill Asset Management has raised a record $1.54bn for its third junior capital opportunities fund, more than doubling the total secured for its predecessor and coming in well ahead of its original $1bn target.
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Nov 03, 2026
I Squared Capital has secured $3bn in commitments for its second infrastructure credit strategy, doubling its original $1.5bn target and raising four times as much capital as its predecessor.
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Nov 02, 2026
Igneo Infrastructure Partners has raised €6bn for its fourth European infrastructure fund, beating its €4bn target by 50% and reaching its hard cap just six months after first close.
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Nov 02, 2026
Swiss alternative investment manager LGT Capital Partners has appointed long-serving executive Sascha Gruber as its next chief executive, succeeding Roberto Paganoni after almost three decades leading the $120bn-plus investment business.
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Nov 02, 2026
Spanish venture capital manager Seaya has secured €600m at the first close of its new European growth investment fund in just six months, backed by a €300m commitment previously announced by the European Investment Fund.
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Nov 02, 2026
New York-based pharmaceutical developer Formation Bio has secured $600m in commitments for its first dedicated drug development investment fund, targeting the acquisition of up to 15 clinical-stage medicines over the next five years.
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Oct 30, 2026
Thrive Holdings has agreed to acquire US home security provider ADT in a $15.3bn take-private transaction, comprising approximately $7.6bn of equity value and $7.7bn of net debt.
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Oct 30, 2026
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has reportedly gathered about $20bn for its thirteenth flagship buyout fund in just six months, twice the amount raised over a comparable period for its $26bn predecessor in 2023.
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Oct 30, 2026
Dubai-based venture capital firm BY Venture Partners has closed its third fund at $60m, 20% larger than its predecessor, as it expands its European investment operations with a new office in Lisbon.
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Oct 30, 2026
Lightspeed Venture Partners has reportedly raised more than $750m for a new fund and co-investment vehicle targeting acquisitions of established businesses which can be transformed through AI, as the venture capital heavyweight expands further into private equity-style buyouts.
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Oct 30, 2026
US commercial real estate lender ACORE Capital has raised $1.1bn for its second opportunistic credit fund, more than quadrupling the size of its predecessor as it targets financing opportunities created by property market dislocation.
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Oct 30, 2026
San Francisco-based U&I Ventures has closed its oversubscribed debut fund on $32.2m, with plans to back up to 45 early-stage AI infrastructure startups through an investment strategy informed by a network of 1,800 senior enterprise technology executives.
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Oct 29, 2026
Dutch private equity firm HC Partners has almost doubled the size of its flagship fund after raising €100m for its third vehicle, exceeding its original €80m target and securing commitments from all of its existing institutional investors.
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Oct 29, 2026
US private credit manager Foundation Credit has closed its second infrastructure debt fund at approximately $540m, a week after announcing a majority investment from fellow alternative asset manager New Holland Capital.
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Oct 29, 2026
US private equity firm HighPost Capital has appointed veteran capital formation executive Ron Sylvestri as managing director of marketing.
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Oct 29, 2026
Triton Partners has agreed to sell high-voltage electrical equipment manufacturer Trench Group to GE Vernova for $9bn, in one of the largest European private equity exits announced this year. Triton acquired the business through a corporate carve-out in 2024. Trench has since grown annual revenue to more than €1bn and secured approximately $5bn in backlog […]
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Oct 29, 2026
Three-quarters of private markets investors say the time required to receive distributions has increased over the past year, yet 84% still intend to increase their exposure to the asset class over the next two years, according to new research from Brown Brothers Harriman.
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Oct 29, 2026
PGIM and LGT Capital Partners have co-led a $680m private credit continuation vehicle for US direct lender Tree Line Capital Partners, providing liquidity to existing investors in two of the manager's funds.
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Oct 29, 2026
Mediobanca-owned alternative credit manager Polus Capital Management has raised about $600m to date for its second special situations fund, having returned to capital raising after deploying almost all of its €890m predecessor.
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Oct 29, 2026
KKR has completed its first private credit continuation vehicle with more than $460m in commitments, joining a growing number of alternative asset managers using secondary transactions to provide liquidity to investors in ageing direct lending funds.
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Oct 28, 2026
London-based industrial technology investor AP Ventures has reached a $300m final close for its third fund, just below the $316m it raised for its predecessor vehicle in 2021. AP Ventures had filed to raise up to $500m for Fund III with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, although it is unclear if that figure was […]
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Oct 28, 2026
General Catalyst and JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group have led a $2.1bn financing for US advanced manufacturing business Re.
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Oct 28, 2026
The proportion of insurers planning to increase private markets allocations has fallen by 18 percentage points in a year, despite most still expecting to invest more in the asset class, according to new research from BlackRock.
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Oct 28, 2026
Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Mubadala Capital, with Apollo and additional strategic investors expected to commit a combined $5bn across the Abu Dhabi-based manager's investment strategies.
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Oct 28, 2026
Growth equity investor Disruptive has raised $10bn for its first conventional investment fund, ending 14 years of raising capital on a deal-by-deal basis.
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Oct 28, 2026
Advent International has raised $30bn across its latest global private equity fund and a newly launched mid-market strategy, securing almost $27bn for its flagship GPE XI vehicle and more than $3bn for its first dedicated mid-market fund.
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Oct 27, 2026
HealthSpan Partners, an affiliate of US nonprofit hospital group Bon Secours Mercy Health, has agreed to acquire Bain Capital-backed Surgery Partners in a $5.7bn take-private transaction.
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Oct 27, 2026
Canada has launched a C$1.75bn venture and growth capital investment programme designed to attract pension funds and other institutional investors into domestic venture capital.
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Oct 27, 2026
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System has authorised up to $650m of private markets investments and additional commitments, including $200m for Clayton, Dubilier & Rice's thirteenth flagship fund.
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Oct 27, 2026
Egyptian private equity manager Tanmiya Capital has closed its second growth investment fund at $130m, exceeding its $120m target with support from a $37.5m commitment by the European Investment Bank.
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Oct 27, 2026
Town Lane has closed its second real estate opportunities fund at its $1.9bn hard cap, well above its initial $1.5bn target.
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Oct 26, 2026
Bison Ventures has raised $160m for its second venture capital fund, approximately 19% more than its debut vehicle, as the US manager increases its exposure to early-stage companies developing frontier technologies.
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Oct 26, 2026
Vintage Investment Partners has raised $920m across its venture fund-of-funds and secondaries strategies, taking the Tel Aviv-based manager's assets under management above $4.8bn.
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Oct 26, 2026
Ascertis Credit has secured more than $700m in commitments for its fourth private credit fund, surpassing the $600m raised for its predecessor as the Singapore-based manager continues fundraising towards a $1bn target.
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Oct 26, 2026
Global private equity assets under management are forecast to almost double to $12tn by the end of 2031, while private credit will surpass $5tn and become one of the fastest-growing major alternative investment classes, according to new research from Preqin.
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Oct 26, 2026
Partners Group has raised $875m through two rated feeder vehicles for its evergreen private credit strategy this year, following a second closing that secured $510m from US insurance companies.
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Oct 23, 2026
Miras Investments has named Matthew Lesesky as its new global head of private equity, adding a seasoned endowment investor to its investment team. Lesesky will run the family office's private equity activity across all regions and will report to chief investment officer Elizabeth Hewitt. The programme he now oversees allocates capital primarily through pooled funds […]
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Oct 23, 2026
Independent investment manager GEM has completed fundraising for GEM Independent Sponsors Fund II, LP at its hard cap, securing $685m in total commitments. The capital came from a broad base of limited partners, including foundations, healthcare organisations, insurers, university endowments and clients of GEM's affiliated outsourced chief investment officer business. The new vehicle follows the […]
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Oct 22, 2026
India-based IIFL Capital Asset Management has held the first close of ?500 Crore for its IIFL Late-Stage Private Equity Fund, which has a final close target of ?1,000 Crore ($105.5m). This marks IIFL's maiden fund for its private equity platform. The vehicle will be used to back scaled-up, profitable Indian enterprises that are preparing to […]
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Oct 22, 2026
Northwind Group has held the final close of its third debt fund on a capital pool of $1bn, double the size of its initial $500m target. Northwind Debt Fund III (NDF III) will continue the firm's strategy that focuses on real estate credit. The fund originates senior-secured bridge loans across major US gateway markets, with […]
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Oct 21, 2026
Trive Capital has announced that it has closed on the sale of EarthLink, to a family office consortium consisting of WaveDivision Capital, The Pritzker Organization and Stephens Capital Partners, in partnership with EarthLink's management team. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, EarthLink is one of the largest internet service providers in the United States, serving over 500,000 […]
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Oct 21, 2026
Pantheon has closed its eighth secondaries fund with a capital pool of $6bn, beating its initial target of $3bn by 71%. Pantheon Global Secondaries Fund VIII and associated vehicles (PGSF VIII) follows a busy year for the firm, which deployed around $3.35bn across 17 secondary transactions in 2025. PGSF VIII has a differentiated strategy that […]
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Oct 21, 2026
Inspired Capital, an early-stage investing firm, has announced the close of its Fund IV on a total of $450m. This recent raise brings the total committed capital to more than $1.3bn and fuels the company's ambition to back the ‘next-generation of world-changing companies'. Founded in 2019, Inspired invests in tech-driven firms across sectors ranging from […]
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Oct 21, 2026
Ocarian, a provider of asset manager, private wealth and corporate and issuer services, has named Kristina Rowe as its new global head of issuer services. Rowe joined Ocorian in 2019 and has held a range of roles since then, including as global chief of staff, leading the Global Private Clients business, and the Regional Head […]
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Oct 21, 2026
San Francisco-based private equity firm FFL Partners has closed FFL Capital Partners VI, and related vehicles, on over $1.35bn. Fund VI represents a 50% increase on the predecessor fund, which closed on $991m in 2022. Despite the bigger size of the fund, it is still smaller than the firm's fourth flagship fund, which closed with […]
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Oct 20, 2026
Bank of America Private Bank has named Kevin Stone, CAIA, as a senior vice president and senior portfolio manager. In this role, Stone will leverage deep and established relationships across South Florida to support the firm's operations in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale regions. Stone has nearly two decades of experience working within the asset […]
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Oct 20, 2026
Global investment firm Ara Partners, a firm focused on the energy and industrial transition sectors, has reached a final close of its first energy fund at $2.5bn. Ara Energy Fund I raised $2.5bn for its strategy involving $1.8bn in fund commitments and over $700m in associated co-investment. Launched in the second quarter of 2025, the […]
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Oct 20, 2026
Monomoy Capital Partners has announced the close of its Monomoy Family Fund I, its first vehicle in the space, at an oversubscribed value of $589m. According to Monomoy, the fund drew significant investor demand its external hard cap of $500m. The final close came three months after launch, which brings its total commitments to $589 […]
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Oct 20, 2026
Blackstone Energy Transition Partners has held the final close for its fifth flagship fund on $8.7bn, more than 50% larger than its predecessor. The oversubscribed fund, which hit its hard cap, will be used to help build energy companies that drive cleaner, more reliable and affordable energy. Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V (BETP V) has […]
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Oct 20, 2026
Clinical ink, a global clinical trial technology company has announced investments from Ardan Equity, a private equity firm specializing in healthcare technology, through Ardan Equity Fund I and from GI Partners a leading private investment firm that has partnered with the company since 2020, through GI Partners Fund VI. Existing investors, including GI Partners Fund […]
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Oct 19, 2026
EMK Capital has closed a €1.25bn single-asset continuation fund at its hard cap, with LGT Capital Partners acting as co-lead investor, to retain ownership of European technical installation services group VDK Groep and provide additional capital for acquisitions.
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Oct 19, 2026
NeoGenesis Capital has launched its debut venture capital fund targeting businesses developed using the genetic engineering platform of Colossal Biosciences, the US biotechnology company best known for its attempts to revive extinct species.
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Oct 19, 2026
EQT has agreed to acquire Australian waste management group Cleanaway in a A$9.3bn ($6.5bn) deal through its EQT Infrastructure VI fund.
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Oct 19, 2026
Evercore has appointed its private capital advisory chief Nigel Dawn as co-president alongside investment banking executive Naveen Nataraj, elevating the head of its secondaries and private capital advisory business into the firm's senior executive leadership.
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Oct 19, 2026
UK private equity manager Graphite Capital has returned to fundraising with a £500m target for its tenth flagship buyout fund, ending an eight-year gap since the close of its previous vehicle.
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Oct 19, 2026
Nauta Capital has secured €60m at the first close of its sixth venture capital fund, with the British Business Bank returning as an anchor investor for the fourth successive generation of the European software investment strategy.
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Oct 19, 2026
Pear VC has raised $333m for its fifth flagship venture capital fund, down almost 23% from its previous vehicle.
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Oct 16, 2026
Thoma Bravo-backed cybersecurity business Proofpoint has agreed to acquire listed data security specialist Varonis Systems in a $6.3bn all-cash transaction, extending the sponsor's consolidation of the cybersecurity sector. Varonis shareholders will receive $49.75 per share, representing a 52% premium to the company's June 22 closing price. Thoma Bravo is providing equity financing and has secured […]
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Oct 16, 2026
Global infrastructure fundraising remained 39% below last year's levels during the first nine months of 2026 despite a sharp third-quarter rebound, with three megafunds accounting for almost two-thirds of the capital raised during the latest quarter.
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Oct 16, 2026
US alternative asset manager Bow River Capital has appointed private equity investment chief Greg Hiatrides as chief executive, succeeding founder Blair Richardson after 23 years leading the business.
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Oct 16, 2026
Aldaron, a new US private equity firm established by former executives from Palantir and Carlyle, has reportedly closed its debut fund on about $885m.
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Oct 16, 2026
OrbiMed has raised $3bn across its latest US and European life sciences fund and sixth Asian healthcare investment vehicle, with the latter surpassing $1bn for the first time as the manager expands its exposure to the region's biotechnology industry.
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Oct 15, 2026
US private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has closed a $285m single-asset continuation fund for food services business Whitsons Culinary Group, allowing the manager to extend its ownership of a company which has tripled in size during its investment period.
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Oct 15, 2026
Blackstone Tactical Opportunities is exiting US skincare business ZO Skin Health through its $1.5bn enterprise value sale to Swiss dermatology group Galderma. The all-cash transaction will see Galderma acquire the business from shareholders including Blackstone-managed funds and the Obagi family. ZO generated $330m of sales in the 12 months to June 2026, implying a transaction […]
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Oct 15, 2026
Maine Public Employees Retirement System has committed $280m to a Meridiam infrastructure strategy, taking its infrastructure fund commitments this year to $580m despite its broader real assets portfolio already exceeding its target allocation.
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Oct 15, 2026
Legal & General and renewable energy specialist NTR have secured €330m at the first close of their latest European energy transition infrastructure fund, with three initial acquisitions providing exposure to around 1.5GW of clean power generation and grid-support projects.
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Oct 15, 2026
Midwestern US private equity manager Mason Wells has raised more than $833m for its sixth flagship buyout fund, according to newly filed US regulatory disclosures, exceeding the total capital raised for its predecessor vehicle.
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Oct 15, 2026
Midwestern US private equity manager Mason Wells has raised more than $833m for its sixth flagship buyout fund, according to newly filed US regulatory disclosures, exceeding the total capital raised for its predecessor vehicle.
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Oct 15, 2026
European growth investor Sprints has closed its fifth fund at its €725m hard cap, increasing its fundraising by about 40% from the previous generation as it continues backing established technology businesses across Europe.
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Oct 15, 2026
European software buyout heavyweight Hg has reportedly secured about €1bn at the first close of its inaugural GP-led secondaries fund, taking the new strategy beyond the halfway point of its €1.75bn fundraising target.
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Oct 14, 2026
BlackRock's HPS Investment Partners has agreed to acquire Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe's majority interest in a joint venture holding nearly 150 Humana primary care clinics, in a transaction valuing WCAS's equity stake at $2.8bn.
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Oct 14, 2026
UK venture capital managers raised a record $6.9bn across 31 funds in the third quarter of 2026, more than four times the average quarterly fundraising total over the previous two years, according to new research from HSBC Innovation Banking and Dealroom.
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Oct 14, 2026
Norway's sovereign wealth fund has increased its commitment to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' flagship renewable energy strategy by a third, allocating €1.2bn to the manager's sixth fund.
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Oct 14, 2026
US restaurant-focused private equity manager Savory has raised $201.5m for its third fund, with more than a third of the capital already deployed across four emerging restaurant businesses.
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Oct 14, 2026
Aircraft investment manager BBAM has raised more than $1.7bn for its third flagship aviation fund, increasing the size of its Incline strategy after committing more than $625m to investments before the final close.
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Oct 14, 2026
StepStone Group has raised more than $3.1bn for its sixth flagship private equity secondaries fund, according to newly amended US regulatory filings, taking the vehicle beyond the halfway point of its reported $6bn fundraising target.
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Oct 13, 2026
CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Israeli camouflage technology manufacturer Fibrotex through its Catalyst III fund, with the Financial Times reporting that the firm is investing about €250m for a 40% holding.
The post Deal Roundup: CVC agrees Isreali camo tech maker Fibrotex deal, Asterion in talks to buy Fraikin appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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Oct 13, 2026
Finance Earth is targeting $100m for a new African nature and carbon investment fund, backed by a £5m cornerstone commitment from FSD Africa Investments, as it looks to attract institutional capital into early-stage environmental projects across the continent.
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Oct 13, 2026
Italian state-backed investor CDP Venture Capital has committed to Jolt Capital's fifth flagship fund, strengthening the French growth equity manager's push into Italy as it targets up to €1.1bn for European deeptech investments.
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Oct 13, 2026
Nuveen Real Estate has secured more than A$1bn in commitments for its latest Australian commercial real estate debt strategy, with CPP Investments committing A$300m alongside returning investors Temasek and TIAA.
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Oct 13, 2026
New Mountain Capital has established a regulated office in Abu Dhabi, appointing former Blackstone managing director Shehreyar Hameed to lead its Middle East operations.
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Oct 13, 2026
Lightspeed Venture Partners has appointed former EQT executive Adil Haque as partner and head of capital partnerships, strengthening its institutional fundraising leadership after raising more than $9bn across six funds last year.
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Oct 13, 2026
Apogem Capital has raised $472m across its latest real assets investment programme, exceeding the target for its fourth flagship vehicle as the New York-based manager expands its natural resources investment strategy.
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Oct 12, 2026
One Equity Partners has agreed to acquire technology distribution business Nexora from DCC for $725m, according to Reuters, as the Irish group continues restructuring ahead of KKR's planned acquisition of DCC Energy.
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Oct 12, 2026
Aphias Capital has raised more than $1bn for its inaugural private equity fund as former HIG Capital healthcare chief Rob Wolfson establishes a new lower mid-market buyout platform.
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Oct 12, 2026
Consonance Capital Partners has raised $1.35bn for its third private equity fund, increasing its flagship fund size by almost 58% after completing an oversubscribed fundraising in less than four months.
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Oct 09, 2026
SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of 800 MHz wireless spectrum licences from digital infrastructure investment firm Grain Management in a transaction valued at about $8bn, according to Reuters. The agreement covers 100% of Grain's low-band spectrum holdings and will support the development of SpaceX's Starlink Mobile service, which aims to combine satellite […]
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