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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.
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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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Oct 09, 2026
US venture capital investment reached a record $515.8bn during the first nine months of 2026, but artificial intelligence companies accounted for almost 83% of that capital, according to new PitchBook and National Venture Capital Association research. The Q3 2026 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor found that investment through September had already exceeded the previous full-year record, set […]
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Oct 09, 2026
SEVA Growth has raised $160m for its second growth equity fund, almost doubling its debut vehicle after completing an oversubscribed fundraising process in less than a month.
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Oct 09, 2026
TCG Crossover has raised $600m for its first dedicated Asian life sciences fund, expanding beyond its established US and European investment strategies as the firm seeks greater exposure to biotechnology innovation across the region.
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Oct 09, 2026
Spectrum Equity has raised $2.5bn for its eleventh flagship growth equity fund, increasing its fund size by 25% despite a difficult fundraising environment for many technology-focused investment managers.
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Oct 09, 2026
GTCR has raised more than $14.2bn for its fifteenth flagship private equity fund, surpassing the $13.5bn fundraising target reported for the vehicle and putting it almost 24% ahead of its predecessor.
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Oct 08, 2026
Wittington Investments, the holding company of Canada's Weston family, has agreed to acquire Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family in an $8.9bn transaction including assumed debt. The deal gives the private equity firm an exit from the British pharmacy retailer little more than a year after taking its former parent Walgreens Boots Alliance […]
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Oct 08, 2026
Global private equity exit value jumped 65% in the third quarter to $481.6bn, but the number of completed exits rose by less than 10%, according to new PitchBook data highlighting the concentration of the industry's recovery in larger transactions.
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Oct 08, 2026
Octagon Credit Investors has hired former Antares Capital executive John Zilko as head of investor solutions and business development, strengthening the institutional fundraising leadership of the $31bn alternative credit manager.
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Oct 08, 2026
Bridgepoint has exceeded its €28bn fundraising target three months ahead of schedule, with its latest European buyout fund approaching an €8.65bn hard cap as strong performance from Energy Capital Partners drives a sharp increase in expected carried interest.
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Oct 08, 2026
Meridiam has closed a $4.5bn North American infrastructure vehicle that will allow the manager to extend ownership of 15 existing assets while providing liquidity to investors in its earlier funds.
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Oct 08, 2026
Sheridan Capital Partners has raised almost $1.35bn across two healthcare-focused private equity funds, nearly doubling the size of its flagship vehicle while launching a separate strategy dedicated to healthcare technology.
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Oct 07, 2026
Conversant Capital has closed its debut private investment fund on $705m, beating its original $500m target by more than 40% as the six-year-old real estate investment firm grows assets under management to $3.2bn.
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Oct 07, 2026
European life sciences investor Forbion has raised €2.3bn across its latest venture and growth funds, topping the record €2.09bn it collected for the predecessor pair two years ago.
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Oct 07, 2026
LS Power has raised $6bn for its sixth flagship infrastructure fund, more than doubling the $2.7bn collected for its predecessor.
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Oct 06, 2026
KKR has agreed to acquire private capital fund administrator Gen II Fund Services from Hg, General Atlantic and other minority investors for a $5.1bn enterprise value through its Core Private Equity strategy.Gen II administers more than $2tn of private-fund capital for more than 275 investment managers. Hg and General Atlantic invested in the business in […]
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Oct 06, 2026
Deep tech investor Linse Capital has raised $150m for a new early-stage strategy, marking a significant expansion beyond the concentrated growth-stage investing model it has pursued since its launch in 2015.
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Oct 06, 2026
Energy Capital Partners has raised $834m for a single-asset continuation vehicle holding Next Wave Energy Partners, giving investors in its $3.3bn fourth flagship fund the option to cash out of the energy infrastructure business.
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Oct 06, 2026
The British Business Bank has committed £10m to Fuel Ventures to boost the venture capital firm's capacity to make new early-stage investments and provide follow-on funding to its existing portfolio companies.
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Oct 06, 2026
StepStone Group has partnered with Dubai-based ASB Capital to launch an open-ended Sharia-compliant private credit fund targeting senior secured lending to US middle-market businesses.
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Oct 05, 2026
Technology-focused private equity newcomer Niobrara Capital Partners has beaten its target by about 50% to raise more than $1.1bn for its debut buyout fund, less than two-and-a-half years after launching the firm.
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Oct 05, 2026
Warburg Pincus has made an investment in Ares and LightBay Capital-backed Awayday through its $4bn-plus Capital Solutions Founders Fund, providing liquidity to the vacation-rental manager's existing investors while leaving Ares and LightBay as controlling shareholders.
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Oct 05, 2026
Dutch pension giant ABP has committed €250m to the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund as it prepares to deploy about €1bn into European venture capital over the next three years.
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Oct 05, 2026
LAUNCHub Ventures has reached a €65m first close for its third fund, putting the Central and Southeast European early-stage investor most of the way towards a €75m-plus target.
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Oct 02, 2026
Headline has raised $400m for its eighth European early-stage fund as the Mistral and Black Forest Labs backer looks to increase its exposure to the continent's rapidly expanding AI sector.
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Oct 02, 2026
SoftBank Group has completed its $3.1bn acquisition of DigitalBridge, taking the digital infrastructure specialist private and making it a controlled subsidiary of the Japanese investment group.
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Oct 02, 2026
Abry Partners has hired Advent International managing director Yusef Kassim to lead its capital strategy and investor relations, seven years after the $16bn alternative investment manager last publicly announced the close of a flagship buyout fund.
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Oct 02, 2026
Investcorp has beaten its $1.1bn target to raise $1.22bn for its second North American private equity fund, targeting growing middle-market services businesses.
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Oct 02, 2026
Oaktree Capital Management has raised $2bn for its first dedicated institutional asset-backed finance fund as parent Brookfield continues to scale a financing platform which now exceeds $60bn.
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Oct 02, 2026
Ares Management has raised about $4.2bn for its inaugural dedicated structured solutions strategy, more than quadrupling the vehicle's original $1bn target amid growing demand for financing aimed directly at private equity managers.
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Oct 01, 2026
Alternative credit specialist CIFC Asset Management has hired veteran distribution executive Nick White to expand its European investor relationships as the $47bn-plus manager looks to bring more of its credit strategies to institutions and wealth clients across the region.
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Oct 01, 2026
European early-stage investor DIG Ventures has raised $120m for its third fund to target startups building the infrastructure underpinning the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence.
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Oct 01, 2026
SWEN Capital Partners has closed its first Article 9 fund in its long-running Europa private equity programme on €236m, with 80% of the vehicle already committed to investments.
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Oct 01, 2026
Harrison Street Asset Management has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Antin Infrastructure Partners-backed Vicinity Energy in a transaction valuing the US district energy business at $2.92bn.
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Oct 01, 2026
Private equity valuation multiples for SaaS businesses have fallen sharply as sponsors contend with AI disruption risk, higher financing costs and a market increasingly focused on profitability rather than growth.
The post SaaS buyout multiples collapse from 20.4x to 11.7x as PE investment falls to $58.8bn appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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Oct 01, 2026
Pantheon has hired Sagard's former MENA head Firas Mallah to lead its Middle East business as the $84bn private markets investor opens its first office in Abu Dhabi.
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Oct 01, 2026
Stonelake Capital Partners has grown its flagship opportunistic real estate fund by about 34% after hitting a $1bn hard cap for its eighth vehicle.
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Oct 01, 2026
Stride Consumer Partners has increased its fund size by 30% after closing its second growth equity vehicle at a $550m hard cap following a roughly four-month fundraising process.
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Oct 01, 2026
Audax Private Debt has increased the equity capital raised for its flagship direct lending strategy by 80% after closing its third fund at a $5.4bn hard cap.
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Sep 30, 2026
Apollo has completed its acquisition of Nippon Sheet Glass in a transaction carrying an enterprise value of almost $3.7bn, completing what the alternatives giant says is its largest private equity investment in Japan to date.
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Sep 30, 2026
Energy Revolution Ventures is targeting a near-threefold increase in fund size with a $50m second vehicle focused on early-stage energy transition technology.
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Sep 30, 2026
CAZ Investments' private markets interval fund has grown beyond $900m of assets after adding more than $110m in roughly three months, as alternative managers continue to expand their reach into the private wealth market.
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Sep 30, 2026
Rising Point Capital Management has raised $325m for its first institutional private equity fund after moving from an independent sponsor model to committed capital.
The post Rising Point surges past target with $325m debut fund close, after shift from independent sponsor model appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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Sep 30, 2026
Franchise investment specialist Princeton Equity Group has more than doubled the size of its flagship private equity fund after raising $1.3bn for Fund III in just two months.
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Sep 29, 2026
AAR has agreed to acquire a 65% controlling interest in Bain Capital-backed MRO Holdings at a $4bn implied enterprise value, paying about $1.8bn of equity value for the initial stake and repaying roughly $1.3bn of MRO's existing borrowings.
The post Deal Roundup: AAR strikes $4bn-EV deal for Bain-backed MRO; GTCR buys Tactacam appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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Sep 29, 2026
Almost two-thirds of institutional investors expect to increase their exposure to infrastructure equity and private equity over the next three to five years, according to a global survey of 700 investors by IFM Investors.
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Sep 29, 2026
New York City comptroller Mark Levine is seeking to put another $5bn of the city's pension capital into private-market climate strategies spanning power generation, grid modernisation, energy storage and resilient infrastructure.
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Sep 29, 2026
Blackstone global private equity head Joseph Baratta is preparing to leave the alternatives giant by the end of the year after almost three decades at the firm, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.
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Sep 29, 2026
Sofinnova Partners has increased the size of its specialist medtech company-creation strategy by 30% after closing its fourth MD Start fund on an oversubscribed €82m.
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Sep 29, 2026
Seligman Investments has doubled the deployable capital available to its venture arm to $1bn, just eight months after launching the platform with $500m, amid a surge in investment opportunities across AI infrastructure, semiconductors and cybersecurity.
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