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Jul 31, 2026
Blue Earth Capital has passed $200m in capital commitments for its impact secondaries strategy after it concluded a second close. Momentum for the latest close came largely from the US, where three prominent names joined the investor base. These were Builders Vision, iAlumbra Capital and Sonen Capital. The firm said the milestone marks an important […]
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Jul 31, 2026
Kingswood Capital Management has closed two oversubscribed vehicles that together raised $4bn. The larger of the two, Kingswood Capital Opportunities Fund IV, concluded with $3.1bn in commitments, well above its original $2.25bn target. The firm also held a final close on its debut small cap vehicle, Kingswood Capital Opportunities Small Cap Fund I, which brought […]
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Jul 30, 2026
Hg, the leading investor in European and transatlantic software and services businesses, today announced that it has agreed the sale of its majority shareholding in Quantios, a leading provider of SaaS solutions to the global trust and corporate services industry, to Vista Equity Partners. Hg first invested in the business in 2022, then TrustQuay, and […]
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Jul 30, 2026
Pantheon has co-led an €811m multi-asset continuation vehicle for BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital, showing the desire for complex GP-led secondaries in Europe. The vehicle will fund the next stage of expansion for two portfolio companies, with the first being Safety21, a European GovTech platform focused on road safety and smart mobility, while the second is Onlineprinters, […]
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Jul 30, 2026
GTCR has closed its first ever Capital Solutions Fund, bringing in roughly $1.25bn in total commitments across the vehicle and its affiliated entities. The capital came almost entirely from investors who already back other GTCR vehicles, a group spanning public and corporate pension schemes, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions. The vehicle has […]
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Jul 30, 2026
Chicago-headquartered Wind Point Partners has brought to a close its eleventh flagship vehicle at $3.2bn, surpassing its hard cap. The fund, Wind Point Partners XI, attracted backing from over 65 institutions across 17 countries, reaching across pension funds, insurers, asset managers, family offices and foundations. Alongside these outside commitments, the firm's General Partner and participants […]
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Jul 30, 2026
D.A. Davidson & Co, the employee-owned US financial services firm, has appointed John Baumgartner as vice chairman and co-head of equity capital markets as it looks to expand its investment banking platform and strengthen relationships across the middle market. Baumgartner will lead the firm's equity capital markets team alongside Josh Nolan, overseeing the origination, structuring, […]
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Jul 30, 2026
D.A. Davidson & Co, the employee-owned US financial services firm, has appointed John Baumgartner as vice chairman and co-head of equity capital markets as it looks to expand its investment banking platform and strengthen relationships across the middle market. Baumgartner will lead the firm's equity capital markets team alongside Josh Nolan, overseeing the origination, structuring, […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Bain Capital and Tillman Global Holdings have announced a $1.5 billion investment in Eaton Fiber, an affiliate of Tillman, to accelerate the expansion of Verizon fiber broadband through fiber network deployment across the United States. The investment, which was led by Bain Capital's Special Situations team, fully funds the acquisition of Ripple Fiber and the […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Outrigger Impact, a finance platform focused on ocean economies, has unveiled the Outrigger Impact Fund I. According to The Fish Site, the Fund is a $100m vehicle designed to channel equity and debt into blue economy businesses across Small Island Developing States. The fund is built to strengthen the ability of island nations to withstand […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Australasian real estate fund manager Centuria Capital Group has named Gordon Smith as its new fund manager - retail. Smith brings two decades of retail sector experience, will work out of the company's Perth office and take charge of Centuria's large format retail and daily needs retail portfolios, which together reach across more than 70 […]
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Jul 29, 2026
T. Rowe Price has joined forces with Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) to unveil the T. Rowe Price Goldman Sachs Private Markets Fund. The vehicle is an interval fund aimed at bringing institutional-grade private market investing within reach of everyday investors. According to T.Rowe, the vehicle draws on the portfolio construction strength of T. Rowe […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Jump Capital, the Chicago-founded venture firm established in 2012 alongside Jump Trading, has concluded its eighth fund at $350m. This fund marks the biggest vehicle in Jump's history. According to Jump Capital, Fund 8 is focused on investing in AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer tooling and related enterprise technologies. Announced on 29 July, the new fund […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Jump Capital, the Chicago-founded venture firm established in 2012 alongside Jump Trading, has concluded its seventh fund at $350m. According to Crypto News, this fund marks the biggest vehicle in Jump'a history and shows a deeper push into digital assets. Announced on 29 July, the new fund will maintain the firm's established coverage of FinTech, […]
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Jul 28, 2026
Great American Holdings, a provider of financial advisory, valuation, asset disposition, and investment banking services and majority-owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, has announced the acquisition of Trampe Settles, a Dallas-based family law litigation support firm. Trampe Settles is focused on providing expert witness services in disputes involving the valuation of closely held […]
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Jul 28, 2026
Hong Kong-based PE house ZQ Capital has completed the final close of its flagship fund at its $300m target, with the vehicle finishing oversubscribed. According to Fund Selector Asia, the fundraise drew commitments from a mix of returning backers and first-time investors, widening the firm's base of institutional investors and family offices across North America, […]
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Jul 28, 2026
GCM Grosvenor has secured its final close of its first Credit Secondaries Fund (CSF), securing $1.2bn in commitments for the platform. The funding was raised both within and alongside CSF, a result the firm attributes to heightened appetite among investors for a strategy that is expanding at pace across private markets. The approach is founded […]
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Jul 28, 2026
Brookfield has secured approximately $2bn at the first close of its new private equity vehicle anchored by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF). The fund, named Brookfield Middle East Partners (BMEP), secured its initial funding from a group of strategic anchor backers, led by PIF alongside other institutional investors from the region and around the […]
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Jul 28, 2026
KKR has named Roy Gori, the former president and CEO of Manulife, as a senior advisor as it looks to deepen its reach across international financial services and insurance markets. Gori will guide the firm on strategic openings across insurance, wealth management, banking and distribution, with particular attention on Asia Pacific and other international markets. […]
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Jul 27, 2026
TransDigm Group has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prince & Izant a portfolio company of Industrial Growth Partners, for approximately $1.066 billion in cash, including certain tax benefits. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Prince & Izant is a leading global designer and manufacturer of highly engineered brazing alloys and specialty metal […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Dutch independent private equity firm MG Partners, a Benelux-focused healthcare investor, has completed the final close of MG Invest VII Coöperatie. The vehicle is an €80m fund built to create market-leading healthcare businesses through a buy & build approach, according to Investors in Healthcare. The vehicle closed at its hard cap after an oversubscribed raise, […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Africa50 has named Djalal Khimdjee as CEO of the Africa50 Principal Investment Fund effective 1 August 2026. Khimdjee arrives with over 25 years in infrastructure investing, development finance and senior leadership. His focus in the new role is to steer the Fund into its next stage of expansion, building a strong vehicle capable of producing […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Hines has secured more than €500m in commitments at the first close of its latest European value-add vehicle, Hines European Real Estate Partners IV. Backers of the fund span both returning and first-time institutional allocators, among them sovereign wealth funds, pension schemes and insurers based in Europe and the Americas. The vehicle, the fourth instalment […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Italian PE firm HAT SGR has reached an interim close on Hat Technology Fund 5 with €155m in commitments. The milestone was backed by two sources of demand. Backers of the firm's earlier vehicles have re-committed more than 100% of the capital previously returned to them, while a group of prominent institutions has joined for […]
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Jul 24, 2026
Bain Capital has agreed to acquire UK vitamins and supplements manufacturer Vitabiotics as the business prepares for its next phase of international expansion.
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Jul 24, 2026
Tikehau Capital has hit a €5.2bn final close for the sixth generation of its European direct lending strategy, marking a huge jump in fund size compared to its predecessor vehicle.
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Jul 24, 2026
Francisco Partners has completed the largest fundraising in its 27-year history by closing on $21bn across its latest flagship and mid-market vehicles - extending a fundraising trajectory that has seen the tech-focused buyout firm's capital raises soar in the past few years.
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Jul 24, 2026
Partners Group has taken total fundraising across its latest infrastructure investment programmes beyond $20bn after holding the final close of its dedicated infrastructure secondaries programme at more than $5.5bn.
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Jul 24, 2026
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has held the final close of its fourth lower middle market fund at its $2bn hard cap, extending a fundraising run that has seen the LA-based private equity firm secure $6.4bn across its platform over the past 24 months.
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Jul 24, 2026
EAAA Alternatives has returned 100% of drawn investor capital from the third series of its performing credit strategy, while retaining two remaining investments it said are on track for realisation.
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Jul 23, 2026
Platinum Equity and Nestlé have agreed to establish Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture valued at $5.6bn that will combine Nestlé's waters and premium beverages business into a standalone global platform.
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Jul 23, 2026
Blackstone, Vanguard and Wellington Management have launched the first investment products from their recently-announced strategic alliance, expanding private markets access for wealth management clients through two funds that combine public and private assets.
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Jul 23, 2026
Avenue Growth Partners has closed its second fund on its $155m hard cap, more than doubling the size of its debut vehicle amid a continued push from LPs into AI verticals.
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Jul 22, 2026
Golding Capital Partners has secured €283m at the first close of its sixth flagship buyout fund, as the German private markets investor continues to build a diversified European and North American small and mid-cap buyout portfolio.
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Jul 22, 2026
Real assets investor Townsend has raised more than $2bn for its latest real estate secondaries strategy, with the global real assets specialist targeting a total raise of $3bn to capitalise on growing demand in the asset class.
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Jul 22, 2026
Dimension, a venture firm focused on science and compute-driven companies, has launched its third fund with $800m in capital commitments, almost doubling the firm's total assets under management.
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Jul 22, 2026
TruArc Partners has closed its latest private equity fund at $1.2bn, beating its target and coming in more than 40% larger than its predecessor vehicle.
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Jul 21, 2026
CapVest has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in European energy infrastructure services provider TSG. The Paris-headquartered company operates across 30 countries, employs more than 7,000 people and generates annual revenue exceeding €1.4bn - providing design, installation and maintenance services across power, EV charging, solar, battery storage, biofuels and gas infrastructure. CapVest said acquisitions […]
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Jul 21, 2026
GoldenTree Asset Management has closed its second flagship private credit fund at its $2.75bn hard cap, with the manager highlighting not only strong institutional demand but also the pace at which the vehicle has already been deployed and its early investment performance.
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Jul 21, 2026
Capitol Meridian Partners has closed its second flagship private equity fund on its $1.9bn hard cap, more than doubling the size of its debut vehicle.
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Jul 21, 2026
Clipway, the secondaries private equity investor launched by a trio of former senior Ardian executives, has stormed to a $6.4bn final close for its debut fund, marking one of the biggest-ever first-time fundraises of its type.
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Jul 20, 2026
Littlejohn & Co has promoted Brian Michaud to managing partner as part of the succession strategy at the mid-market private equity firm, with co-founder and chief executive Michael Klein moving from managing partner to chairman.
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Jul 20, 2026
Financials generated the strongest one-year returns in US private equity during 2025, outperforming the broader buyout market, while information technology led returns across overseas buyout markets, according to new benchmark data published by HarbourVest Partners.
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Jul 20, 2026
Partners Group has raised more than $15bn at the final close of its fourth direct infrastructure fundraise, marking a significant size hike compared to its predecessor vehicle in the strategy.
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Jul 17, 2026
Silver Hill Energy Partners has hauled in almost $1.28bn at the final close of its fifth oil and gas-focused investment fund after an oversubscribed raise.
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Jul 17, 2026
Uplift Investors, a private equity firm launched in 2025 by a trio of former Gridiron Capital executives, has raised $670m at the hard cap final close of its debut fund.
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Jul 17, 2026
Uplift Investors, a private equity firm launched in 2025 by a trio of former HIG Capital executives, has raised $670m at the hard cap final close of its debut fund.
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Jul 17, 2026
The British Business Bank has committed €25m to EQT Life Sciences' EQT Health Economics 3 Fund, which is targeting commercial stage, de-risked medtech and digital health technologies.
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Jul 16, 2026
Ardian has agreed to sell its majority stake in GBA Group, a Hamburg-based life science and laboratory analytics provider, to Bridgepoint after supporting a major phase of international growth.
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Jul 16, 2026
Preservation Capital Partners, the European mid-market PE firm focused on financial and business services, has closed its third fund at its €877m hard cap after an oversubscribed fundraising which took just six months.
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Jul 16, 2026
Carlyle AlpInvest has held the final close of Atom Fund II, its second vehicle focused on making single-asset continuation fund investments, at its $1.7bn hard cap - well above its $1bn target.
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Jul 16, 2026
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock has launched Greylock 18, a $1.5bn early-stage fund that will back founders at the pre-seed, seed and Series A stages, with a particular focus on companies emerging from the current wave of AI innovation.
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Jul 16, 2026
HarbourVest Partners has named former Morgan Stanley Investment Management executive Brian Taranto as the first COO of its global private wealth business, as the private markets manager continues to expand its wealth platform.
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Jul 16, 2026
North Carolina-based private equity firm LionLight Capital has sped to a $215m hard cap close of its debut fund in just ten weeks, picking up strong support for its strategy of targeting financial and professional services businesses.
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Jul 16, 2026
Czech private equity firm Genesis Capital has rebranded to Stratum Partners alongside the launch of its second fund, which is targeting €65m to invest in small and medium-sized businesses across the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the wider Central European region.
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Jul 16, 2026
Sagard's credit arm has secured more than $1bn at the first close of its latest direct lending fund, putting it about halfway to its $2bn target.
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Jul 16, 2026
European private equity fundraising has entered its most prolonged downturn in a decade, with the market recording its weakest fundraising year in 2025 and showing little sign of recovery during the opening months of 2026, a new report from Morningstar shows.
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Jul 15, 2026
Stripe and Advent International have jointly offered to acquire PayPal Holdings for $60.50 per share, valuing the payments company at more than $53bn, according to Reuters.
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Jul 15, 2026
Los Angeles-based private equity firm Vance Street Capital has appointed Jason Burmer as managing director and head of business development, adding an executive with more than a decade of deal origination experience.
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Jul 15, 2026
Swiss-headquartered private markets investor ACE & Company has launched ACE Private Equity, a dedicated platform combining its independent sponsors and secondaries businesses.
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Jul 15, 2026
The California State Teachers' Retirement System has agreed to anchor a $2bn strategic partnership with Nuveen targeting sustainable infrastructure credit investments.
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Jul 15, 2026
Munich Private Equity has launched its second European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF), giving retail investors access to a portfolio of European lower mid-market private equity funds.
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Jul 15, 2026
Wafra, the investment house backed by Kuwait's public pension fund, has held a $2bn final close for its GP stakes-focused Constellation Generation V fund.
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Jul 15, 2026
Spanish mid-market investor Talde Gestión has raised more than €155m at the first close of its third flagship growth equity vehicle, reaching almost 80% of its €200m fundraising target.
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Jul 14, 2026
A Warburg Pincus-led investor group has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in US rare disease pharmacy PANTHERx Rare from Nautic Partners, General Atlantic and The Vistria Group, with Nautic and management retaining significant stakes.
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Jul 14, 2026
Dutch lower mid-market investor DELTA Equity Partners has raced to a final close of its second flagship fund on its €125m hard cap, just four months after launching the vehicle.
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Jul 14, 2026
Pictet Alternative Advisors has beaten its target for its first dedicated environmental private equity co-investment fund, securing $253m in commitments.
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Jul 14, 2026
Citation Capital has held a $1.2bn final close for its inaugural private equity fund, making it one of the largest first-time buyout vehicles raised in recent years despite a difficult fundraising environment for new managers.
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Jul 14, 2026
Lightspring Capital Partners has held the final close of its second flagship fund on just over $218m, strengthening its position in the US lower middle market.
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Jul 13, 2026
Wynnchurch Capital has agreed to sell industrial flow control distributor FloWorks to Ferguson Enterprises in a cash deal valuing the business at approximately $1.6bn.
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Jul 13, 2026
Florida-based infrastructure investor Warren Equity Partners has closed its fifth flagship fund on about $2.8bn, exceeding its $2.25bn target and reaching its hard cap in less than a year.
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Jul 13, 2026
European life sciences VC investor Sofinnova Partners has appointed former Roche Venture Fund senior investment director David Evans as a partner, strengthening its late-stage investment capabilities as the firm continues to expand its crossover investing strategy.
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Jul 13, 2026
Acurio Ventures has held the final close of its debut venture capital secondaries fund on €115m, two years after the Spain-based investor rebranded from All Iron Ventures.
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Jul 13, 2026
HarbourVest Partners has closed its seventh flagship direct co-investment programme on about $4.75bn, comfortably surpassing its $4bn target.
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Jul 10, 2026
European private equity entered the second half of 2026 with improving dealmaking and a rebound in headline exit values, but the fundraising market remains under significant pressure as limited partners continue to concentrate commitments among a shrinking pool of established managers, new research from PitchBook shows.
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Jul 10, 2026
A B Capital-led investor consortium including CalPERS has agreed to acquire Russell Investments from TA Associates and Reverence Capital Partners.
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Jul 10, 2026
Ardian has completed a continuation fund transaction which values its HR consulting and outsourcing group portfolio business HR Path at nearly $1bn.
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Jul 10, 2026
Impax Asset Management has appointed former UBS Asset Management executive Andrew Morris as co-head of private equity infrastructure.
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Jul 09, 2026
Ballast Rock Asset Management has appointed Michael Welch as head of investor relations and capital formation, creating a new senior role as the alternative investment manager looks to expand fundraising across its real estate, private credit, venture capital and private equity strategies.
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Jul 09, 2026
Andera Partners has held the final close of its fourth expansion capital fund on €430m, exceeding its original €350m hard cap after increasing the limit twice to accommodate strong investor demand.
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Jul 09, 2026
TPG and Blackstone are exploring the sale of the surgical division of recently acquired medtech company Hologic in a deal expected to fetch more than $4bn, according to the Financial Times.
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Jul 09, 2026
Serent Capital has sped to a $1.3bn final close for its latest flagship fund, via to an oversubscribed raise which was completed in less than 90 days.
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Jul 09, 2026
SkyKnight Capital has held a final close for its fifth flagship buyout fund at its $2bn hard cap, completing the oversubscribed fundraising in less than six months.
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Jul 09, 2026
UK workplace pension scheme Nest has unveiled an initial £200m of investment targeting high-growth private companies through the creation of a dedicated venture capital sleeve managed by Schroders Capital.
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Jul 09, 2026
The global continuation fund market is on course to more than triple in size over the next decade - reaching more than $330bn in annual transaction volume by 2035 - as structural changes in private equity increasingly favour GP-led transactions over traditional sponsor-to-sponsor exits, according to new research from Schroders Capital. The firm's latest continuation […]
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Jul 09, 2026
Mérieux Equity Partners has hit a €335m first close for its fifth healthcare buyout fund, reaching more than half of its €600m target just four months after launching the vehicle.
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Jul 08, 2026
Lockheed Martin has agreed to acquire Ultra Maritime from Advent International-owned Cobham Ultra in a deal valued at $3.45bn.
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Jul 08, 2026
TIFF Investment Management has strengthened its private markets capabilities with the appointment of Andrew Murray and Stephen Grau to lead a new dedicated private equity secondaries practice.
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Jul 08, 2026
AEA Investors has appointed former Apollo Global Management executive Adam Biren as partner and head of capital formation for the Americas.
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Jul 08, 2026
Global investment firm B Capital, created by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, has raised $500m for the hard cap close of its third Ascent fund - nearly doubling the size of its predecessor vehicle amid strong LP appetite for AI investing.
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Jul 08, 2026
KKR-owned investor Arctos has held a $6.2bn final close for its inaugural GP solutions fund, significantly exceeding its $4bn target and establishing what the firm said is the largest first-time fund raised in the rapidly growing GP solutions market.
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Jul 08, 2026
Bregal Milestone has held the final close of its third flagship fund at its increased hard cap of €915m - capping an oversubscribed fundraising that almost doubled the size of the firm's maiden vehicle.
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Jul 08, 2026
Regal Healthcare Capital Partners has held a $610m final close for its fourth flagship fund, making it almost 50% larger than its predecessor vehicle from 2021.
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Jul 08, 2026
Energy transition investor Quinbrook has closed its second UK-focused Renewables Impact Fund on £587m, surpassing its £500m target.
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Jul 07, 2026
GTCR has agreed to sell the Biosurgery business of Corza Medical, including the TachoSil product portfolio, to EQT, six years after forming the company.
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Jul 07, 2026
Nordic venture investor Climentum Capital has held a €60m first close for its second fund, which is set to continue the firm's strategy of backing European hard-tech climate startups.
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Jul 07, 2026
Deep tech-focused venture investor Drumbeat Capital has launched its debut fund with a goal of up to $50m, a new filing from the US SEC shows.
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Jul 07, 2026
Tech-focused investor Isogon Ventures has launched its debut fund eyes on raising up to $150m, according to a filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Jul 06, 2026
Eurazeo has hit a €2.3bn final close for its fifth-generation private equity secondaries programme, more than double the size of its predecessor vehicle in the strategy.
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Jul 06, 2026
CVC Capital Partners has raised about €3bn at the final close of its third Catalyst fund, almost doubling its €1.75bn target.
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