Sorenson Capital, based in Salt Lake City, will invest in small- to mid-sized companies in the Western US with the help of a former American football star.
The Bethesda, Maryland venture capital firm touted its ties to the Washington DC research and development scene.
Vintage Venture Partners, a private equity secondaries investor focused on Israel, has completed the final closing of its debut fund with $64m of commitments.
The New York middle market firm has sold transmission parts and services franchiser Cottman to American Capital Strategies as it proceeds to harvest Fund II.
Swiss Re Private Equity Advisers, the private equity fund of funds arm of reinsurance company Swiss Re, has announced the final closing of Swiss Re Private Equity Partners II at €409m.
Explorer Investments has held an initial close on €50m of its debut Explorer I fund, aimed at helping Portuguese companies invest in Spain.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts firm’s Fund II exceeds the previous $630m vehicle and is targeting middle market LBOs in the industrial sector.
New investors have signed up for ICG’s new mid-market mezzanine fund, which will have cash resources of up to €1.5bn.
The largest mezzanine fund raised in Canada brings capital managed by the Toronto-based private equity arm of TD Bank Financial to about C$2.6bn.
The New York buyout firm has turned a $150m investment in a pharmacy benefit manager into an 81 percent IRR winner.
Vendex, the Dutch retailer, has received a €1.43 billion offer from a private equity consortium comprising Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, AlpInvest Partners and Change Capital Partners.
The Paris-headquartered European secondaries investor has announced the final closing of its third fund to focus exclusively on Europe.
AXA Private Equity’s secondary unit has achieved its fundraising target for its Fund of Funds II, which has closed on €250m.
Close Brothers Private Equity, the UK mid-market private equity firm, has closed its Fund VII at a capped level of £360m – beating an original target of £350m.
The veteran middle-market buyout firm names a new managing director who participated on the firm's successful Aerobed deal.