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The French private equity house has come close to exceeding the target for its third mid-market fund.
The Japanese venture firm has announced the second cutback from one of its VC funds, the fifteenth reduction of its kind since the beginning of 2002.
The Los Angeles-based firm has exceeded its original $1.5bn target for its fourth mid-market fund.
The UK mezzanine specialist has comfortably exceeded its original E400m target for its fourth fund for investments in Western Europe.
The Bulgarian Supreme Court has confirmed that Advent International can proceed with its E200m deal for the state-owned telecommunications company.
The Finnish private equity investor has closed its latest split-focus fund on E253m, below the original target of E300m.
The Aria II Fund, CLSA Private Equity’s second fund targeting mid-size companies in Asia, has held a first close at $69m.
UK government-owned private equity investor CDC Group has acquired two power assets from AES in a $329m transaction.
The Los Angeles-based private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management has closed one of the year’s largest mezzanine funds on $800m.
The US-German healthcare investor has closed its third fund on $900m, making it one of the largest funds ever raised in the sector.
Trinity, the Dublin-based venture capital house, has raised E140m for early-stage technology investments in Ireland.
The European buyout firm has sold its remaining interest in UK DIY retailer Homebase to Great Universal Stores in a £900m deal.
The European venture capital firm wants to exploit its balance sheet and investment management infrastructure by moving into the burgeoning secondaries market.
Amid a sharp increase of activity in the French buyout market, the new fund from the former Charterhouse SA team has raised E300m.