Hugh Richards of Exponent Private Equity offers a personal perspective on spinning out of an institutional private equity manager.
AXA Investment Managers Private Equity has announced the final closing of its latest mid-market secondaries fund on $1bn: well ahead of an original target fund size of $800m.
Kendall Court Capital Partners has announced a first closing on $35m for its debut Asian mezzanine fund. The fund has a final target of $75m.
A new study shows views among limited partners regarding the relative prospects of buyout and venture funds are strongly polarised.
Herald Ventures, run by UK technology investor Katie Potts, has held a first closing on an early-stage technology, telecom and media fund with a £40m target.
The newly-independent Dutch private equity firm, formerly known as NeSBIC, has closed its second fund ahead of a €200m target.
The new venture fund, which will focus on IT investments, comes online at a time when established firms crank out their follow-on funds.
Following news that Ned Gilhuly is to return to KKR’s Menlo Park office, Johannes Huth has been named head of the firm’s London office.
The New York middle-market firm has announced the sale of Floral Plant Growers to Blue Point Capital.
Despite industry-wide lighter venture capital fundraisings, the Washington-State-based firm closes its largest fund to date while simultaneously naming two new partners.
Bain Capital Ventures’ second fund follows its 2001 same-sized vehicle, which is close to being fully invested.
Proof of a still burgeoning secondaries market comes with Greenpark Capital’s announcement of the final close of its €350m second fund.
The Swedish private equity firm has announced the first and final close of its third mid-market fund dedicated to the Nordic region.
The San Francisco-based mid-market buyout shop closes its largest fund yet, which will focus on life sciences, business services and industrial technologies.
BS Private Equity, the Italian mid-market private equity firm, has completed the seventh and eighth investments from its Italian Private Equity Fund IV (IPEF IV), which closed in July 2003 on €550m.