Amid a sharp increase of activity in the French buyout market, the new fund from the former Charterhouse SA team has raised E300m.
Techno Venture Management has taken its total fundraising beyond the E1bn mark with the E128m final closing of its fifth fund targeting IT investments.
The Madrid-based venture capital firm is seeking up to E45m for a wireless fund targeting investments primarily in Catalonia.
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France’s largest private equity firm PAI Management has closed its third European buyout fund ahead of target at E1.8bn.
This sixth fund aims to deploy much of its $567m of capital in Western Europe and Japan.
With $6.5bn in commitments, the alternative asset manager’s fourth private equity fund has exceeded its initial target by nearly $1.5bn.
The global private equity firm is to cut back its E732m Europe Venture Fund by just over 10 per cent in light of lower valuations and reduced funding levels.
Carlyle Group has increased its European investment team to 18 with the announcement of two senior appointments.
The global venture firm has become the latest early stage investor to release limited partners from part of their commitments.
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Dominic Shorthouse, the former Warburg Pincus dealmaker, has launched a E450m mid-market buyout fund.
Edinburgh-based Albany Ventures has received commitments from Scottish Widows, BoS, Alliance Trusts and Martin Currie en route to a £40m final closing.
Star Capital Partners’ low-risk capital outsourcing fund and its co-investing limited partners are targeting transactions worth several billion Euros.