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Apogem hits $597m hard cap for eleventh lower-mid-market private equity fund
Apogem Capital has reached the hard cap for its eleventh lower-middle-market private equity vehicle, collecting $597m including commitments from the manager's own employees.
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Deal Roundup: Silver Lake builds €10bn-plus European software group, Cerberus agrees...
Silver Lake is combining French software holdings Cegid and Silae to create a European business-management software group valued at more than €10bn, according to the Financial Times and Reuters.
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CVC cements succession by bringing in TPG president Sisitsky for future...
CVC Capital Partners has hired TPG president Todd Sisitsky to become co-chief executive alongside current CVC president Peter Rutland, in a major leadership transition at the €212bn private markets manager.
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Private equity suffers ‘lethargic’ three years – but investors remain bullish...
Private equity has endured a tricky three years as the boom from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic slowed - but investor confidence in the asset class remains high for 2025, research from Preqin shows.
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UK government pension backing helps Clean Growth Fund II pass halfway...
Clean Growth Fund has reached an £81.5m second close for its second climate technology fund, including a sizeable commitment from the £120bn UK local government pension pool Border to Coast.
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AI boosts software productivity by up to 10x – now firms...
Private equity firm Astorg says software businesses in its portfolio are already seeing teams operate at roughly three times their previous productivity - with improvements of up to 10x in specific development cycle times - but argues the bigger opportunity from AI will require companies to redesign how they operate.
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Apogem hits $597m hard cap for eleventh lower-mid-market private equity fund
Apogem Capital has reached the hard cap for its eleventh lower-middle-market private equity vehicle, collecting $597m including commitments from the manager's own employees.
Pinegrove closes $1.5bn oversubscribed SIF XII as Florida pension anchors venture programme
Pinegrove Venture Partners has closed its 12th Strategic Investors Fund on $1.5bn, securing an oversubscribed raise for its venture fund-of-funds and co-investment strategy despite a difficult environment for VC fundraising.
ARCHIMED closes three-times oversubscribed MED IV fund at €1.5bn hard cap
Healthcare specialist ARCHIMED has more than doubled the size of its small-cap flagship strategy after closing MED IV at its €1.5bn hard cap, following demand for roughly three times the available capacity.
EIG nearly doubles infrastructure debt fund to $1.9bn, total raised for latest series tops...
EIG has nearly doubled the size of its senior infrastructure debt fund series with a $1.9bn final close for its sixth vehicle, taking total capital raised across the strategy's latest fundraising to $4bn.
CEECAT hits €135m first close for Fund III as EIF, EBRD commit €80m
CEECAT Capital has reached a €135m first close for its third Emerging Europe-focused private equity fund after securing €80m of combined commitments from the European Investment Fund and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Deal Roundup: Silver Lake builds €10bn-plus European software group, Cerberus agrees £1.1bn Goodwin deal
Silver Lake is combining French software holdings Cegid and Silae to create a European business-management software group valued at more than €10bn, according to the Financial Times and Reuters.
Luma closes $410m debut life-sciences fund after scoring $1.55bn first exit
New York investment firm Luma Group has closed its debut life-sciences venture fund on $410m, in the wake of securing its first portfolio-company exit through Eli Lilly’s acquisition of Vaccine Company.
Tether, Fasanara seed $400m private-credit fund, plan to raise up to $3bn from institutions
Stablecoin major Tether and private-credit manager Fasanara Capital have committed $400m to launch an evergreen lending fund that aims to attract as much as $3bn from third-party institutional investors.
Hercules Capital adds $2.3bn of private-credit capacity across evergreen fund, Growth Lending IV, securitisation
Hercules Capital’s investment-management arm has surpassed $2.3bn of investable capital after securing commitments for two institutional private-credit vehicles and completing a rated securitisation.
Jefferies builds $4bn European direct-lending capacity as AllianzGI anchors inaugural fund
Jefferies Credit Partners has built almost $4bn of lending capacity for its European direct-lending strategy after holding the first close of its inaugural European Direct Lending Fund, anchored by Allianz Global Investors.
