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Ex-CPPIB CEO’s Intrepid Growth Partners closes $525m debut fund to back...
Intrepid Growth Partners has closed its inaugural fund at $525m, establishing a specialist growth investor focused on AI companies with the ambition to reshape established industries.
Deal news
Deal Roundup: Mubadala joins $1bn Luckin Coffee deal, Positron AI seals...
Mubadala has agreed a significant minority investment in Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee alongside existing controlling shareholder Centurium Capital in a transaction with an aggregate value of approximately $1bn.
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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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Connecticut pension fund commits $500m to Fortress credit, $250m to IFM...
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds has approved $750m of new private-market commitments, splitting the capital between Fortress Investment Group's latest lending strategy and an IFM infrastructure vehicle.
Knowledge Bank
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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Ex-CPPIB CEO’s Intrepid Growth Partners closes $525m debut fund to back AI growth companies
Intrepid Growth Partners has closed its inaugural fund at $525m, establishing a specialist growth investor focused on AI companies with the ambition to reshape established industries.
Volition Capital closes $950m Fund VI at hard cap, 41% larger than predecessor
Volition Capital has closed its sixth growth equity fund at a $950m hard cap, increasing the size of its flagship pool by about 41% from the $675m raised for Fund V.
CVC sets €26bn external fundraising target for Fund X
CVC has set an initial €26bn target for its tenth Europe/Americas flagship fund, putting it on course for another of the world's largest private equity raises when formal fundraising begins in January.
Deal Roundup: Mubadala joins $1bn Luckin Coffee deal, Positron AI seals $875m Series C
Mubadala has agreed a significant minority investment in Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee alongside existing controlling shareholder Centurium Capital in a transaction with an aggregate value of approximately $1bn.
Connecticut pension fund commits $500m to Fortress credit, $250m to IFM infrastructure
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds has approved $750m of new private-market commitments, splitting the capital between Fortress Investment Group's latest lending strategy and an IFM infrastructure vehicle.
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.
