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Carlyle more than triples infrastructure credit fund with $2.3bn Fund II...
Carlyle has raised about $2.3bn for its second infrastructure credit fund, taking in more than three-and-a-half times the capital secured for its predecessor as the investment giant scales its private infrastructure lending business.
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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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Golub hires Northleaf veteran Shafer to lead $1bn-plus GP-led secondaries push
Golub Capital has hired former Northleaf Capital Partners executive Matt Shafer to lead its GP-led private equity secondaries strategy, less than a year after committing more than $1bn to build the business.
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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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Radical Ventures lands $1bn-plus first close for late-stage AI fund backed...
Radical Ventures has secured more than $1bn at the first close of a new multi-billion-dollar late-stage AI fund, attracting commitments from some of Canada's largest pension investors as it looks to address a shortage of domestic growth capital for the country's technology businesses.
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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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Golub hires Northleaf veteran Shafer to lead $1bn-plus GP-led secondaries push
Golub Capital has hired former Northleaf Capital Partners executive Matt Shafer to lead its GP-led private equity secondaries strategy, less than a year after committing more than $1bn to build the business.
Carlyle more than triples infrastructure credit fund with $2.3bn Fund II close
Carlyle has raised about $2.3bn for its second infrastructure credit fund, taking in more than three-and-a-half times the capital secured for its predecessor as the investment giant scales its private infrastructure lending business.
Crane Venture Partners raises $484m across four funds to build global seed investment platform
Crane Venture Partners has raised $484m across four investment vehicles as the London-founded venture investor expands from its European roots into a globally connected early-stage investment platform spanning Europe, North America, India and Asia-Pacific.
Radical Ventures lands $1bn-plus first close for late-stage AI fund backed by Canadian pension...
Radical Ventures has secured more than $1bn at the first close of a new multi-billion-dollar late-stage AI fund, attracting commitments from some of Canada's largest pension investors as it looks to address a shortage of domestic growth capital for the country's technology businesses.
PSG Equity raises €4.4bn-plus for third Europe fund, almost 70% more than predecessor
PSG Equity has closed its third European growth fund at more than €4.4bn, hitting its hard cap less than three years after collecting €2.6bn for its predecessor.
Frazier Life Sciences adds $1.1bn to public biotech fund, taking total commitments to $2.8bn
Frazier Life Sciences has raised more than $1.1bn from new and existing investors for its public biotechnology strategy, taking total commitments to the vehicle to approximately $2.8bn since its launch in 2021.
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.
