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Aug 21, 2026
Gaming specialist Makers Fund has closed its fourth flagship vehicle at $250m - half the size of the $500m Fund III it raised at the height of the last gaming investment cycle in 2022.
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Aug 21, 2026
Private equity sponsors are increasingly turning to minority stake sales and hybrid capital as pressure to generate distributions collides with a still-challenging exit environment, according to a new market update from White & Case.
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Aug 21, 2026
Crestline Management has raised $625m for its second European Capital Solutions fund, increasing the strategy's fund size by nearly 75%.
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Aug 20, 2026
Machine Investment Group has increased the primary capital in its flagship real estate strategy by more than 40%, closing Machine Real Estate Fund II at its $350m hard cap.
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Aug 20, 2026
HIG Capital has hired former Oaktree Capital Management and Schroders Capital executives Tim Hsu and Chris Todisco as managing directors in its Capital Formation Group, strengthening its fundraising operation as the $75bn alternatives manager continues to expand its global credit platform.
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Aug 19, 2026
KKR has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Indian ticketing and entertainment platform BookMyShow, backing the company's expansion in live events and experiences.
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Aug 19, 2026
Reach Capital has closed its largest fund to date at $265m amid a further expansion beyond the education technology specialism on which the venture manager built its business.
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Aug 19, 2026
Floating Point has raised $125m for its third fund, nearly doubling the size of its previous vehicle, as the early-stage investor looks to scale a strategy built around tech-enabled businesses operating in complex, capital-intensive sectors rather than traditional software.
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Aug 19, 2026
Broadwing Capital has closed its inaugural institutional private equity fund on $440m, beating its $350m target, as the four-year-old manager looks to scale a lower mid-market buy-and-build strategy that has already produced 26 acquisitions.
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Aug 18, 2026
Homestead Capital has held the first close of its debut commingled agriculture private credit fund, securing a $150m anchor commitment from a large US state pension system as it expands beyond the farmland equity strategy on which it built its $1.8bn investment platform.
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Aug 18, 2026
Investment house Ninety One has closed its third Africa Credit Opportunities fund on $404m including leverage, almost doubling the capital raised across its emerging market senior credit strategy to $815m.
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Aug 17, 2026
Great Hill Partners has hired former Bain & Company exec Sam Liu as director of AI, adding a second senior artificial intelligence specialist this year as the buyout major looks to embed the technology across both its investment process and portfolio company value creation.
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Aug 17, 2026
Partners Group has secured a $1bn private credit mandate from a major Asian institutional investor, adding to a run of bespoke accounts that has made customised mandates a significant source of new capital for the Swiss private markets manager.
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Aug 14, 2026
Continuim Equity Partners has more than doubled the size of its flagship fund in two years, closing its third manufacturing and industrial-focused vehicle on $548m after just 32 days in market.
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Aug 14, 2026
EMERGING and Promethean Investments have launched a $300m-targeting hospitality and experiential entertainment investment vehicle, using a roughly $185m portfolio of identified assets as the foundation for a strategy targeting AI, automation and technology-enabled businesses across the sector.
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Aug 13, 2026
The Virginia Retirement System has reported a 12.1% net investment return for the fiscal year to June 30, 2026, growing its trust fund to $135.2bn.
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Aug 13, 2026
Accel has raised $3.5bn across four new early-stage venture funds, reinforcing its long-term conviction that AI is creating a tech supercycle that will accelerate company formation and reshape venture investing globally.
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Aug 12, 2026
TPG has agreed to acquire a 61.2% controlling stake in South Korea's largest car rental company, Lotte Rental, from Hotel Lotte and Busan Lotte Hotel in a transaction valued at KRW1.31tn ($925m).
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Aug 12, 2026
Canyon Partners has completed the final close of its latest US opportunistic real estate strategy on about $570m, beating its initial $500m target.
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Aug 12, 2026
Apollo S3 has led another single-asset continuation vehicle, backing Monogram Capital Partners' transfer of drinks manufacturer Mountaintop Beverage into a new fund.
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Aug 11, 2026
Canadian investor Polar Asset Management has secured more than $215m for the first close of its second dedicated significant risk transfer (SRT) fund, expanding a strategy that has emerged as a key way banks are managing regulatory capital while opening a fast-growing niche for private credit investors.
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Aug 11, 2026
Exponent has completed a roughly €750m single-asset continuation vehicle for Irish electrical engineering specialist H&MV, extending its ownership of one of Europe's fastest-growing infrastructure services businesses at a €1.4bn valuation.
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Aug 10, 2026
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan posted a 9.5% net return for the first six months of 2026, with its venture growth portfolio emerging as the largest contributor to performance as the Canadian pension fund's assets surpassed C$300bn.
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Aug 10, 2026
Italy-focused private markets manager Nextalia has held a €1.1bn first close for its second flagship private equity fund, securing one of the country's largest pools of capital dedicated to mid-market buyouts just five months after launching the raise.
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Aug 07, 2026
Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire UK-listed airline easyJet in a £5.7bn transaction, ending a competitive bidding process after rival suitor Castlelake withdrew.
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Aug 07, 2026
South Park Commons has closed its fourth fund on $575m, more than double the size of its predecessor vehicle, as the early-stage investor looks to hold larger positions in portfolio companies beyond their formative stages.
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Aug 07, 2026
White Star Capital has held the final close of its fourth flagship venture fund at $250m to target Series A and B dealmaking in AI-driven companies.
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Aug 07, 2026
Energy Capital Partners has closed its sixth flagship infrastructure fund on $8.1bn, more than 80% larger than its predecessor and well above its original $5bn target.
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Aug 07, 2026
Alpaca Real Estate has completed the final close of its inaugural fund on about $223m, joining a select group of first-time real estate managers to secure institutional backing in what remains a difficult fundraising environment for emerging GPs.
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Aug 06, 2026
Partners Group has entered exclusive discussions to acquire a majority stake in Aroma-Zone, a French natural beauty, wellness and selfcare brand, from Eurazeo.
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Aug 06, 2026
Europe's IPO market has reopened after the 2022 correction, but the backlog of potential listings is rapidly narrowing, creating a more selective exit environment for private equity sponsors, PitchBook data suggests.
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Aug 06, 2026
HarbourVest Partners has brought in former DWS executive Guido Lombardi as private wealth lead for France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Southern Europe, as the private markets manager continues to expand its wealth platform across the EMEA.
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Aug 06, 2026
KKR has raised $19.2bn for its biggest-ever infrastructure investment fund as investor demand for critical infra continues to accelerate - particularly around digital infrastructure, energy transition and electrification.
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Aug 06, 2026
G Squared has closed its seventh flagship fund on $2.3bn, its largest vehicle to date, as the venture secondaries specialist looks to capitalise on the asset class moving from the sidelines to become a core feature of the industry.
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Aug 05, 2026
L Catterton has agreed to sell science-backed wellness company Thorne to Procter & Gamble in a $3.8bn cash transaction, less than three years after investing in the business.
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Aug 05, 2026
Blue Owl Capital has closed its inaugural European net lease strategy on more than €1.6bn, exceeding both its €1bn fundraising target and a subsequently increased €1.5bn hard cap.
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Aug 05, 2026
The California State Teachers' Retirement System delivered a 13.9% net return for the fiscal year ending June 30, almost double its 7% policy benchmark.
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Aug 04, 2026
Adams Street Partners has raised more than $5bn for its latest secondaries investment programme, as the private markets investor looks to capitalize on a secondary market that surpassed $200bn of annual transaction volume for the first time last year.
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Aug 04, 2026
Bridgepoint has soared past its fundraising target for its latest European direct lending strategy, closing Bridgepoint Direct Lending IV on €5.1bn.
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Aug 04, 2026
Highland Europe has raised its largest fund to date, securing €1.1bn for its sixth vehicle as the growth-stage technology investor looks to capitalise on what it describes as a "transformational" period for European AI companies.
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Aug 04, 2026
Janus Henderson, Victory Park Capital and Privacore Capital have raised an additional $100m for their private asset-backed credit interval fund AltsABF from General Electric Pension Trust.
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Aug 03, 2026
Pantheon has closed its largest dedicated co-investment programme to date, raising $3.2bn amid continued investor demand for lower-cost, direct private equity exposure.
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Aug 03, 2026
Hamilton Lane has strengthened its push into GP-led secondaries by acting as the sole lead investor in a $270m single-asset continuation vehicle for Savant Wealth Management.
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Aug 03, 2026
Index Ventures has expanded its latest fundraise to $3.5bn across seed, venture and growth investing as the venture firm positions itself to back founders throughout the AI cycle.
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Aug 03, 2026
Tech-focused secondaries direct investor Savano Capital Partners has closed its fourth flagship fund on $252m, exceeding its fundraising target and marking a step-change in the firm's institutional investor base with its first-ever commitments from public pension plans.
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Aug 03, 2026
Align Ventures has hit an above-target close for its second early-stage fund in the wake of a series of successful Fund I exits, the firm said.
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Jul 31, 2026
Blue Earth Capital has passed $200m in capital commitments for its impact secondaries strategy after it concluded a second close. Momentum for the latest close came largely from the US, where three prominent names joined the investor base. These were Builders Vision, iAlumbra Capital and Sonen Capital. The firm said the milestone marks an important […]
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Jul 31, 2026
Kingswood Capital Management has closed two oversubscribed vehicles that together raised $4bn. The larger of the two, Kingswood Capital Opportunities Fund IV, concluded with $3.1bn in commitments, well above its original $2.25bn target. The firm also held a final close on its debut small cap vehicle, Kingswood Capital Opportunities Small Cap Fund I, which brought […]
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Jul 30, 2026
Hg, the leading investor in European and transatlantic software and services businesses, today announced that it has agreed the sale of its majority shareholding in Quantios, a leading provider of SaaS solutions to the global trust and corporate services industry, to Vista Equity Partners. Hg first invested in the business in 2022, then TrustQuay, and […]
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Jul 30, 2026
Pantheon has co-led an €811m multi-asset continuation vehicle for BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital, showing the desire for complex GP-led secondaries in Europe. The vehicle will fund the next stage of expansion for two portfolio companies, with the first being Safety21, a European GovTech platform focused on road safety and smart mobility, while the second is Onlineprinters, […]
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Jul 30, 2026
GTCR has closed its first ever Capital Solutions Fund, bringing in roughly $1.25bn in total commitments across the vehicle and its affiliated entities. The capital came almost entirely from investors who already back other GTCR vehicles, a group spanning public and corporate pension schemes, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions. The vehicle has […]
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Jul 30, 2026
Chicago-headquartered Wind Point Partners has brought to a close its eleventh flagship vehicle at $3.2bn, surpassing its hard cap. The fund, Wind Point Partners XI, attracted backing from over 65 institutions across 17 countries, reaching across pension funds, insurers, asset managers, family offices and foundations. Alongside these outside commitments, the firm's General Partner and participants […]
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Jul 30, 2026
D.A. Davidson & Co, the employee-owned US financial services firm, has appointed John Baumgartner as vice chairman and co-head of equity capital markets as it looks to expand its investment banking platform and strengthen relationships across the middle market. Baumgartner will lead the firm's equity capital markets team alongside Josh Nolan, overseeing the origination, structuring, […]
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Jul 30, 2026
D.A. Davidson & Co, the employee-owned US financial services firm, has appointed John Baumgartner as vice chairman and co-head of equity capital markets as it looks to expand its investment banking platform and strengthen relationships across the middle market. Baumgartner will lead the firm's equity capital markets team alongside Josh Nolan, overseeing the origination, structuring, […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Bain Capital and Tillman Global Holdings have announced a $1.5 billion investment in Eaton Fiber, an affiliate of Tillman, to accelerate the expansion of Verizon fiber broadband through fiber network deployment across the United States. The investment, which was led by Bain Capital's Special Situations team, fully funds the acquisition of Ripple Fiber and the […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Outrigger Impact, a finance platform focused on ocean economies, has unveiled the Outrigger Impact Fund I. According to The Fish Site, the Fund is a $100m vehicle designed to channel equity and debt into blue economy businesses across Small Island Developing States. The fund is built to strengthen the ability of island nations to withstand […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Australasian real estate fund manager Centuria Capital Group has named Gordon Smith as its new fund manager - retail. Smith brings two decades of retail sector experience, will work out of the company's Perth office and take charge of Centuria's large format retail and daily needs retail portfolios, which together reach across more than 70 […]
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Jul 29, 2026
T. Rowe Price has joined forces with Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) to unveil the T. Rowe Price Goldman Sachs Private Markets Fund. The vehicle is an interval fund aimed at bringing institutional-grade private market investing within reach of everyday investors. According to T.Rowe, the vehicle draws on the portfolio construction strength of T. Rowe […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Jump Capital, the Chicago-founded venture firm established in 2012 alongside Jump Trading, has concluded its eighth fund at $350m. This fund marks the biggest vehicle in Jump's history. According to Jump Capital, Fund 8 is focused on investing in AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer tooling and related enterprise technologies. Announced on 29 July, the new fund […]
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Jul 29, 2026
Jump Capital, the Chicago-founded venture firm established in 2012 alongside Jump Trading, has concluded its seventh fund at $350m. According to Crypto News, this fund marks the biggest vehicle in Jump'a history and shows a deeper push into digital assets. Announced on 29 July, the new fund will maintain the firm's established coverage of FinTech, […]
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Jul 28, 2026
Great American Holdings, a provider of financial advisory, valuation, asset disposition, and investment banking services and majority-owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, has announced the acquisition of Trampe Settles, a Dallas-based family law litigation support firm. Trampe Settles is focused on providing expert witness services in disputes involving the valuation of closely held […]
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Jul 28, 2026
Hong Kong-based PE house ZQ Capital has completed the final close of its flagship fund at its $300m target, with the vehicle finishing oversubscribed. According to Fund Selector Asia, the fundraise drew commitments from a mix of returning backers and first-time investors, widening the firm's base of institutional investors and family offices across North America, […]
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Jul 28, 2026
GCM Grosvenor has secured its final close of its first Credit Secondaries Fund (CSF), securing $1.2bn in commitments for the platform. The funding was raised both within and alongside CSF, a result the firm attributes to heightened appetite among investors for a strategy that is expanding at pace across private markets. The approach is founded […]
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Jul 28, 2026
Brookfield has secured approximately $2bn at the first close of its new private equity vehicle anchored by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF). The fund, named Brookfield Middle East Partners (BMEP), secured its initial funding from a group of strategic anchor backers, led by PIF alongside other institutional investors from the region and around the […]
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Jul 28, 2026
KKR has named Roy Gori, the former president and CEO of Manulife, as a senior advisor as it looks to deepen its reach across international financial services and insurance markets. Gori will guide the firm on strategic openings across insurance, wealth management, banking and distribution, with particular attention on Asia Pacific and other international markets. […]
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Jul 27, 2026
TransDigm Group has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prince & Izant a portfolio company of Industrial Growth Partners, for approximately $1.066 billion in cash, including certain tax benefits. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Prince & Izant is a leading global designer and manufacturer of highly engineered brazing alloys and specialty metal […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Dutch independent private equity firm MG Partners, a Benelux-focused healthcare investor, has completed the final close of MG Invest VII Coöperatie. The vehicle is an €80m fund built to create market-leading healthcare businesses through a buy & build approach, according to Investors in Healthcare. The vehicle closed at its hard cap after an oversubscribed raise, […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Africa50 has named Djalal Khimdjee as CEO of the Africa50 Principal Investment Fund effective 1 August 2026. Khimdjee arrives with over 25 years in infrastructure investing, development finance and senior leadership. His focus in the new role is to steer the Fund into its next stage of expansion, building a strong vehicle capable of producing […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Hines has secured more than €500m in commitments at the first close of its latest European value-add vehicle, Hines European Real Estate Partners IV. Backers of the fund span both returning and first-time institutional allocators, among them sovereign wealth funds, pension schemes and insurers based in Europe and the Americas. The vehicle, the fourth instalment […]
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Jul 27, 2026
Italian PE firm HAT SGR has reached an interim close on Hat Technology Fund 5 with €155m in commitments. The milestone was backed by two sources of demand. Backers of the firm's earlier vehicles have re-committed more than 100% of the capital previously returned to them, while a group of prominent institutions has joined for […]
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Jul 24, 2026
Bain Capital has agreed to acquire UK vitamins and supplements manufacturer Vitabiotics as the business prepares for its next phase of international expansion.
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Jul 24, 2026
Tikehau Capital has hit a €5.2bn final close for the sixth generation of its European direct lending strategy, marking a huge jump in fund size compared to its predecessor vehicle.
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Jul 24, 2026
Francisco Partners has completed the largest fundraising in its 27-year history by closing on $21bn across its latest flagship and mid-market vehicles - extending a fundraising trajectory that has seen the tech-focused buyout firm's capital raises soar in the past few years.
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Jul 24, 2026
Partners Group has taken total fundraising across its latest infrastructure investment programmes beyond $20bn after holding the final close of its dedicated infrastructure secondaries programme at more than $5.5bn.
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Jul 24, 2026
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has held the final close of its fourth lower middle market fund at its $2bn hard cap, extending a fundraising run that has seen the LA-based private equity firm secure $6.4bn across its platform over the past 24 months.
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Jul 24, 2026
EAAA Alternatives has returned 100% of drawn investor capital from the third series of its performing credit strategy, while retaining two remaining investments it said are on track for realisation.
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Jul 23, 2026
Platinum Equity and Nestlé have agreed to establish Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture valued at $5.6bn that will combine Nestlé's waters and premium beverages business into a standalone global platform.
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Jul 23, 2026
Blackstone, Vanguard and Wellington Management have launched the first investment products from their recently-announced strategic alliance, expanding private markets access for wealth management clients through two funds that combine public and private assets.
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Jul 23, 2026
Avenue Growth Partners has closed its second fund on its $155m hard cap, more than doubling the size of its debut vehicle amid a continued push from LPs into AI verticals.
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Jul 22, 2026
Golding Capital Partners has secured €283m at the first close of its sixth flagship buyout fund, as the German private markets investor continues to build a diversified European and North American small and mid-cap buyout portfolio.
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Jul 22, 2026
Real assets investor Townsend has raised more than $2bn for its latest real estate secondaries strategy, with the global real assets specialist targeting a total raise of $3bn to capitalise on growing demand in the asset class.
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Jul 22, 2026
Dimension, a venture firm focused on science and compute-driven companies, has launched its third fund with $800m in capital commitments, almost doubling the firm's total assets under management.
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Jul 22, 2026
TruArc Partners has closed its latest private equity fund at $1.2bn, beating its target and coming in more than 40% larger than its predecessor vehicle.
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Jul 21, 2026
CapVest has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in European energy infrastructure services provider TSG. The Paris-headquartered company operates across 30 countries, employs more than 7,000 people and generates annual revenue exceeding €1.4bn - providing design, installation and maintenance services across power, EV charging, solar, battery storage, biofuels and gas infrastructure. CapVest said acquisitions […]
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Jul 21, 2026
GoldenTree Asset Management has closed its second flagship private credit fund at its $2.75bn hard cap, with the manager highlighting not only strong institutional demand but also the pace at which the vehicle has already been deployed and its early investment performance.
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Jul 21, 2026
Capitol Meridian Partners has closed its second flagship private equity fund on its $1.9bn hard cap, more than doubling the size of its debut vehicle.
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Jul 21, 2026
Clipway, the secondaries private equity investor launched by a trio of former senior Ardian executives, has stormed to a $6.4bn final close for its debut fund, marking one of the biggest-ever first-time fundraises of its type.
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Jul 20, 2026
Littlejohn & Co has promoted Brian Michaud to managing partner as part of the succession strategy at the mid-market private equity firm, with co-founder and chief executive Michael Klein moving from managing partner to chairman.
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Jul 20, 2026
Financials generated the strongest one-year returns in US private equity during 2025, outperforming the broader buyout market, while information technology led returns across overseas buyout markets, according to new benchmark data published by HarbourVest Partners.
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Jul 20, 2026
Partners Group has raised more than $15bn at the final close of its fourth direct infrastructure fundraise, marking a significant size hike compared to its predecessor vehicle in the strategy.
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Jul 17, 2026
Silver Hill Energy Partners has hauled in almost $1.28bn at the final close of its fifth oil and gas-focused investment fund after an oversubscribed raise.
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Jul 17, 2026
Uplift Investors, a private equity firm launched in 2025 by a trio of former Gridiron Capital executives, has raised $670m at the hard cap final close of its debut fund.
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Jul 17, 2026
Uplift Investors, a private equity firm launched in 2025 by a trio of former HIG Capital executives, has raised $670m at the hard cap final close of its debut fund.
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Jul 17, 2026
The British Business Bank has committed €25m to EQT Life Sciences' EQT Health Economics 3 Fund, which is targeting commercial stage, de-risked medtech and digital health technologies.
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Jul 16, 2026
Ardian has agreed to sell its majority stake in GBA Group, a Hamburg-based life science and laboratory analytics provider, to Bridgepoint after supporting a major phase of international growth.
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Jul 16, 2026
Preservation Capital Partners, the European mid-market PE firm focused on financial and business services, has closed its third fund at its €877m hard cap after an oversubscribed fundraising which took just six months.
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Jul 16, 2026
Carlyle AlpInvest has held the final close of Atom Fund II, its second vehicle focused on making single-asset continuation fund investments, at its $1.7bn hard cap - well above its $1bn target.
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Jul 16, 2026
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock has launched Greylock 18, a $1.5bn early-stage fund that will back founders at the pre-seed, seed and Series A stages, with a particular focus on companies emerging from the current wave of AI innovation.
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Jul 16, 2026
HarbourVest Partners has named former Morgan Stanley Investment Management executive Brian Taranto as the first COO of its global private wealth business, as the private markets manager continues to expand its wealth platform.
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Jul 16, 2026
North Carolina-based private equity firm LionLight Capital has sped to a $215m hard cap close of its debut fund in just ten weeks, picking up strong support for its strategy of targeting financial and professional services businesses.
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