Norwest pushes deeper into AI with new $4B fund
Norwest, a firm backed solely by Wells Fargo, raised a $4 billion fund, its eighteenth and largest to date, to invest in AI across the US, India, and Israel.
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$3B · Target
Gemspring Capital seeks $3bn for fourth fund
Gemspring Capital is seeking $3 billion for its fourth fund.
$2B · First close
TPG’s US residential credit fund secures $2bn in first close
TPG's US residential credit fund secured $2bn in its first close.
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$82M · Close
The 81 Collection doubles fund size to $82m to target underserved US industries
Chicago-based The 81 Collection has raised $82m for its second fund, doubling its debut vehicle, to target founder-owned businesses in manufacturing, services and other sectors.
$90M
Bluestone completes first buyout with $90m 11th St. Workshop deal
Bluestone Equity Partners completed its first majority buyout, acquiring a controlling stake in 11th St. Workshop at an enterprise value of about $90m, funded through its $350m inaugural fund.
$3B · Target
Blackstone targets $3bn for real estate secondaries fund
Blackstone
Private Equity Wire and 5 others
$3.6B · Close
Ares raises $3.6bn for major private credit continuation fund
Ares Management raised €3.3 billion, about $3.6 billion, for its largest credit continuation fund, which holds 24 loans transferred from Ares Capital Europe Fund IV.
Ares Management
Private Equity Wire and 4 others
Launch
Hivemind to launch niche l/s hedge fund targeting blockchain, AI infrastructure
Hivemind is launching a niche long/short hedge fund targeting blockchain and AI infrastructure.
$6B · Final close
Morgan Lewis advises Pantheon on $6 billion final close of global PE secondaries Fund VIII
Pantheon's Pantheon Global Secondaries Fund VIII (PGSF VIII) and associated vehicles reached a final close with $6 billion in total commitments, above its $3.5 billion target.
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All events →- Infranity raises €1.5bn for the fourth vintage of senior infra debt strategy
- Phoenix Equity Partners beats hard cap with £570m Fund III close in just six months
- ICG pulls in $7.6bn as flagship fund closes at record €12bn
- BBB commits £40m to Harwood’s second SME fund
- Vietnam Int'l Finance Center, Touchstone Partners launch $100M 1:1 co-investment program for startups
- Apollo’s £5.7bn easyJet takeover wins shareholder approval
- Advent seeks up to $500m in renewed Learning Lab sale
- KKR and RWE finalise $16bn UK offshore wind investment
- Barings to acquire Irish Residential Properties REIT for €731m
- Blackstone builds on Pfizer ties with $1.5bn obesity drug investment
- Point72 hires Millennium macro portfolio manager James Whittingham in London
- Balyasny strengthens international leadership with senior hires in London and Hong Kong
- GenNx360 hires first CCO
- Trout CPA Appoints Matt Hartland Director of Business Valuation
- McGuireWoods Taps Financial Pro From Northern Trust Arm
- Brookfield’s APAC windfall, a departure at NBIM, the latest allocation data, and more
- Texas TRS anchors second fund from Avatar Capital Partners
- CPP Investments’ private markets commitments total $13.9bn in and after FY27 Q2
- Colorado pension fund commits $240m to hedge funds amid portfolio restructuring
- Calpers commits over $4bn to private debt in Q2
- ASIC Releases Report 846 Following its Recent Surveillance in Relation to private credit funds
- India plans restrictions on private equity ownership of non-bank lenders
- FCA proposes greater investment flexibility for workplace pensions
- “Value for money” derails savings reform
- Pension funds and Wall Street clash over whether SEC pay-to-play rule should survive
- McGuireWoods hires private equity executive to help lead new private markets platform
- Gibson Dunn gains 120 funds lawyers from Weil
- Debevoise & Plimpton appoints secondaries partner
- Ultimus appoints Liz Gaffney to lead strategic partnerships and market development
- Willkie adds five partner asset management team from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Final closesCapital closed, by asset class · Past 30 days
Largest closes
$119B · 71 closes
- Advent InternationalAdvent Global Private Equity XI · Oct 27 · 10 sources$27B†
- BlackstoneBlackstone European Senior Direct Lending Fund IV and related vehicles (investable capital incl. leverage) · Nov 4 · 9 sources≈$15B
- DisruptiveFund not named · Oct 28 · 1 source$10B
- BlackstoneBlackstone Energy Transition Partners V · Oct 19 · 16 sources$8.7B
- IgneoEDIF IV · Nov 2 · 5 sources≈$6.8B
- PantheonPantheon Global Secondaries Fund VIII · Oct 21 · 10 sources$6B
The largest closes for this period →
≈ converted to dollars† reports also give a higher figure; the lower is used$119B across 71 closes · 4 more reported without a size
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