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Brookfield eyes ‘early 2027’ final close after raising $26bn for Fund VI
Brookfield has raised $26 billion for Fund VI and expects a final close in early 2027. Its fifth infrastructure debt fund has reached $8 billion.
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$680M · Final close
Proterra beats target with $680m close for third food and beverage credit fund
Proterra Investment Partners announced the final close of Proterra Credit Fund 3 at $680 million in total commitments, above its $500 million target. Commitments across the fund and companion vehicles exceed $1 billion. The fund lends exclusively to lower and middle-market food and beverage companies.
$5B · Interim close
Dawson's seventh fund has $6.15bn after a year
Dawson Partners' Dawson Portfolio Finance 7 has raised $4.95 billion from 34 investors, with its offshore and co-investment vehicles bringing the total to $6.15 billion from 60 investors, per amended SEC filings. The raise is against a $7 billion hard cap on its sixth fund.
$25B
Silver Lake and PIF in talks over $25bn Unity buyout
Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund have held preliminary discussions about a potential $25bn take-private of Unity Software. Silver Lake already owns about 8% of Unity, and Unity has engaged an investment bank to evaluate its options.
$447M · Target
Weltuchi Investment rides fundraising win, portfolio surge to new heights
Weltuchi Investment is on the verge of completing a 600 billion won ($447 million) blind fund. The firm was selected as M&A general partner in the first indirect investment round of the National Growth Fund in May.
Hedge fund Walleye hands back capital as it slims down equity business
Walleye Capital is restructuring its internal equity long/short business after a 5.9% October loss, its worst month since March 2020, and plans to return a portion of capital to investors. The firm is parting ways with Anil Gondi, who joined in July 2025 to lead the unit, along with a substantial share of the internal investment team.
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Financial Times · also Hedgeweek, HedgeCo +2
$350M · Close
Reed Jobs’s Yosemite raises $350 million second fund to make cancer non-lethal
Yosemite, the cancer-focused venture firm founded by Reed Jobs, raised $350 million for its second fund.
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Largest closes
$124B · 70 closes
- Advent InternationalAdvent Global Private Equity XI · Oct 27 · 10 sources$27B†
- BlackstoneBlackstone European Senior Direct Lending Fund IV · Nov 4 · 8 sources≈$15B
- GTCRFund not named · Oct 9 · 1 source$14B
- 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
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≈ converted to dollars† reports also give a higher figure; the lower is used$124B across 70 closes · 4 more reported without a size
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