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Apax Sets $13.5 Billion Target for Fund XII
Apax announces $13.5B target for Fund XII.
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Buyout and growth: fund closes, deals and moves across private equity.
$10B · Raising
TPG Gets $10 Billion for Climate PE Fund; to Close for New Cash
TPG Rise Climate II closes at $10bn, bringing firm's climate platform to $17.1bn; fund targets clean energy, EV, and sustainable materials buyouts globally with LPs including NYC Employees' Retirement System and State of Michigan.
$1.1B · Final close
Ares raises $1.15bn for PE secondaries Fund I
Ares closes PE secondaries Fund I at $1.15B.
$2.9B
Antin agrees sale of majority stake in Vicinity Energy to Harrison Street
Harrison Street Asset Management and Kenon Holdings agreed to acquire majority of Vicinity Energy (largest U.S. district energy provider) from Antin Infrastructure Partners at $2.92B enterprise value; Kenon deploying ~$450M equity, consortium securing $1.4B debt financing.
$1.7B · Target
Thompson Street targets $1.7bn for seventh flagship fund
Thompson Street targets $1.7B for Fund VII, a modest increase from Fund VI which closed at $1.5B in 2022.
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160 in the last 10 daysToday
- Illinois Firefighters continues to build out private markets programFundraisingPensions & Investments
- N.Y. State Common Retirement Fund makes $870 million in commitments and investmentsLPsPensions & Investments
- Sacramento County adds U.S. buyout fundFundraising · RaisingAlternatives Watch
- Arkansas Teachers assign $100m to PELPsAlternatives Watch
- Giannini to retire from Hamilton Lane after more than three decadesPeopleAlternatives Watch
- HighPost brings Bezos-linked network to national security investingFundraising · LaunchAlternatives Watch
- New Mexico adds over $1bn across bustling private marketsFundraisingAlternatives Watch
- CalSTRS adds over $9bn to private equity, real estate managers in H1LPsAlternatives Watch
- Evolution Equity Partners Names John Cordo As Partner Following $1.1 Billion Capital RaisePeoplePulse 2.0
- Saudi Eksab, IDB Invest, CAF, and IDC Network Launch Impact Fund to Expand Growth Capital in North of Latin AmericaFundraising · LaunchBusiness Wire
- Apax Sets $13.5 Billion Target for Fund XIIFundraising · $13.5B · TargetWSJ
- Riverside’s DAWGS bolts on Empty Building Security in second add-onDealsPE Hub
- Lovell Minnick’s Warner Pacific strikes deal for California general agency Beere&PurvesDealsPE Hub
- Thoma Bravo and 7Ridge’s Trading Technologies acquires equities trading platform TRAFiXDealsPE Hub
- KKR completes majority stake deal for Thomson Reuters’ print businessDealsPE Hub
- Blackstone inks deal for TSC and ASEI to form defense platform FalcataDealsPE Hub
- Blue Point Capital’s Weaver Brands acquires equine grooming product maker Shapley’sDealsPE Hub
- Manna Tree takes majority stake in Los Angeles creative agency ZambeziDealsPE Hub
- LFM Capital’s SisTech acquires avionics electronics maker Alta Data TechnologiesDealsPE Hub
- Antin acquires majority stake in aerial firefighting firm HP HelicoptersDealsPE Hub
- Abry Partners hires Advent’s Yusef Kassim to lead investor relationsPeoplePE Hub
- VSS Capital Partners hires ex-World Bank adviser Otilia Ciotau for AI rolePeoplePE Hub
- SEC proposes widening retail access to private marketsRegulationPrivate Equity Wire +4
- HIG Capital sells Italian beauty retailer Pinalli to Borletti GroupDealsPE Hub
- Sycamore nears $9bn sale of Boots to Weston familyDeals · $9BPrivate Equity Wire
- Antin agrees sale of majority stake in Vicinity Energy to Harrison StreetDeals · $2.9BPrivate Equity Wire +2
- Ambienta builds Nordic aquaculture tech platform with four acquisitionsDealsPE Hub
- Arcus agrees to buy SK Pharma from Syz Capital and Saturnus CapitalDealsPE Hub
- Bridgepoint-backed Analysys Mason picks up Swedish AI consultancy ModulaiDealsPE Hub
- SWEN closes first Article 9 Europa fund at €236m with 80% already committedFundraising · $260M · Final closeAltAssets +1
- Simmons & Simmons advises Kynance Cove Capital on first fund launchFundraising · LaunchSimmons & Simmons
- Ares raises $1.15bn for PE secondaries Fund IFundraising · $1.1B · Final closeThe Secondary Brief
Yesterday
- 3rd Circ. Probes Payment Recipients In Fund's $100M Tax RowRegulationLaw360
- Thompson Street targets $1.7bn for seventh flagship fundFundraising · $1.7B · TargetBuyouts Insider
- TPG Gets $10 Billion for Climate PE Fund; to Close for New CashFundraising · $10B · RaisingBloomberg +2
- Algebris buys Spain’s Vector Renewables from Nadara in first international dealDealsPE Hub
- Charlesbank-backed Spectrotel closes merger with managed network services provider AireSpringDealsPE Hub
- Deal Roundup: Apollo completes record $3.7bn Japan buyout; Bain backs Kahua at $1bn-plus valuationDeals · $3.7BAltAssets
- Brenton Point Capital Partners makes five hiresPeoplePE Hub
- Center Rock closes Power Services Group continuation vehicle led by New 2ND CapitalFundraising · Final closePE Hub
- Investindustrial hires Lone Star’s Shinichi Takahashi to lead Japan officePeoplePE Hub
- LDC reinvests in UK water specialist Stonbury, with Federated Hermes co-investingDealsPE Hub
- EQT agrees Acuon sale to consortium of Hanwha Life and Centroid PEDeals · $2.9BPE Hub +1
- Aspirity Partners agrees majority stake in OnomondoDealsPE Hub
- Schroders Capital CEO to leave as Nuveen takeover nears completionPeoplePrivate Equity Wire
- Clearlake secures $1bn CFO financing after restructuring collateral mixFundraisingPrivate Equity Wire
- KKR agrees majority investment in Indian liquid storage platform CisterninaDealsPE Hub
Tuesday, September 29
- HighPost Capital Forms Aerospace, Defense and Cybersecurity VerticalDeals · $1.4BPrivate Equity Professional
- Kirkland, Cooley Steer Transom's SoundThinking Take-PrivateDeals · $159MLaw360
- Northcote Equity closes £250M second fund in 10 weeksFundraising · $318M · Final closeDealroom
- Princeton Equity Group closes $1.3bn Fund III at hard capFundraising · $1.3B · Final closePrivate Equity Wire +4
- Parthenon Capital seals $200m sale of eSecLending to fintech CapitolisDeals · $200MPE Hub +1
- Webster Equity Partners inks $664m take-private of Lifecore BiomedicalDeals · $664MPE Hub +2
- Ara Partners hires ACON Investments CFO Masumi Waida as finance chiefPeoplePE Hub +1
- The Visualize Group closes eCOGRA deal, combining it with BMM TestlabsDealsPE Hub
- GIC sustainable solutions PE head departsPeopleNew Private Markets
- Broadtree Partners’ Triage Partners acquires telecom engineering firm UNDCDealsPE Hub
- Riverside backs French medtech CDMO Medical Group in Selenium Medical tie-upDealsPE Hub
- Mutares agrees deal to buy Steinmüller Engineering from Japan’s IHIDealsPE Hub
- Incline Equity Partners invests in industrial distributor The Conrad CompanyDealsPE Hub
- Sun Capital closes Anderson Global continuation vehicleFundraising · Final closePE Hub
- Riverside backs French medical device CDMO Medical Group; Mutares to acquire Steinmüller EngineeringDealsPE Hub
- Rising Point oversubscribes Fund I in unforgiving market for first-timersFundraising · $330M · Final closeBuyouts Insider +2
- Bridgepoint, Astorg weigh £2bn-plus sale of FenergoDeals · $2.5BPrivate Equity Wire
- Temasek takes 9% stake in Italian PE firm FSIDealsPrivate Equity Wire
- Bain Capital-backed MRO Holdings agrees to 65 percent sale to AAR at $4bn EVDeals · $4BPE Hub +1
Monday, September 28
- 3 Firms Lead $663.7M Lifecore Biomedical Take-Private DealDeals · $664MLaw360
- Renovus Capital’s TJP acquires life sciences market researcher Evolution Consulting & ResearchDealsPE Hub
- Veritas on course for Boycote takeover after CVC abandons bidDeals · $2.5BPrivate Equity Wire +2
- GTCR seals purchase of camera maker Tactacam from Bertram CapitalDealsPE Hub
- Linden Capital and Audax complete StatLab sale to Danaher’s Leica BiosystemsDealsPE Hub
- Veritas Capital’s Finalsite bolts on school payments provider RevTrakDealsPE Hub
- Fifth Ocean Capital and Tartan back live event producer Complete Production ResourcesDealsPE Hub
- Growth Capital Partners names Richard Shaw managing partner in leadership reshufflePeoplePE Hub
- Apax in talks to acquire Warburg Pincus stake in €6.5bn Dutch telecoms group OdidoDeals · $7.2BPrivate Equity Wire
- Warburg Pincus raises Ingenia bid againDeals · $1.5BPrivate Equity Wire
- Greenbriar strikes deal for AEA Investors’ RF components maker Spectrum ControlDeals · $1.8BPE Hub +2
Saturday, September 26
Friday, September 25
- Next Edge raises $11M on first close of critical metals flow-through fundFundraising · $11M · First closeDealroom
- LBBW launches evergreen ELTIF fund of funds targeting European private marketsFundraising · LaunchDealroom +1
- Oaktree agrees to €810m sale of Italian power firm COL Group to EatonDeals · $891MPE Hub
- Inflexion agrees to invest in French nail care brand ManucuristDealsPE Hub
- Madison Dearborn to take Marygold privateDealsPE Hub
- HighPost Capital hires David Walsh to lead new aerospace, defense verticalPeoplePE Hub
- Jolt Capital appoints new HR DirectorPeoplePrivate Equity Wire
- Bain-backed EcoCeres targets $1bn Hong Kong IPODealsPrivate Equity Wire
- CVC, NSSK weigh $3.2bn Kobayashi Pharmaceutical take-privateDeals · $3.2BPrivate Equity Wire
- PE firm Uplift adds Arkansas injury practice to law platformDealsPrivate Equity Wire
- NYC pension chief proposes $5bn private markets climate investment expansionLPsAltAssets +1
- Hamco to Launch Pan-Asia Private Equity Fund Natively On-Chain powered by Chainlink and SynthesysFundraising · LaunchMacau Business +1
Thursday, September 24
- Butterfly Equity acquires Sabert, a manufacturer of single-use plastic, paper and molded fiber food containersDealsPrivate Equity Professional +1
- Pfingsten acquires Next Point Bearing Group, a miniature and power transmission bearings distributor, from Next Point CapitalDealsPrivate Equity Professional
- Odyssey Investment Partners acquires majority stake in Falcon GasesDealsPrivate Equity Professional
- Golden Age Capital closes debut Greek buyout fund at €250MFundraising · $275M · Final closeDealroom
- Century Park Capital Partners’ Total Access Elevator adds Los Angeles-based American ElevatorDealsPE Hub
- RS2 Healthcare Partners completes first platform investment in medtech manufacturer KMMDealsPE Hub
- Arcventis agrees to majority investment in Harbour Point-backed Aligned Modern HealthDealsPE Hub
- Carnelian launches Rs.2,000 crore PE fund to target India's mid-marketFundraising · $240M · LaunchTradingView
- Cibus Capital acquires fruit and veg equipment provider AwetaDealsAgri Investor
- Bridgepoint agrees majority deal for equine vet group Altano as Ufenau exitsDealsPE Hub
- Arcline’s DwyerOmega agrees to acquire Kansas instrumentation maker SOR Controls GroupDealsPE Hub
- Atlantic Street Capital inks majority investment deal for HVAC distributor GLPDealsPE Hub
- Stephens Group promotes value creation vice president Lindsey Joseph to principalPeoplePE Hub
- New State Capital Partners’ The Expo Group acquires experiential agency toddstreetDealsPE Hub
- Blackstone launches first multi-asset private markets fund for non-US investorsFundraising · LaunchPrivate Equity Wire +6
- Phoenix strikes deal to sell cybersecurity firm Logiq to IBMDealsPE Hub
- Quad-C taps ex-Graham Partners operating partner Dan Soroka for supply chain rolePeoplePE Hub
- Argos closes ninth mid-market fund at €736m, 64% above previous vintageFundraising · $809M · Final closeAltAssets
- Hellman & Friedman weighs $10bn sale of Applied SystemsDeals · $10BPrivate Equity Wire
- Public pensions lifted PE commitments 24% to $100.9bn despite exit squeezeLPsAltAssets
- Proterra hires HIG’s Park to lead capital formationPeopleAgri Investor
- Main Capital Partners to acquire majority stake in Nordic software group ConfirmaDealsPE Hub
- Tikehau Capital-backed EYSA acquires B2B corporate mobility platform JoinupDealsPE Hub
- CVC agrees to take minority stake in internet infrastructure firm CDN77Deals · $1.9BPE Hub +1
- Curium Resets FTC Clock On $8B Lantheus Take-Private DealDeals · $8BLaw360
Wednesday, September 23
- Argosy’s Command Medical Products Acquires IMATSDealsPrivate Equity Professional
- GreyLion and Vestar’s 360training Acquires Atlantic TrainingDealsPrivate Equity Professional
- GHK Capital-backed WSB acquires engineering firm PolyDealsPE Hub
- Arlington-backed AVS Bio acquires UK bioreagent supplier Biorbyt in add-on dealDealsPE Hub
- LLR Partners takes stake in energy management platform EnergyCAPDealsPE Hub
- Renovus Capital-backed CloudFirst acquires Forvis Mazars’ IT, cyber unitDealsPE Hub
- May River Capital sells environmental monitoring platform Dickson to Blackstone-backed CopelandDealsPE Hub
- Pollen Street explores strategic options including potential take-privateDealsPrivate Equity Wire +1
- CD&R and Warburg Pincus emerge as leading bidders for Canaccord WealthDeals · $1.3BPrivate Equity Wire
- Symera Partners to acquire UK security specialist CIS in family succession dealDealsPE Hub
Tuesday, September 22
- Advent International targets $3bn for debut mid-market fundFundraising · $3B · TargetBuyouts Insider +2
- CPP Investments, Blackstone-backed Ascend Learning acquires scheduling platform M7 HealthDealsPE Hub +1
- Samara Capital Built an India Logistics Platform Around ARC and CalyxDealsHedgeCo Insights
- Centre Partners and Altivare Acquired Navajo ExpeditedDealsHedgeCo Insights
- Platinum Equity completes $6.6bn sale of Urbaser to Blackstone and EQTDeals · $6.6BPE Hub
- Cornell Capital acquires insurance claims services provider Hancock Claims ConsultantsDealsPE Hub
- KKR launches $350m equipment finance platformFundraising · $350M · LaunchAlternative Credit Investor +1
- Grafine Partners taps Suzanne Flannery as managing directorPeoplePE Hub
- Bain Capital agrees $230m purchase of SOLitude Lake Management from RentokilDeals · $230MPE Hub +3
- Certares, New 2ND Capital close continuation fund for Guardian AlarmFundraising · Final closePE Hub +1
- Healthcare-focused PE firm Haelan Capital launches, announces first investmentFundraising · LaunchPE Hub
- Clearlake and Charlesbank to inject $175m into distressed SymplrDeals · $175MPrivate Equity Wire
- Deal Roundup: Carlyle, CVC strike €1bn BauWatch deal, HIG agrees $866m Mistras take-privateDeals · $1.1BAltAssets
- Constitution Capital hires WTW veteran to build defined contribution pension plan businessPeopleAltAssets
- Hg agrees majority investment in Greek software firm EnterSoftone in €1bn dealDeals · $1.1BPE Hub +1
- Main Capital Partners acquires German financial IT services provider QbeesDealsPE Hub
- Elvaston makes first Poland investment in warehouse software firm DataConsultDealsPE Hub +1
- Schroders Capital closes record $1.3bn co-invest fund as annual PE fundraising tops $5bnFundraising · $1.3B · Final closeAltAssets +2
- Sheridan Capital Partners Invests in PtEverywhereDealsPrivate Equity Professional
- Signature Aviation Acquires Castle & Cooke Aviation at Van NuysDealsPrivate Equity Professional
- Riverside’s T3 Services Group Acquires Element Home ServicesDealsPrivate Equity Professional
- Tallvine Marine Platform Buys Crosby Assets Out of Chapter 11DealsPrivate Equity Professional
- telMAX Secures $215 Million in Growth Financing from Hamilton Lane and PSICDealsPrivate Equity Professional +1
Monday, September 21
- Artemis closed Artemis Capital Partners IV LP at $254M in commitments from existing and new LPsFundraising · $254M · Final closePrivate Equity Professional
- Siguler Guff closed its Small Buyout Opportunities Fund VI LP with total capital exceeding $3B ($2.3B commingled, $700M SMAs)Fundraising · $3B · Final closePrivate Equity Professional +1
- Softcat Crosses the Atlantic with H.I.G.’s GDTDeals · $1.1BPrivate Equity Professional
- H.I.G. Capital to Take MISTRAS Group Private at $866 MillionDeals · $866MPrivate Equity Professional
- 4 Firms Steer $1.6B Priority Technology Take-PrivateDeals · $1.6BLaw360
- Asiana Fund, JC Capital launch ₹1,000 cr advanced manufacturing fundFundraising · $120M · LaunchBusiness Standard
- QIA sets up $5bn US private markets programme with JP MorganLPsAltAssets +1
- Ara buys British design and engineering firmDealsNew Private Markets
- OceanSound-backed PAR Excellence acquires RFID inventory firm Terso Solutions from PromegaDealsPE Hub +1
- DCC Energy shareholders approve £5.7bn takeover by KKR and ECPDeals · $7.2BPrivate Equity Wire
- Korea Investment Corp explores sale of more than $1bn in PE stakesLPsPrivate Equity Wire +1
- Ingenia rejects improved AUD2.06bn Warburg Pincus takeover proposalDeals · $1.4BPrivate Equity Wire
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