European private equity investor Star Capital is reportedly preparing to raise a news €800m buyout fund amid the sale of two portfolio companies, Pepcom and Eleclink.
Music rights management service Kobalt has closed $60m Series C financing round, with Google Ventures (GV) joining existing investors.
Indigo Capital’s portfolio company Wizz Air has floated on the London Stock Exchange and raised £286.6m. 
Chinese investment firm Source Code Capital has launched its second fund with a $150m target, AltAssets can reveal. 
Searchlight Capital Partners is said to be considering raising up to $1.5bn for its second fund, almost double the $860m it gathered for its 2012 debut. 
US investment firm Commonfund has hired Celeste Barone as chief financial officer of its fund of funds arm Commonfund Capital.
Transport-focused private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group has promoted Michael Weiss to managing director after more than a decade with the business. 
Exit activity was wide open last year as firms benefited from all three customary exit routes. Pitchbook explains the lay of the land in its H1 2015 PE Exits report.
The inaugural meeting of the Women in Private Equity Network Summit took place in London recently – and one of the key themes for delegates was the small number of women at the top of the industry in the West, compared to emerging markets 
French private equity firm Parvilla looks to limit the risk of emerging market deals by investing in the ‘more exporting’ countries of northern Europe, according to its CEO and founder Jean-Marie Fabre
Idinvest Partners is strictly focused on continental European SMEs. CEO Christophe Bavière tells Limited Partner how this underserved market has generated returns to venture and growth investors “north of 25 per cent” 
Latin American private equity funds pulled in a record $10.39bn last year amid a continuing expansion of the asset classes in the region.
The EMEA regions is retaining its attractiveness to global private equity despite a sharp drop in invested capital last year, a new report by S&P Capital IQ suggests. 
Panellists at the Private Equity Africa conference this week spoke about the increasing number of firms looking at Africa, with Emerging Capital Partners’ Andrew Brown revealing that that it is not just the big brand funds which are looking for deals.
Carlyle co-president Michael Cavanagh, who was poached from JPMorgan Chase & Co last year, was paid a hefty $31.2m last year. Music rights management service Kobalt has closed $60m Series C financing round, with Google Ventures (GV) joining existing investors.
Chinese investment firm Source Code Capital has launched its second fund with a $150m target, AltAssets can reveal. 
Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle.
Highland Capital Management affiliate PetroCap has announced the $350m final close of its second oil and gas fund, confirming an AltAssets story from last month. US investment firm Commonfund has hired Celeste Barone as chief financial officer of its fund of funds arm Commonfund Capital.
While secondary deals between private equity investors are still a rarity in Asia, Jean Eric Salata, founding partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia is expecting the market to open up during the next few years. 
Top Tier Capital looks to have hit its $404m target for its seventh venture capital fund of funds, AltAssets can reveal.
To be a success in the fund of funds market you need to be either very large or very specialised according to Seligman Private Equity Select founder David Seligman. Panellists at the Private Equity Africa conference this week spoke about the increasing number of firms looking at Africa, with Emerging Capital Partners’ Andrew Brown revealing that that it is not just the big brand funds which are looking for deals. Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle. Chinese investment firm Source Code Capital has launched its second fund with a $150m target, AltAssets can reveal. 
Private equity TPG Capital has agreed to buy a ‘significant minority’ stake in Indian private hospital operator Manipal health Enterprises for INR9bn ($145.8m). 
Sydney-based firm Pacific Equity Partners has reportedly sold all of its remaining 20 per cent stake in publicly listed credit-checking business Veda Group for A$382m (around $300m) around six months after its IPO.
Growth equity investor Accel Partners has joined private investor Matrix Capital Management in backing New Zealand accounting software provider Xero with NZ$147.2m ($110.8m). Indigo Capital’s portfolio company Wizz Air has floated on the London Stock Exchange and raised £286.6m.
European private equity investor Star Capital is reportedly preparing to raise a news €800m buyout fund amid the sale of two portfolio companies, Pepcom and Eleclink. Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle.
Ribbit Capital has renewed its commitment to Brazilian accounting and invoicing services business ContaAzul by leading a Series C financing round for the company. 
Dubai-headquartered private equity investor Abraaj Group has pulled in at least $48m for its Growth Markets Fund.
L Capital, the private equity arm of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, is reportedly looking to purchase a stake in Saudi Arabian gourmet confectionery producer and restaurant chain Bateel, AltAssets has learned. Music rights management service Kobalt has closed $60m Series C financing round, with Google Ventures (GV) joining existing investors.
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