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Bessemer more than doubles growth fund as VC major raises $5.75bn
Bessemer Venture Partners has more than doubled the size of its dedicated growth fund amid a major expansion of its later-stage investment strategy, as the VC giant raised $5.75bn across a new group of vehicles.
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Deal Roundup: Third Point leads $3.36bn Nscale financing; Audax exits GCG...
Third Point has led a $3.36bn pre-IPO convertible financing for British AI infrastructure business Nscale, with Nvidia, funds managed by Apollo, Citadel, Hudson Bay Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and 8090 Industries among the investors.
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Engine Ventures hires Oak HC/FT veteran Daubar to lead capital formation
Engine Ventures has hired former Oak HC/FT partner Michelle Daubar as partner and head of investor relations and capital formation, adding a fundraising executive who has helped raise almost $10bn of institutional capital during her private-markets career.
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Private equity suffers ‘lethargic’ three years – but investors remain bullish...
Private equity has endured a tricky three years as the boom from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic slowed - but investor confidence in the asset class remains high for 2025, research from Preqin shows.
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DTCP defence fund reaches €455m as EIFO, Danica join first close
DTCP has pulled in €455m at the first close of its debut defence fund, putting the vehicle within 10% of its €500m target.
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Institutional private credit fundraising surges 53% to $190bn, despite retail-market turmoil
Institutional investors poured $190bn into private credit funds during the first half of 2026, a 53% jump from a year earlier despite the redemption pressure and market volatility that have hit parts of the asset class.
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Bessemer more than doubles growth fund as VC major raises $5.75bn
Bessemer Venture Partners has more than doubled the size of its dedicated growth fund amid a major expansion of its later-stage investment strategy, as the VC giant raised $5.75bn across a new group of vehicles.
Ibex more than doubles Israel secondaries fund size with $87m Fund II close
Ibex Investors has more than doubled the size of its Israel-focused secondaries strategy by closing its second fund on $87m, less than two years after raising $40m for its debut vehicle.
Deal Roundup: Third Point leads $3.36bn Nscale financing; Audax exits GCG to Rexel for...
Third Point has led a $3.36bn pre-IPO convertible financing for British AI infrastructure business Nscale, with Nvidia, funds managed by Apollo, Citadel, Hudson Bay Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and 8090 Industries among the investors.
Institutional private credit fundraising surges 53% to $190bn, despite retail-market turmoil
Institutional investors poured $190bn into private credit funds during the first half of 2026, a 53% jump from a year earlier despite the redemption pressure and market volatility that have hit parts of the asset class.
PCCP raises record $5bn across real estate equity, credit funds as both strategies step...
PCCP has raised a combined $5bn across its latest US real estate equity and credit funds, with both vehicles increasing substantially from their predecessors and already putting significant amounts of their capital to work.
Lightspeed halves India fund size to $250m as it sharpens strategy around AI
Lightspeed Venture Partners is targeting $250m for its fifth India fund - half the size of its predecessor - as the VC major sharpens its early-stage investment strategy in the region around artificial intelligence.
Deal Roundup: Inflexion buys into Manucurist; Abry exits Confirma to Main
JP Morgan Asset Management’s Natural Capital business has committed about $200m to build a large-scale sustainable forestry platform in Paraguay alongside local agricultural and forestry group Grupo Robinson.
Zero Infinity Partners boosts infratech strategy by 50% with $156m Fund II close
Zero Infinity Partners has increased the size of its early-stage infrastructure technology strategy by 50% with an oversubscribed $156m second fund close, three years after launching its debut vehicle.
Blackstone completes Eurowind deal, Searchlight backs $1.6bn Priority Technology take-private
Blackstone Infrastructure has completed its investment in Danish renewables developer Eurowind Energy, acquiring a 24.7% stake and committing up to €2bn to accelerate the...
Cheyne raises £3bn for ninth European real estate debt programme, more than half already...
Cheyne Capital has raised £3bn across its latest European real estate debt strategy and adjacent vehicles, with more than half of investors' capital already deployed across a 73-loan portfolio.
