Global non-profit Accion has launched a $152.5m fund aimed at helping small businesses excluded from the financial system with growth capital and strategic support for digital transformation.
Starshot Capital, a VC firm dedicated to high-impact companies in underinvested climate sectors, has raised $35m for the final close of its debut fund.
The $78bn-managing Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has sold $1.4bn of its private equity fund commitments on the secondary market amid a slowdown in distributions.
KKR has agreed a £316m take-private deal for UK-based geospatial network managing software specialist IQGeo Group. The 480 pence per share deal is 19%...
European impact investor Norrksen VC has hit a target-beating €320m final close for its second fund, which will target areas including climate tech, energy, biotech AI and healthtech.
Pan-European private equity firm Astorg has raised €4.4bn for its biggest-ever flagship fund, four months after bringing in two new senior IR execs as part of a European LP push.
Private equity placement agent pioneer Antoine Dréan says he has shifted his focus to Mantra Investment Partners and Palico in the wake of Houlihan Lokey buying Triago, the company he founded in 1992.