Index Ventures has launched a $200m dedicated seed fund, saying an acceleration of the time between funding rounds had "changed the rules of early-stage investing".
Global private equity major KKR has boosted its financial services team by hiring former Reverence Capital Partners exec Sasank Chary as a managing director in New York.
BlackRock's real assets arm has hit a $4.8bn final close for its third global renewable power fundraise - a massive increase compared to its $1.65bn predecessor vehicle in the strategy.
Private credit professionals were sideswiped by Covid-19 early last year like most of the alternative assets market, but have entered 2021 full of optimism according to new research from law firm Katten.
Activa Capital is celebrating a 4x return through the sale of its majority stake in Alliance Etiquettes to Chequers Capital, sealing "one of the most successful transactions in its history".