Sofinnova Partners has increased the size of its specialist medtech company-creation strategy by 30% after closing its fourth MD Start fund on an oversubscribed €82m.
Seligman Investments has doubled the deployable capital available to its venture arm to $1bn, just eight months after launching the platform with $500m, amid a surge in investment opportunities across AI infrastructure, semiconductors and cybersecurity.
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 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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.