Chelsea Stevenson

Graphite Capital seals 2.3x caravan parks exit

<p>The mid-market firm has sold Park Holidays UK to Caledonia Investments for £172m, bringing the total value of Graphite’s exits since October 2012 to more than £1bn.</p> <div></div>

Spring Lake collects $122m for debut fund

The Tudor Investment Corporation spin-out is targeting $250m for later stage investments in technology companies.

NY Common commits to Blackstone separate account(2)

The $161bn pension has committed $500m to Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities fund, marking New York Common’s first investment in its opportunistic asset class.

TA grows Boston office with senior hires

The firm has hired Goodwin Proctor’s Jeffrey Hadden (pictured) as COO and has appointed former Deloitte & Touche partner Kevin Masse to the role of chief portfolio officer.

Apollo reaches $12bn target for Fund VIII

The firm has raised about $5.3bn in commitments for the fund since the start of the third quarter, according to a quarterly earnings statement.

Spire seals $76m exit amid fundraise

Spire Capital will sell Just Marketing International from its Fund II portfolio to Chime Communications, while aiming to raise $375 million for its third buyout fund.

Carlyle hires Warburg exec as deputy CIO

The firm has named former Warburg Pincus managing director Kewsong Lee as its first deputy CIO for private equity and a member of each fund’s investment committee.

HgCapital seals 2.7x cloud computing exit

The sale of electronic marketplace provider Epyx marks the fourth exit from HgCapital’s Fund 6. The four exits together have generated a gross IRR of about 45%.

Newbury hires Chevrier as managing director

Stéphane Chevrier previously founded Equifin Alternative Investments and was a managing director at AXA Private Equity, now Ardian.

FLAG collects $217m for Fund V

The firm’s fifth North American-focused fund of funds had collected about $144m as of April.