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Seaside recruits GI Partners’ Keith Collins for second managing director spot

The firm also hired Tom Moore, formerly with Cerberus Capital Management, as a senior associate.

Hefty CAZ commitment puts Grafine’s debut fund within reach of target

CAZ is expected to soon announce a $200m commitment to Grafine Capital Fund I, sources said. Grafine has also amassed $125m in separately managed accounts.

AEA’s fifth small business fund nabs $1.3bn to invest in PE’s ‘sweet spot’

In the lower mid-market, opportunities exist even today because of a 'constantly replenishing universe of entrepreneurs,' says partner and SBPE co-head John Cozzi.

Trive goes bigger with $2.5bn target for latest flagship fund

With the launch of Fund V, Trive could be looking to take advantage of emerging dislocation opportunities for which its strategy appears well-suited.

Off-duty: Vista’s David Breach on Taekwondo, dude ranches and singing karaoke

Breach tells us about his love for chicken fajitas and wake surfing as well as his notoriety at Vista for singing songs like 'Starting Over'.

EnCap sets $2bn target, $2.5bn cap for second low-carbon energy fund

Fund II has already raised nearly half its target and is expected to wrap up in the fourth quarter of this year.

Latino-led OceanSound targets $1bn for sophomore tech fund

OceanSound makes control investments in US mid-market software, technology-enabled services and hardware companies serving government, enterprise and industrial sectors.

ECP, merging with Bridgepoint, raises Fund V’s target, eyes $6bn cap

For ECP, the Bridgepoint deal creates a stronger brand to handle future firm-level challenges, senior partner Doug Kimmelman told Buyouts, and steps up its game as a veteran energy transition investor.

Overseas LPs seek to emulate Brookfield partnerships with ‘Maple 8’

Brookfield partnerships formed with Canadian pensions years ago is 'a playbook and a foundation for what we’re doing now to grow around the world,' Craig Noble, CEO of alternative investments, says.

Flying start: CAAT quadruples private equity assets in four years

Private equity made up 21% of all CAAT assets in 2022, up from 9% four years ago, putting the mid-sized system in the same league as its largest global peers.