Kirk Falconer

Tech investor Francisco seeks $18bn for eighth flagship, fourth Agility fund

The San Francisco manager's flagship, Francisco Partners VIII, is set to raise $14bn, and its companion vehicle, Francisco Partners Agility IV, $4bn, sources told Buyouts.

Jon Salon named BCI’s PE chief as Jim Pittman steps down

Salon assumes the top leadership of the Canadian pension manager's C$36bn private equity platform, one of the largest such institutional programmes in the world.

Auldbrass Partners targets $350m for latest secondaries vehicle

Auldbrass acquires secondary interests through LP-led and GP-led opportunities (such as continuation vehicles) in mid-market buyout, global buyout and growth equity.

Off-duty: Francisco Partners’ DJ Deb on his dream job as a sports talk show host, Hawaii and 1980s music

Deb tells us about how he has applied the ‘metaphor of sports’ to his career, his preference for beer over wine and why a fear of going out of business helps concentrate the mind.

Private equity demand for LP capital keeps rising amid slowdown

Accelerating GP demand for fund capital is at odds with today’s supply crunch, caused by widespread LP overallocation.

Bregal Sagemount hits market with latest flagship fund, targets $3bn

Opened late last year, Bregal Sagemount V has a $3.5bn hard-cap, according to pension board documents issued this week.

PE fundraising timelines shorten for first time since 2022

Fundraising timelines averaged 18.6 months in the North American market last year, down from a record high in 2024, according to Buyouts data.

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising in North America hits post-pandemic low

Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other private equity funds had raised a total of $508bn as of December 31, according to Buyouts data. Capital inflows last year were the lowest recorded since 2020.

Some of this year’s most interesting private equity funds

Buyouts highlights some of the private equity funds and themes it believes helped define the market in 2025.

CVs unlikely to ‘disappear’ because GPs ‘recognize their viability’ – TPG

CVs continue private equity's history of innovation and evolution and will likely become part of the asset class's long term set of options for exits, co-managing partners Jeff Rhodes told Buyouts.