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Pollen Street raises more than £1bn, adds capital for top-up fundThe business and financial services-focused firm raised at least £335m for a top-up sister fund and a co-investment vehicle, as well as its fourth flagship fund.
Side Letter: Why ATP is turning GP, KKR's record Asian raise, Actis's strategic shiftIn today's Side Letter: ATP, KKR, Actis, Pollen Street, CIC and more. Here's today's brief for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Lockdown recruitment, Pollen St sale, denominator concernsEven in lockdown, recruiting in PE continues. Plus: Pollen's minority stake sale, GPs' reaction to the covid-19 crisis and concern levels around the denominator effect. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Standard Chartered PE: will 2018 be the year it (finally) spins out?SCPE has continued to invest amid its sales process, most recently in an Indian B2B travel distribution company.
Pollen Street's long haul to a successful fundraisePollen Street Capital took more than two years to raise its third fund but beat its target. PEI speaks to founder Lindsey McMurray and head of fundraising and IR Magnus Christensson about the journey.
Execution is the key to a successful spin-outMaking the business case for spinning out is often easy; the potential pitfalls come from the details of doing it.
Pollen Street reaches long-awaited final close on Fund IIIAfter more than two years in market, the RBS spin-out has beaten its original target to raise £402m for growth investments in financial services.
Pollen Street eyes £350m final close on Fund III – ExclusiveThe mid-market firm, which this month hired fundraising veteran Magnus Christensson from TPG, is understood to be plotting a final close at the end of Q1 2017.
- Pollen Street nabs TPG’s European fundraising head
Magnus Christensson will take control of fundraising for the UK-based firm’s third fund, which held a first close in March.
- Pollen Street’s Shawbrook prices IPO
The listing comes as Pollen Street is currently aiming to collect £350m for its latest fund