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Thoma Bravo seeks $750m for first private credit fundThe buyout firm is just the latest in a string of technology specialists to launch a debt arm.
- Tech young guns gather €700m
EMH, which recently hired former EQT pro Thomas von Werner, has hit its €350m hard cap and raised a further pool of co-investment capital.
Tech funds rise up ranksPrivate equity capital raised by tech-focused firms among the 30 largest GPs has expanded by more than six times from 2013 to 2017.
- Apax France hits €1bn hard-cap on Fund IX – Exclusive
The Paris-based buyout house was initially targeting €750m for its ninth buyout fund, which has already made three investments.
- TA ups sponsor-to-sponsor deals amid tough competition
The archetypal outbound deal originator has become more open to secondary buyouts in the increasingly competitive sector of technology growth investment.
- Softbank Vision Fund: $100bn in context
Softbank is in the ‘last phase’ of raising a giant tech-focused fund. How does it compare with what is out there already?
- Five trends to watch in 2017
How will the private equity industry develop in the year ahead?
- Privately Speaking: Orlando Bravo
Thoma Bravo just closed Fund XII on $7.6bn, twice the size of its predecessor. Managing partner Orlando Bravo talks about how the firm evolved from a generalist private equity shop to a software specialist, and his own role in that transformation.
- Predictions revisited
At the end of last year we made five predictions for 2016; let’s see how we did…
- Massachusetts PRIM releases 5-year carry data
PRIM, which has been building on its co-investment programme to cut fees and carry, has steadily reduced carried interest expenses in the past few years.