Fundraising

CVC Capital Partners IX, which is yet to hold its final close, is already larger than Blackstone's $26.2bn record haul in 2019.

Lenna Koszarny, chief executive of Ukraine-focused private equity firm Horizon Capital, says LPs are backing the firm's latest fund now and are not waiting for the war to end.

Global oil and gas private equity fundraising in 2022 was the slowest in more than a decade, with 55 vehicles securing $20bn.

Stone-Goff Partners IV will focus on B2B service companies.

Aldine Capital Fund IV's investors include banks, family offices, insurance companies and the Small Business Administration.

The deal would be highly customized targeting specific assets, rather than a broad-based tender of LP interests across older funds.

Fund XI is already the largest capital pool in BV’s history, surpassing by 33% its predecessor, wrapped up in 2020 at $1.1bn.

The manager is also raising an Opportunity Fund to invest in earlier flagships.

Wellington Hadley Harbor IV's investors include public and private pension plans, insurance companies, corporations, a sovereign wealth fund and family offices.

The alternatives giant took out the facility against about 20 portfolio assets in its 2018-vintage Carlyle Europe Partners V fund, Private Equity International has learned.