Private Equity

North America

Ford Foundation commits $1bn to impact investing

The US’s second largest foundation will allocate the capital to impact funds that have attractive financial and social returns.

2 min read · 05 April 2017

SEC eyes unicorn valuations

Funds are using a range of valuation methodologies for unicorn companies, raising a red flag for the regulator.

2 min read · 05 April 2017

83North raises $250m

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1 min read · 05 April 2017

Forward Partners raises £60m

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1 min read · 05 April 2017

LA Fire & Police eyes $450m in PE commitments for 2017

The $20bn pension fund increased its annual expected commitment range to $425m-$475m for 2017 after raising its target allocation to 12% for private equity in June.

2 min read · 05 April 2017

KKR launches senior debt fund

<p><em>The new Lending Partners fund follows the dip in KKR’s private debt fundraising last year.</em><em></em></p>

2 min read · 05 April 2017

New Energy Capital closes third fund on $325m

The fund is targeting senior and mezzanine debt investments in the North American clean energy sector.

1 min read · 05 April 2017

Summit Partners collects $4bn in double fund close

The Boston-based firm has raised $3.3bn for its latest growth equity vehicle and $730m for its fourth venture capital fund.

2 min read · 05 April 2017

OMERS buys Inmar for about $1.5bn

OMERS Private Equity, the private equity investment arm of the Canadian pension plan, purchased the analytics and technology-enabled service provider and plans to help it grow over the long haul.

1 min read · 04 April 2017

Tiger Global buys 5.7% of Apollo shares

The investment firm purchased 10.7 million shares of the publicly-traded alternative asset manager.

2 min read · 04 April 2017

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