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The target size for Audax Private Equity Fund VIII represents a 19% increase from capital raised by its 2023-vintage predecessor.

The lower mid-market is ‘structurally superior to the upper mid-market/mega-cap private equity market,’ managing partner Rob Wolfson told Buyouts.

The fund’s target size marks a modest increase from Fund VI, which closed on $1.5bn in 2022.

SingleSpoke plans to apply AI to traditional mom-and-pop businesses, starting tech-forward platform companies and using M&A to add on legacy players.

Rising Point's decision early on to operate as an independent sponsor 'played a big part' in the success of Fund I, partner Michael Drai told Buyouts.

'Sector expertise is important, but we don't believe it's enough,' says one of the firm’s managing partners

As fundraising pressures mount, LPs are seeking greater control, sharper economics and stronger protections against succession and zombie fund risks, new research from the law firm shows.

PE's top fund formation lawyers, ranked; why China could prove a buyers' buyout market; Apollo gets political.

The legal giant has regained its crown, leading by both number of funds advised on and aggregate capital raised in 2025.

In today's edition, Our 2026 PEI 300 ranking reveals a divided industry; Early warning systems are becoming scarcer in PE's biggest source of debt; Two more private markets specialists set up shop in Tokyo.