Fundraising

The Copenhagen fund of funds hit the hard cap on its most recent fund, after the previous vehicle closed €100m under target.

A VC professional by training, Irwin founded Camber in April 2020 with a distinctive modus operandi for making control acquisitions of product-led growth software businesses.

The fund will invest in projects across the Namibian agriculture value chain.

In a year when there was no shortage of developments to dissect, here are five of our favourite editorial commentaries from the last 12 months.

Ascend Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity fund, has closed its inaugural fund at $570 million.

The 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.

Advent International has closed its second tech fund at a hard cap of $4 billion, beating its $3 billion.

Through H1 2021, private equity and venture capital investments in Brazil totalled $5.7bn, according to LAVCA – more than the full-year total in 2020.

Georgian launched the blind-pool vehicle, targeted to bring in $1.5bn, in tandem with a sixth flagship growth equity offering, which is seeking $1.3bn.

MTIP, a Swiss healthtech-focused private equity firm, has closed its second fund at $250 million, beating its $225 million target.