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Ex-Veritas, TCV execs unveil debut fund for tech investing

Former executives from Veritas Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures have teamed up to launch a mid-market fund to invest in technology and technology-enabled service companies.

2 min read · 13 November 2019

SK Capital holds one-and-done on debut lower mid-market fund

The new vehicle enables the specialty chemicals-focused firm to cover a part of the market increasingly outside the remit of its growing flagship funds, says managing director Jack Norris.

2 min read · 12 November 2019

Newbury looks to be ‘biggest small guy’ in secondaries with launch of $1.75 bln Fund V

Newbury Partners is targeting $1.75 billion with a hard cap of $2 billion for a fifth secondary fund, according to a person with knowledge of the matter and a Form D fundraising document.

3 min read · 11 November 2019

Primavera raises second-biggest domestic China fund – exclusive

The Chinese manager raised $600m more than the original target for its third vehicle, Private Equity International has learned.

1 min read · 11 November 2019

Which firms raised the largest funds in October?

The 10 largest funds raised in October gathered more than $53bn between them, roughly $7bn more than their combined fundraising target.

2 min read · 11 November 2019

Insight Partners back in market with $7.25bn fund

Performance details of the firm's last five flagships were disclosed in pension documents obtained by Private Equity International.

2 min read · 08 November 2019

Paine Schwartz Partners settles into food chain niche as LPs take notice

“We’re passionate about agriculture and we built the team that way,” Schwartz says. “We spend a lot more time in boots than we do in dress shoes.”

4 min read · 08 November 2019

Lime Rock seeks $1.35 bln for fifth resources fund, renewables offering

Sets a $750 million goal for its fifth oil and gas properties fund.

2 min read · 08 November 2019

Numbers that lie: IRR, fee offsets, deal attribution and loss ratios

In the final part of our series on private equity metrics, PEI examines why the internal rate of return can flatter to deceive.

3 min read · 06 November 2019

Numbers that lie: ESG metrics and TVPI

In the third part of our four-part series on private equity metrics, PEI looks at the dangers of unregulated reporting and why the total-value-to-paid-in multiple only tells half the story.

3 min read · 06 November 2019

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