Fundraising

Invictus Growth Fund II has already made three platform investments, a source told Buyouts, the most recent of which is StructuredWeb, an AI-enabled channel sales and marketing SaaS solutions provider.

Maple Park Capital Partners Fund I, opened in January, raised $125m against a $250m target in a first closing held in March, sources told Buyouts.

As traditional exits remain sluggish this year, GPs are getting creative in finding ways to deliver liquidity to limited partners in older funds.

'It is the challenging environments that best showcase the strength and stability of our firm,' chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman said in Blackstone's Q1 earnings call.

Fund III’s limited partners include large public and corporate pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, and multi-family offices.

Linden’s previous fund closed at $3 billion in 2021.

'People in the industry were feeling like we were set up for a good 2025, full of lots of new deals, lots of exits,' MacArthur told Buyouts. 'And then the tariff word came up...And tariff equals uncertainty in this market.'

PECO III offers private equity exposure through co-investments alongside lower mid-market buyout managers.

ABC Impact Fund II’s LPs include Temasek, the Asian Development Bank, Mapletree Investments and SeaTown Holdings.

Lock 8 will target majority investments in B2B SaaS and tech-enabled services businesses.