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  PE Fundraising

  Brookfield raises $1B for debut middle-market infrastructure fund

  March 11, 2025

  Brookfield Infrastructure Structured Solutions Fund focuses on structured and common equity investments, tapping into the middle market’s growing deal momentum.

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  PE Fundraising

  Eurazeo holds $3.2 billion (€3 billion) final close on mid-large buyout fund

  March 5, 2025

  The new vehicle invests in financial services, healthcare & life sciences and tech-enabled business services.

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  PE Fundraising

  CVC Capital secures nearly $5B for long-term PE fund

  March 4, 2025

  CVC Strategic Opportunities III will hold companies for up to 15 years

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  Featured

  ICG shatters its record with $11 billion secondary fund

  March 3, 2025

  The London-based asset manager’s new secondary pool doubles the size of its predecessor closed in 2022.

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  Secondaries

  Hamilton Lane launches its first secondaries-focused evergreen fund

  March 3, 2025

  Hamilton Lane debuted an evergreen fund to give high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors access to secondary transactions among middle-market buyout funds.

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  Private Equity

  Blackstone closes on $5.6B amid energy transition’s fundraising slump

  February 26, 2025

  Despite a challenging fundraising environment for energy transition funds in 2024, Blackstone secured a 33% larger fund than its predecessor.

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  PE Fundraising

  Thoma Bravo raises €1.8B for debut European fund, beating target

  February 25, 2025

  The software investor was in the market as PE deals were breaking records in the sector

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  PE Fundraising

  Crypto growth equity vet targeting $500M for new fund

  February 11, 2025

  The fund, Dan Tapiero’s fifth, plans to invest in maturing crypto startups.

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  PE Exits

  Madison Dearborn alums launch new firm amid secondaries boom

  February 3, 2025

  Scott Pasquini and Mark Tresnowski debut Orchard Investment Partners, focusing on private equity-backed single asset continuation vehicles.

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  Private Equity

  PE funds are taking longer to close, but they’re getting massive

  January 27, 2025

  While buyout vehicles are taking more than a year to close, a majority of funds closed last year were larger than their predecessors.

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  PE Fundraising

  Ardian closes $3.3B expansion fund, its second big close in 2025

  January 21, 2025

  Private wealth clients took up a quarter of the LP base.

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  Private Equity

  Sagard launches its first private equity fund for retail investors

  January 16, 2025

  The evergreen vehicle targets accredited Canadian investors, seeking a return of 14% to 18%.

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  Featured

  PE exits revive after 2-year lull

  January 15, 2025

  In 2024, the value of US PE exits hit $413.2 billion, roughly 50% higher than the previous year, PitchBook data shows.

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  Cross-Border Deals

  The big 3: How Asia’s biggest markets will shape dealmaking in 2025

  January 14, 2025

  Japan, China and India will continue to dominate the region’s major private market investment themes in the year ahead

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  Private Equity

  PE fundraising expected to slow after period of sustained growth

  January 10, 2025

  Longer fund closings, fewer launches and reduced mega-fund contributions signal a significant drop in private equity fundraising,

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  Secondaries

  Ex-Blackstone GP stakes head launches secondaries firm

  January 8, 2025

  Mustafa Siddiqui, Blackstone’s former head of GP stakes, has launched SQ Capital, a private equity secondaries firm.

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  2024 Wrapped

  What’s in store for PE fundraising in 2025?

  January 6, 2025

  US expects a drop in PE fundraising while EU mid-market fundraising expects to return to growth

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  2024 Wrapped

  Asian PE fundraising drifts away from China

  January 2, 2025

  Greater China no longer accounts for the majority of PE fundraising in the APAC region

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