A raft of Japanese buyout funds are coming to market simultaneously amid rising LP demand for countries that offer strong DPI.
Partners Group Fund Financing Solutions will invest primarily in GP-led and LP-led NAV loans and opportunistic investments, including NAV preferred equity investments.
The outpost will be the European growth and buyout firm’s fourth globally after Paris, London and Boston.
Besides private credit, LUCA 1.0 is also in talks to introduce private equity secondaries, fund of venture capital funds and a private markets sports fund, chief executive Keiko Sydenham tells PEI.
The European tech investor closed on €1.1bn for Verdane Edda III, which makes minority and majority investments in single companies.
CM Venture Capital plans to seek at least $100m to invest in China, the US and the UK, PEI understands.
Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV raised its hard-cap from $250m to $300m last year after existing investors topped up their commitments.
In this episode of PEI's Spotlight podcast, three of Asia-Pacific's most senior placement agents discuss how shifting investor appetites are reshaping the region's private markets.
Tokyo-based Basic Capital Management is back in the market for its latest strategy after a nearly four-year hiatus since its last flagship.
PEI reported in 2020 that the firm was mid-way through the process of spinning out incrementally over four vintages.