Fundraising

New entrants, use cases and increasing adoption highlight the potential scale of the market opportunity, but LP buy-in will be essential to growth.

A firm launched this week with the backing of US pension funds represents a new breed of fund of firms vehicles.

Founding investors in Collective Global include the Orange County Employees Retirement System and the City of San Jose Retirement System.

The firm expects each of its funds to be larger than their predecessors, as it experiences ‘nice momentum’ across fundraising campaigns, according to its latest earnings.

LPs that have received recallable distributions via NAV facilities will do well to think carefully about how and when this capital is re-used.

Spain’s newest digital fundraising platform grants individual investors exposure to PE funds with a minimum investment of €10,000.

The industry continues to explore ways to address the challenges that impact faces as it grows.

More capital is going into the hands of the biggest funds, and yet according to research shared with PEI, LPs are turning their attention to the lower end of the market.

Eight slides that look at the amount of private equity capital raised between January and end-September and what the figures show.

Megafunds raised between Q1-Q3 this year include vehicles by CVC Capital Partners, Apollo, Permira and Warburg Pincus.