Royalton Partners II, a $250m target vehicle focusing on South-eastern European companies servicing local markets, is to receive up to €50m from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Dallas-based buyout firm’s second fund will focus on small private companies with enterprise values less than $100 million.
Following the recent sale of power station owner Carron Energy, UK private equity firm Rutland Partners has made 3x its money with the flotation of pawnbroker H&T Group.
At its annual meeting, Blackstone told limited partners it wants to raise its fund cap to nearly $15bn, and is studying the possibility of a public vehicle.
The recently listed KKR Private Equity Investors vehicle creates an immediate pool of nearly $2bn for KKR’s 2006 Fund – a major boost to the firm’s ongoing fundraising effort.
AIG Capital Partners has acquired a significant stake in UTI Group, a Romanian security systems provider, in a $19.5m (€15.4m) transaction.
London-based private equity firm Montague Private Equity has acquired Denmark-based pipe manufacturer Logstor from an Axcel-led consortium.
Switzerland-headquartered alternative asset management firm Partners Group has held a final closing for a dedicated Asian fund of funds on a capped total of $375m.
The New York-based firm says investors flocked to its third fund to focus on late-stage life science companies.
Paris-based investor Sigefi Private Equity has raised €124m for a new fund focused predominantly on the French SME market.