Fundraising

The Boston buyout shop has managed to round up commitments in less than two months in one of the largest fundraisings of the year.

The Chicago-based private equity house has closed its second fund garnering commitments from Goldman Sachs and General Motors Investment among others.

The UK mid-market private equity firm has appointed a new business development manager to focus on intermediaries.

Alpinvest, CalPERS and the EBRD are among the institutions that have signed up for Enterprise Investors’ fifth and largest fund to date.

Bono, the singer for rock group U2, will reportedly be a managing director at Silicon Valley ‘venture buyout’ firm Elevation Partners, launched by former Silver Lake Partners co-founder Roger McNamee.

Claudio Aguirre Pemán, a former head of Spanish operations at Merrill Lynch, has joined Spanish private equity investor Mercapital to help the firm raise and invest capital.

Gamma Capital Partners, the Austrian technology investor, has announced the final closing of its second venture fund on €17.25m.

The global investment bank has announced the final closing of its debut mezzanine fund dedicated to Europe, ahead of its €500m target.

The San Francisco-based placement agent and private equity consultant has named Kelly DePonte partner. The firm also completed fundraising for client W Capital Partners.

The UK mid-market buyout firm has held a final closing of its third fund, exceeding its £200m target and securing commitments from new international investors.