Fundraising

Top five fundraises of 2025

This year saw mega fund closes with a number of specialist funds breaking records.

Labyrinth Capital Partners takes ‘rifle-shot’ approach to GP-led secondaries

The growth-stage secondaries specialist, which is premarketing a $300m Fund III, draws on its founder’s 20 years of experience to provide liquidity to GPs thirsty for DPI.

Evergreens are attractive, but LPs aren’t rushing into anything

Semi-liquid strategies can provide benefits to LPs, but they aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution.

Carlyle AlpInvest fundraises for credit secondaries strategy

The secondaries giant is the latest player to set up a formal strategy targeting the asset class, Secondaries Investor understands.

Ardian launches long-awaited infra evergreen fund

The firm has been eyeing the launch of an infrastructure evergreen since last year, Secondaries Investor previously reported.

NEA spin-out NewView targets $400m for latest VC secondaries fund

NewView Capital Fund IV arrives in the market as venture secondaries are heating up, driven by overallocated LPs pressing GPs to expand distributions as a way to replenish capital stocks.

SecondQuarter Ventures launches larger Fund III to fill ANZ market gap

Australian VC secondaries specialist SecondQuarter sees a multi-billion-dollar gap in the local market, managing partner Ian Beatty told Secondaries Investor.

A&M Capital targets $500m for debut secondaries fund

The fund will primarily focus on single-asset CV transactions, with additional flexibility to pursue multi-asset CVs and LP-led opportunities, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Unigestion amasses €1.7bn in final close for latest flagship

The fund is already ‘well deployed’ with 22 transactions completed to-date.

ICG, Amundi to launch private credit and secondaries evergreen funds in wealth push

As part of the tie-up, Amundi will pick up a 9.9% stake in London-based ICG by June 2027.