LLR Closes $1.2 Billion Fund

LLR Partners has held a final closing of its latest fund, LLR Equity Partners V LP, at $1.2 billion. Asante Capital Group acted as placement agent for the fund. The firm’s earlier fund, LLR Equity Partners IV LP, closed at $950 million in March 2014.

LLR Partners invests from $15 million to $100 million in companies that have up to $100 million in annual revenue and are active in the education, financial, healthcare, security and software sectors. The firm will invest in minority or majority equity positions through growth capital, recapitalizations and buyout transactions.

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Asante Capital congratulates its partner Maguar Capital on the close of a more than €235 million continuation fund transaction for HRworks

We are delighted to share that Maguar Capital Capital GmbH & Co. KG, managed by Maguar Capital, a leading B2B software investor in the DACH region, yesterday closed on the sale of its portfolio company HRworks Holding GmbH to a newly established continuation fund, Maguar Continuation Fund I GmbH & Co. KG (“Maguar CF I”).

Asante Capital congratulates its partner BPOC on establishing a $425 million continuation fund

We are delighted to announce that BPOC, a pure-play healthcare investor, announced the closing of its first continuation vehicle, a $425 million transaction co-led by investment funds affiliated with Apollo S3, Blackstone Strategic Partners and Five Arrows.

Artá Capital races to first close with commitments of €305m on a target of €400m

We are pleased to announce that Artá Capital Partners (“Artá”), a leading Iberian private equity firm, has raised over three quarters of their €400m target at the first close of Artá Capital Fund III LP (“Fund III”).