Joseph Weitemeyer

Despite reaching the dog days of summer, U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising continues to soar. Since the last issue of Buyouts, fundraising added another $10 billion to its year-to-date total, which is now at $226 billion—$100 billion more than at this point in 2018. ArcLight Capital Partners led the charge. The Boston-based firm raised $3.5 billion […]

The largest firms and funds, which target $1 billion or more, make up just 5 percent of the market, but they account for almost two-thirds of all capital sought, according to Preqin. Almost half of the funds in the market (46 percent) are competing to secure just 4 percent of all capital targeted. Download the […]

Emerging private equity fund managers bounced back from their least successful fundraising period, though fundraising still remained relatively sluggish. Five emerging managers raised just over $1 billion from July 31 through Aug. 13, according to Buyouts data. Year to date, new managers have raised a combined $39.5 billion, according to Buyouts. Chicago Pacific Founders raised […]

The heat seems to have finally affected emerging managers, who clocked in their lowest fundraising roundup total of the year. Seven emerging managers raised only $635 million from July 17 through July 30, according to Buyouts data. That is only the fifth time this year managers failed to raise at least $1 billion. Raine Partners […]

PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Capital Dynamics named Hina Ahmad as chief operating officer. Ahmad has been the firm’s compliance officer and U.S. general counsel since January 2014. RiverVest Venture Partners named Derek Rapp as managing director and Dr. Isaac Zike as senior associate. Previously Rapp was president and CEO of JDRF while Zike was a life […]

For the third straight year, the Emerging Manager Report found that family offices make up the majority of capital raised by emerging managers with 18 percent—the lowest it has polled in three years. Public pensions trailed closely behind at 16 percent—the highest it has polled over the past three years. Download the Excel here: Charts […]

Emerging managers have seen growth in the size of their limited partner base, according to the third edition of the Emerging Managing Report published by Buyouts Insider in partnership with Gen II Fund Services, LLC. The average number for emerging buyout managers increased by 15 from 2018 to 2019, while the average number for emerging […]

Emerging managers have seen growth in the size of their limited partner base, according to the third edition of the Emerging Managing Report published by Buyouts Insider in partnership with Gen II Fund Services, LLC. The average number for emerging buyout managers increased by 15 from 2018 to 2019, while the average number for emerging […]

The recent heat wave hasn’t slowed U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising, which had another scorching surge. Since the last issue of Buyouts, fundraising added $18 billion to its year-to-date total, which surpassed the $200 billion threshold four months sooner than it did in 2018. Platinum Equity led the round. The California-based firm, founded by Tom […]

The recent heat wave hasn’t slowed U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising, which had another scorching surge. Since the last issue of Buyouts, fundraising added $18 billion to its year-to-date total, which surpassed the $200 billion threshold four months sooner than it did in 2018. Platinum Equity led the round. The California-based firm, founded by Tom […]