- Firm raises 700 mln Euros for Danske PEP VI
- Fund VI gets first North American LPs
- Exec sees two-year deployment instead of three
Danske Private Equity expects to deploy its recently closed PEP VI fund-of-funds in two years instead of three in the face of ample investment opportunities, an executive at the firm said.
With its first North American limited partners taking part in a fund, Copenhagen-based Danske Private Equity recently hit the hard cap of 700 million euros, or about $800 million, for Fund VI, surpassing the 650 million euros it raised for Fund V.
Jesper Knutsson, principal, said the firm has been investing from Fund VI for about a year, and it’s on track to launch Fund VII about a year ahead of schedule.
“It’ll be a shorter investment span than we normally do,” he said in a phone interview. “There are a lot of very good funds, a lot of interesting funds. It’s a very active market. We’re participating without losing sight of our discipline, which is very important.”
Among its earlier investments, Danske PEP VI moved into a Waterland Private Equity fund; also BelHealth Investment Partners, a U.S. GP focused on healthcare management deals that raised $350 million for its second fund last year.
Like past funds, Danske PEP VI will invest in as many as 15 lower-middle-market funds, half in North America and half in Europe, with an average investment of about 45 million to 50 million euros ($51 million to $57 million) each. The firm also buys secondary positions in funds in which it’s already invested.
Danske Private Equity sifts through first-time funds, spinouts, smaller established funds, sector specialists, buy-and-build firms and turnarounds.
Founded in 1999, Danske Private Equity manages about 3.7 billion euros.
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