Track recorded fund announcements, transactions, leadership appointments and strategic developments from DataBane's published research.
Anduril announced a Series H financing led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The company said the financing would support manufacturing capacity, research and development, and infrastructure for producing defense systems. Thrive's individual contribution was not disclosed.
IMA completed an equity recapitalization involving Oak Hill, New Mountain, HarbourVest and other institutional investors. Oak Hill and New Mountain each took minority positions, while employees retained majority ownership. SkyKnight and The Stephens Group exited. Oak Hill's own investment amount and exact ownership percentage were not disclosed.
PGGM announced that CEO Edwin Velzel intends to leave at the end of 2026. He began the role in November 2017 and remains responsible during the transition. The supervisory board initiated a succession process. This is an announced future departure, not evidence that he had already left.
iCapital and LYNK Markets announced a private exchange-traded note offering in collaboration with Pantheon. It invests into Pantheon's international private-equity evergreen strategy and is intended to broaden eligible access through brokerage and custody infrastructure, including distribution in Latin America. The offering retains the underlying fund's subscription and redemption schedule.
Lawrence Golub and David Golub became co-chief executives. Spyro Alexopoulos, Laurence Stein and Gerry Keefe were named co-presidents; Josh Levinson and Greg Cashman were elevated to vice chairs.
Goldman Sachs Alternatives completed the acquisition of QScale, a Quebec-based developer/operator of data centers for AI and high-performance computing, alongside management and founding investors who reinvested. Price not disclosed.
Isomorphic Labs announced Series B funding led by Thrive Capital, with Alphabet, GV, MGX, Temasek, CapitalG and the UK Sovereign AI Fund participating. The company said the financing would help scale its AI drug-design work. Thrive's individual investment amount was not disclosed.
First Citizens Bank's Healthcare Equipment Finance group announced a private-label financing solution with VB Spine. The program provides hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and other healthcare providers with lending and leasing for VB Spine Solutions.
Antares reported approximately $8.5 billion in total commitments across its third Senior Loan Fund and related strategy vehicles, exceeding original targets. The fundraising included both new and existing global institutions, family offices, asset managers and insurers. The strategy originates predominantly senior secured loans for U.S. and Canadian middle-market borrowers. Vivek Mathew, president of Antares Capital Advisers, and CEO Timothy Lyne emphasized sourcing and underwriting discipline. The $8.5 billion is a combined fundraising total for the fund complex, not a verified closed size of the core fund alone and not Antares' corporate assets under management.
Pantheon announced that Leif Lindbäck joined in April 2026 as a London-based Partner in its Private Equity Secondaries team. He previously served as Co-Head of TMT Europe at CVC Capital Partners. His Pantheon role includes originating and executing GP-led investments.
Effective May 12, 2026, the fund formerly known as AQR Global Equity Fund became AQR Global Fund and changed its principal investment strategies. The fund continues to pursue global investment opportunities, now using systematic stock selection and country and currency positioning with long and short exposures.
Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives acquired FGI Worldwide, an asset-based lending and credit insurance platform serving global working-capital needs. Terms were not disclosed.
Franklin Templeton launched Private Markets Model Portfolios in collaboration with Corastone. The offering uses an SMA-style, single-subscription structure to help financial advisers allocate across underlying private-market funds. Corastone supplies infrastructure for subscription processing, rebalancing and portfolio administration. Investors obtain direct exposure to the underlying funds rather than a pooled fund-of-funds vehicle.
Oxford Finance and its wholly owned subsidiary Oxford Finance Co-Issuer II Inc. closed a $600 million senior unsecured note offering. The notes carry a fixed 7.750% interest rate and mature in 2031. Oxford said the proceeds would redeem its $400 million 6.375% notes due 2027 and repay part of its funding debt.
KIRKBI appointed Mark Andersen to the Board of Directors of KIRKBI Investment Management A/S. The appointment supports governance of the investment business, which became a standalone area on 1 January 2026. The release identifies Andersen’s concurrent role at UBS; it does not describe a departure from UBS.
EIF reported an InvestEU-backed guarantee agreement involving Quotanda and eight education providers and non-profit organisations. The initiative aims to unlock up to EUR 55 million in student financing across five European countries, allowing participating students to defer tuition payments until after study and employment.
Harbour P/S, comprising PensionDanmark Ejendomme, ATP Ejendomme and By & Havn, proposed 240 homes on Langelinie. The housing and associated Lodshusene office projects awaited a new local plan at announcement. No individual investor amount or ownership percentage was disclosed.
Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, announced six additions to its Life Science and Healthcare team: Bill Burkoth, Bryce Bewley, Ryan Martin, Gibson Cooper, Wendy Chan and Ries McQuillan. The additions cover relationship management, credit solutions and startup banking.
Webster Bank announced grant awards to eight small businesses during National Small Business Week. Its first contest selected winners from an eligible pool of small businesses across Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with awards intended to support hiring, equipment and service expansion.
For the quarter ended 31 March 2026, Swiss Re reported Group net income of USD 1,513 million, insurance revenue of USD 10,034 million and an annualised return on investments of 4.6%. The release attributed the result to contributions from all business units, low natural-catastrophe experience and investment income.
PGGM became an anchor investor in EBRD's Mosaic significant-risk-transfer transaction. The EUR 1 billion reference portfolio remains on EBRD's balance sheet. A EUR 145 million mezzanine tranche was partly placed with PGGM and partly insured by AXA XL, AXIS Capital and Liberty Mutual. PGGM's individual participation amount was not disclosed.
Pantheon announced the closing of its inaugural private-equity collateralized fund obligation. The rated structure provides access to its private-equity secondaries and co-investment strategies and a seeded portfolio. Evercore acted as structuring adviser and placement agent; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett served as issuer counsel.
Carlyle reported unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2026, including a pre-tax loss of $179 million. The release reported group assets under management of $475 billion as of 31 March 2026. This news preserves the reporting period separately from the publication date.
Monroe arranged an undisclosed senior credit facility supporting First Reserve's strategic growth investment in Lindsey Systems.
Realty Income's first-quarter results confirmed the March 31, 2026 closing of its joint venture with Apollo, comprising 492 properties. Apollo affiliates invested USD 1 billion for 49%; Realty Income retained 51%. Wells Fargo Securities had advised Apollo on the transaction. May 6 is the publication date of this results disclosure, not the closing date.
Carlyle Global Credit-managed funds and accounts partnered with Diversified Energy on the Camino asset transaction announced on 6 May 2026 and completed on 2 July 2026. The managed investors hold 60% of the producing-assets SPV and contributed a reported $82 million; Diversified holds 40% and contributed $55 million. DP Eagle LLC issued $895 million of ABS. Diversified separately owns the undeveloped acreage. These figures do not represent Carlyle parent ownership, ownership of Camino itself or the overall purchase price. Aggregate agreement price was approximately $1.175 billion before customary adjustments.
Antin reported total AUM €33.8bn in 1Q 2026 and announced Mid Cap II fundraising, later superseded by 30 June 2026 total AUM of €33.3bn.
Invesco published its assessment of private credit market conditions, emphasizing manager selection, underwriting quality and differences among evergreen and other private credit structures.
Rothesay completed a £160m full-scheme buy-in in March 2026 covering 2,216 members of the Bakkavor Pension Scheme. The transaction was announced on 5 May 2026.
KKR announced that it had completed its acquisition of Arctos after receiving the required sports-league approvals. Arctos Sports and Arctos Keystone became part of KKR Solutions, led by Ian Charles. The announcement confirmed the integration of Arctos' team and operations into KKR.
