Kirk Falconer

OpenGate's earliest transactions were done at the height the financial crisis, “the best university anyone could ever go through,” founder and CEO Andrew Nikou told Buyouts.

Gabriel de Alba, Catalyst’s managing director and partner, sees the disruptive impact of the covid-19 outbreak as potentially lasting throughout 2020 and into 2021.

Seidler Equity Partners VII’s swift close owes mostly to re-up commitments by existing institutional investors, many of them long-time backers of Seidler pools.

If Gryphon Partners VI meets its $2.7 billion goal, it will be the largest fund in the San Francisco private equity firm’s 25-year history.

The fund is expected to hold to Lindsay Goldberg's strategy of investing in North American and European mid-market companies in business, financial and government services, consumer, healthcare and industrials sectors.

OPTrust has in recent years grown its private equity portfolio's share of direct deals and co-investments to roughly 50% of assets.

Musicco until January led private markets at Investment Management Corp of Ontario and prior to late 2018 held senior roles at Ontario Teachers’​ Pension Plan.

Knox Lane was founded last year by Managing Partner John Bailey and Partner Shamik Patel, both veterans of TPG's growth equity and mid-market buyout arm.

Strong fundraising is a result of emerging and established growth equity brands closing ever larger funds as well as buyout managers wading into the space.

Serent promoted Stewart Lynn and Prital Kadakia, increasing the number of partners to five, including founders Kevin Frick and David Kennedy.