NEWS
2021/06/14
AXON Partners Summer 2021 Secondary Newsletter
Secondary market quickly bouncing back from the inertia that the Covid-19 pandemic initially caused.
2021/02/08
AXON Partners Q1/2021 Secondary Newsletter
2021/01/19
Coller closes eighth fund at just over US$9bn
Coller Capital closed Coller International Partners VIII (CIP VIII) with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of just over $9 billion.
2020/06/30
AXON Partners Interview at eMUPET 2020
Fundraising, financing options and secondary transactions in Corona times – Interview with Dominik Meyer (in German)
2020/05/01
AXON Partners Newsletter: Covid-19 Crisis
2019/11/29
BID Equity closes its debut fund at the € 125 million hard cap
BID Equity, the DACH-region software buyout specialist, has closed BID Equity Fund II at its hard cap of € 125 million with a significant additional commitment by the team. AXON Partners acted as a placement agent.
2019/03/26
Ufenau VI hits € 560 million hard cap
Ufenau VI (including parallel funds) closed at hard cap of € 560 million in a significantly oversubscribed situation. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent .
2019/03/11
FAPI closes third European private equity fund at its € 1.25 billion hard cap
Rothschild & Co has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Principal Investments III, its third European corporate private equity vehicle. The fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap of € 1.25 billion. AXON Partners acted as a placement agent. READ MORE …
2019/01/18
AXON Partners makes a senior hire
AXON Partners expands its team with the addition of a new senior professional, William Gilmore, who joins the UK office as a new Partner. READ MORE …
2018/01/09
AXON Partners strengthens team with Principal hire
AXON Partners expands its team with the addition of a new senior professional, Vincent de Boursetty, who joins as a Principal. READ MORE …
2017/07/27
Eurazeo PME III closes at €658 million hard cap
Paris-based Eurazeo PME has held a final close of Eurazeo PME III at hard of € 658 million expanding its international investor base. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent.
2017/02/17
Alantra closes third fund on €450m
Spanish private equity firm Alantra has held a final close on €450 million for Alantra Private Equity Fund III, an Iberian mid-market focused fund. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent.
2017/02/03
AXON Partners H1/2017 Secondary Market Newsletter
Private assets investors have benefited from rising valuations and high levels of distribution over the past few years. Where do we stand in the cycle and what is the status of the private equity secondary market?
2017/01/05
Eurazeo raises €500m for ‘late primary’ fund
2017/06/01
Boosted by successful first close, Eurazeo PME invests in SMILE
Eurazeo PME III made the first portfolio acquisition following a successful €600 million initial closing of the new fund. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent.
2017/01/04
Eurazeo will manage €6 billion in assets
With the successful launch of Eurazeo Capital II, Eurazeo will manage €6 billion in assets including €1 billion for third parties. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent.
2016/10/05
Ufenau V hits EUR 227 million hard cap
Ufenau V closed at hard cap of € 227 million in a significantly oversubscribed fund with commitments from returning investors, which included entrepreneurs that form part of Ufenau’s Industry Partner network, and a number of global blue chip investors. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent.
2016/05/09
TPG Closes TPG Partners VII at $10.5 Billion
Leading global alternative asset firm TPG announced the final close of its latest North American- and European-focused private equity fund, TPG Partners VII. The fund raised $10.5 billion in commitments, including $400 million from TPG and its personnel. AXON Partners acted as a placement agent.
2016/04/22
N+1’s new private equity fund achieves €400m first close
N+1 has achieved a €400 million first close for its new private equity fund, N+1 PEF III. The fund will take majority ownership interests in unlisted, medium-sized Spanish companies with international expansion ambitions. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent.
2016/03/03
AXON Partners 2016 Secondary Newsletter
With a transaction volume of approximately $40 billion, 2015 was among the most active years for the secondary market in history. Sophisticated investors increasingly use the secondary market as an active portfolio management tool in order to re-shape their private assets portfolios.
2015/03/30
AXON Partners 2015 Secondary Market Survey
2014 marked the busiest year of the secondary market. Over the last two decades the secondary arena market has developed into a very broad and efficient marketplace. What is the evolution of the secondary market participants and the market itself?
2015/02/02
AXON Partners Makes a Senior Hire
AXON Partners expands its team with the addition of a new senior professional, Mark Engler, who joins the Swiss office as a new Partner.
2014/12/03
Ufenau IV (former Constellation IV) hits EUR 120 million hard cap
In November 2014 Ufenau (former Constellation), a small-cap buyout specialist with a distinctive Buy-&Build investment strategy focused on services companies in the DACH region, closed Constellation IV at its hard cap of EUR 120 million. AXON Partners acted as an exclusive placement agent.