Kirk Falconer

Ottawa

Senior Writer at Buyouts

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Pilot Growth spin-out Invictus sets $350m target, $450m cap for Fund II

1 day ago | buyoutsinsider.com | Kirk Falconer

Invictus Growth Fund II has already made three platform investments, a source told Buyouts, the most recent of which is StructuredWeb, an AI-enabled channel sales and marketing SaaS solutions provider.
RedBird spinout Maple Park nabs half of Fund I’s target in three months

2 days ago | buyoutsinsider.com | Kirk Falconer

RedBird spinout Maple Park nabs half of Fund I’s target in three monthsMaple Park Capital Partners Fund I, opened in January, raised $125m against a $250m target in a first closing held in March, sources told Buyouts.
Blackstone’s Schwarzman says investor sentiment hit ‘dramatically’ by tariff uncertainty

1 week ago | buyoutsinsider.com | Kirk Falconer

'It is the challenging environments that best showcase the strength and stability of our firm,' chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman said in Blackstone's Q1 earnings call.
Bain & Co’s MacArthur on the return of the ‘U-word’ to private markets

1 week ago | privateequityinternational.com | Kirk Falconer

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Bain & Co’s Hugh MacArthur on the return of the ‘U-word’ to private markets

1 week ago | buyoutsinsider.com | Kirk Falconer

Bain & Co’s Hugh MacArthur on the return of the ‘U-word’ to private markets'People in the industry were feeling like we were set up for a good 2025, full of lots of new deals, lots of exits,' MacArthur told Buyouts. 'And then the tariff word came up...And tariff equals uncertainty in this market.'
DOWNLOAD: North American private equity fundraising hits seven-year low in Q1

2 weeks ago | buyoutsinsider.com | Kirk Falconer

Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other private equity funds raised a total of $81bn between January and March, down 16% from $96bn secured a year earlier.
Plannera emerges to guide alts-hungry Saskatchewan pensions

3 weeks ago | buyoutsinsider.com | Kirk Falconer

Plannera was launched last year in part to advise on decisions about allocating capital to private equity and other alternative asset classes, a top priority for its two largest Saskatchewan pension clients.
Sixth Street targets up to $5bn for latest bespoke opportunities fund

3 weeks ago | privatedebtinvestor.com | Kirk Falconer

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Sixth Street targets up to $5bn for latest bespoke opportunities fund

3 weeks ago | buyoutsinsider.com | Kirk Falconer

Sixth Street targets up to $5bn for latest bespoke opportunities fundAll-weather in nature, Sixth Street’s opportunities strategy is as comfortable in so-called blue-sky investments as it is in stressed and distressed deals.
Could this be the year fundraising comes back to life?

3 weeks ago | privateequityinternational.com | Kirk Falconer

Could this be the year fundraising comes back to life? A liquidity premium in 2025 may inject new life into private equity fundraising following three years of brutal market conditions.