Firms and Funds

Fairway Capital Management has launched the Fairway private equity and venture capital opportunities fund.

Bridge Industrial and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board have established a joint venture to develop modern warehousing in urban infill locations in core markets across the US.

Grafine Partners and Stanley Capital have formed a partnership that will invest in growing sustainable businesses.

However, GTCR's office in Chicago will continue as the firm's headquarters.

Drivers of 2021's robust fundraising – an accelerated pace, bigger tickets, LPs pressing allocation limits and hot strategies like growth equity, tech and the energy transition – will likely also feature in 2022's market.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based private equity firm Westcap Management has closed Westcap MBO III Investment at C$285 million, ahead of a C$150 million target.

Manulife Investment Management has launched the Manulife Real Asset Investment Fund to give Canadian accredited investors access to global private and public real asset investments.

Harrison Street, an investment management firm focused on alternative real assets, and Chicago-based Core Spaces, a residential real estate developer, owner and operator, have formed a joint venture.

KKR has closed its second healthcare strategic growth fund at $4 billion.

BEB Capital and Rockpoint Group have formed a joint venture.