The SFF is focused on investing in companies with long term track records of consistent growth and cash generation across a broad spectrum of the European financial services sector, drawing on Cinven’s extensive network of relationships, origination skills and expertise. The SFF has made three investments to date:

• March 2021: Miller, a leading specialist insurance and (re)insurance broker, acquired in partnership with GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.
• April 2021: Compre, a specialist global consolidator of closed books of non-life insurance policies, acquired in partnership with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, one of Canada’s largest institutional investors.
• February 2022: International Financial Group Limited (‘IFGL’), a leading life insurance provider of cross-border, long-term savings products for internationally mobile clients (completion pending).

Cinven has one of the leading financial services investing franchises in Europe, having built its expertise over more than a decade of investing. In addition to the SFF investments, Cinven Funds’ other financial services investments include Viridium, a German specialist consolidator of closed life insurance books; True Potential, one of the fastest growing and most innovative financial services groups in the UK; NewDay, a leading UK consumer finance company; and Premium Credit, a leading UK provider of premium finance for commercial and retail insurance products. Previous financial services investments by the Cinven Funds include Guardian Financial Services, Partnership Assurance and Avolon.

Stuart McAlpine, Managing Partner of Cinven, said:

“For more than 30 years, Cinven has focused on building world class companies using its European focus and sector specialist expertise. We are delighted to have raised our inaugural Strategic Financials Fund and would like to thank Cinven’s long term investors for their continued support, and to welcome our new investors who have built conviction in the SFF’s investment strategy, the strength of the SFF team we have built, and Cinven’s unique capabilities in the financial services sector.”

Caspar Berendsen, Partner at Cinven who leads the Financial Services Sector team, added:

“The SFF draws on Cinven’s proven track record of investing in established European financial services businesses with long term track records of sustained growth and cash generation.  Across the separate investment mandates of Cinven’s flagship fund and the SFF, Cinven’s financial services franchise is now better positioned than ever to support great management teams in building businesses in the European financial services sector.”

Luigi Sbrozzi, Partner and co-head of the SFF, added:

“We are excited to hold the final close of the SFF which is uniquely positioned as one of the largest pools of capital solely dedicated to financial services in Europe. We are off to a strong start already, having signed three high quality SFF investments so far and we look forward to continuing to identify attractive future investment opportunities within our core focus areas of financial services.”

BETHESDA, Md. – Rotunda Capital Partners (“Rotunda”) is pleased to announce the successful closing of Rotunda Capital Partners Fund III, L.P. (the “Fund” or “Fund III”), with $405 million in total capital commitments. The Fund was oversubscribed above its initial target of $295 million. Fund III received capital commitments from a diverse set of investors, including public pensions, corporate pensions, insurance companies, healthcare companies, multi-manager funds, consultants, and family offices. Rotunda is especially thankful for the continued support by way of fund commitments from several former Rotunda portfolio company executives and family-founders with whom we have partnered in the past.

“We appreciate the continued support from our existing investors and are grateful for the strong interest from the new limited partners joining us in Fund III,” said Managing Partner John Fruehwirth. “This successful fundraise is the result of a cohesive, passionate team that works with our family-founders to implement our replicable and differentiated value creation strategy – Rotunda Performance System.”

“Rotunda has built our brand around transforming family-founder owned industrial firms into data-driven growth platforms and we will continue that specialized focus in Fund III,” said Partner Bob Wickham.

Dan Lipson, Partner at Rotunda, noted that “Our investors have provided guidance and support as we seek to expand and implement the Rotunda thematic sourcing and operational improvement model. We are excited to continue partnering with great companies and their management teams.”

“We seek to achieve success by partnering with great management teams and recognize that our potential for success is dependent on their success. We thank them for the work they have done, which has contributed to the success of Rotunda,” said Partner Corey Whisner.

Rotunda would like to recognize Campbell Lutyens for their partnership in raising Fund III expeditiously and with significant capital from new investors, as well as Kirkland & Ellis LLP for providing fund formation counsel.

About Rotunda Capital Partners

Rotunda Capital Partners is an operationally oriented private equity firm focused on transforming family-founder owned companies into dynamic, data-driven platforms able to achieve and manage significant growth. Since its founding in 2009, Rotunda has partnered with management teams to build great businesses within three primary sectors: value-added distribution, asset-light logistics and industrial & business services. Rotunda strives to achieve replicable results by implementing its Rotunda Performance System to create strategic alignment, develop lean processes and create robust, data-driven infrastructures. For more information, visit www.rotundacapital.com.

360 Capital is pleased to announce the launch of its 360 Square II early-stage fund with a closing of €45M.

This comes on the back of the highly successful 360 Square I which among its 24 investments winners such as Exotec (France’s 25th unicorn), Preligens, Casavo, Alsid (sold to Tenable), Bergamotte (sold to Bloom&Wild), Tediber (sold through a management buyout), Tiller Systems (sold to SumUp) and, and Neutrino (sold to Coinbase).

Leveraging its predecessor’s strategy, 360 Square II will continue targeting early-stage tech companies (pre-seed and seed) with a balanced focus on Deeptech, B2B software and consumer tech. As bold trend seekers, 360 Capital seeks talented founders across Western Europe (France, Italy, Spain in particular) to support their ambitious projects with tickets from €200K to €2M. Two investments have already been committed and will be announced shortly.

This new fund has attracted strong support from reputable investors amongst which the “Fonds National d’Amorçage 2” (French Tech Seed 2), managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance, MAIF Avenir, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, Groupe Rocher, and several European Business Angels.

HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)– KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final close of KKR Asia Credit Opportunities Fund (“ACOF” or the “Fund”), a US$1.1 billion fund focused on performing privately originated credit investments in Asia Pacific.

“Our credit strategy is highly complementary to our existing equity strategies in Asia, and the close of ACOF represents a significant milestone for KKR in Asia Pacific as we continue to build out our suite of investment capabilities and capital solutions across asset classes,” said Ming Lu, Head of KKR Asia Pacific. “Asia continues to benefit from favorable macroeconomic trends and long-term growth. However, the number of financing options available to companies looking to keep pace with this rapid growth has remained limited. We believe these dynamics provide an attractive landscape for alternative asset managers like KKR who are able to provide more flexible and differentiated credit solutions than traditional lenders.”

KKR’s Asia Credit platform seeks to provide bespoke private credit solutions to companies and sponsors which harness the strength of KKR’s alternative investment capabilities and its expertise as one of the largest alternative credit managers globally. The Asia Credit team leverages KKR’s local and global resources to source, diligence, and execute investment opportunities to provide customized financing, ensure capital protections, and support value creation in the process. ACOF intends to pursue investments primarily in performing privately originated credit, and broadly target opportunities across three primary investing themes, including senior and unitranche corporate lending, subordinated corporate lending, and asset-based finance investments.

Brian Dillard, Head of Asia Credit at KKR, said, “Bank capital represents approximately 80 cents of every dollar of credit capital in Asia, which is a far larger percentage than what we are seeing in North America and Europe. There is an imbalance of available financing for Asian businesses at a time when the region’s growth and prosperity have fueled an enormous demand for more flexible funding solutions by borrowers looking to seize the opportunities. With limited non-bank supply, we believe this market presents compelling opportunities for alternative credit providers like KKR. With ACOF, we are excited to play a larger role in meeting this unmatched demand and assisting leading businesses and sponsors across the region to meet their long-term growth ambitions.”

At the time of close, the Fund is the largest inaugural pan-regional fund focused on performing credit and one of the largest inaugural pan-regional credit funds to have been raised for Asia Pacific. ACOF received strong support from a diverse group of new and existing investors, including public and corporate pensions, sovereign wealth funds, commercial banks, insurance companies, asset managers and private investment groups, and family offices. KKR invested over US$100 million alongside external investors through its balance sheet and employee commitments.

In Asia Pacific, KKR has closed 14 credit investments since 2019, accounting for approximately US$2.4 billion invested by KKR and total transaction value of US$4.7 billion. This has included providing acquisition financing and bespoke capital solutions for companies and financial sponsors in the environmental services, real estate, education, infrastructure, and healthcare sectors. KKR Credit has been active in markets including Australia, Greater China, India, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam.

KKR established its credit platform in 2004, and made its first private credit investment in 2005. Over the past 17 years, KKR has built one of the largest private credit platforms globally with the ability to invest across the capital structure and liquidity spectrum. These capabilities are paired with KKR’s approach to proprietary sourcing, capital preservation and active portfolio management to seek out long-term capital appreciation and attractive risk-adjusted returns. Today, KKR manages approximately US$184 billion of credit assets globally, including approximately US$102 billion in leveraged credit, approximately US$71 billion in private credit, and approximately US$10 billion in strategic investments, as of March 31, 2022. KKR has a team of approximately 170 credit investment professionals across nine cities in seven countries, including approximately 90 private credit investment professionals globally.

About KKR

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life, and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.

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Fund to Implement Shared Ownership Program in Majority-Owned Investments

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR North America Fund XIII (“NAX3” or the “Fund”), an over-subscribed $19 billion fund focused on pursuing opportunistic private equity investments in North America. KKR will be investing $2.0 billion of capital in the Fund alongside investors through the Firm’s balance sheet, affiliates, and employee commitments.

“We are thrilled to have had such strong receptivity to our fundraising effort, and we are extremely proud of the results we’ve been able to deliver for our investors,” said Pete Stavros and Nate Taylor, Co-Heads of the Americas Private Equity platform at KKR. “Particularly at a time of continued volatility, we believe we are entering a macroeconomic environment that is tailor-made for private equity and for KKR specifically, and are grateful to have the support of our investors and their confidence in our team. We look forward to continue executing on our investment approach, which is centered on leveraging our deep industry expertise and driving holistic operational transformations utilizing the full suite of resources KKR has to offer. We are excited about the early momentum for NAX3 and remain laser focused on delivering outstanding results.”

KKR has a more than 45 year track record investing in North America. Over the past decade and across NAX3’s two predecessor funds, KKR North America Fund XI and KKR Americas XII Fund, KKR has delivered an average gross IRR of 30.1% (25.1% net) and a gross multiple on invested capital of 2.6x (2.2x net). In comparison to the S&P 500, this has resulted in net outperformance of more than 850bps, against the backdrop of near-unprecedented performance of the index over that decade. KKR Americas XII Fund, which began investing in 2017, is now fully deployed. It has generated a gross IRR of 50.1% (41.9% net), with a gross multiple of 2.6x (net 2.2x), as of December 31, 2021. With the closing of NAX3, KKR’s Americas Private Equity platform has more than $90 billion in assets under management across flagship, growth and core investment vehicles.

“Thanks to the strength of our Americas Private Equity investment team and extensive collaboration across our Firm, we are pleased to have been able to deliver consistent and attractive risk adjusted returns to our investors, even in the face of a global pandemic,” said Alisa Amarosa Wood, Global Head of Private Markets and Real Assets Product Strategies at KKR. “With this closing of KKR’s largest fund in our history, we are excited by our investors’ shared enthusiasm for the investment opportunities we continue to see ahead.”

NAX3 received strong support from a diverse group of both new and existing investors globally, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, private wealth platforms, family offices, high-net-worth individual investors and other institutional investors.

The Fund intends to implement KKR’s broad-based employee ownership program at majority-owned companies in which it invests. Since 2011, KKR has focused on employee ownership and engagement as a key driver in building stronger companies and driving greater financial inclusion. The firm is committed to deploying the model in all control investments across its entire Americas Private Equity platform. To date, KKR has awarded billions of total equity value to over 45,000 non-senior employees across over 25 companies.

Earlier this month, KKR joined more than 60 organizations in becoming a founding partner of Ownership Works, a nonprofit created to support public and private companies transitioning to shared ownership models.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented KKR as primary fund counsel for this fundraise.

About KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.

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