Silas Sloan

While fundraising figures in the first quarter were lofty, most of the capital raised came from Ardian’s record-breaking close in January.

The €250m CV for biogas company Grupo Gestcompost is the largest transaction of its kind for Barcelona-headquartered Suma Capital.

The single-asset process will allow the firm to hold onto a software company which was part of a multi-asset deal it ran in 2019, Secondaries Investor has learned.

While there was a flurry of LP-led activity in Q1, much of this was driven by processes that fell into the new year from 2024, according to panellists at a BVCA secondaries summit last week.

The infra secondaries market saw $40bn to $45bn of potential dealflow last year, attendees at PEI Group’s Infrastructure Investor Global Summit heard.

Andrew Ward joins Mike Catts as one of two partners in the firm’s New York office.

Stafford plans to allocate 80% of its latest $1bn+ timberland fund to secondaries, chief executive Angus Whiteley told Secondaries Investor.

While Ardian wants to make sure it gets the best pricing in its deals, the most indicative link back to the returns it generates is 'not necessarily what we pay, but what we buy', senior managing director Wills Small said in a video interview.

Secondaries professionals gathered in Orlando, Florida, for an annual invite-only dinner and celebration during NEXUS 2025.

The strategy is nearly double the size of its predecessor, which closed in 2021.