CBPE Capital has announced the final close of its latest fund, CBPE Capital Fund X. The oversubscribed fund surpassed its target of £525m and achieved its hard cap of £561 million in capital commitments.
In a statement London-based CBPE said that the successful fundraise showed strong investor support for the firm’s strategy of investing in the UK lower mid-market.
Over 75% of commitments came from returning investors with the balance of the capital coming from a select number of new, sophisticated international investors.
The entirely institutional investor base includes public and private pension funds, fund-of-funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations.
The fund is the successor to CBPE Capital IX, which closed in August 2016 with capital commitments of £459 million, and will be CBPE’s third fund as an independent GP having completed a buyout from Close Brothers Group in 2008.
CBPE targets investments in UK head-quartered businesses with enterprise values between £25m and £150m, focusing on primary buy-out and development capital investments in specific sub-sectors.
Since the firm began investing in lower mid-market buyout transactions in 2000, CBPE has made a total of 52 investments. Of these, 40 have been realised, delivering aggregate returns of 2.8x invested capital.
Source: Private Equity News
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