13 Mar 2024
Will private equity fundraising ignite?
Fund managers have faced extended fundraising timelines due to a recent M&A slowdown, leading to liquidity issues for Limited Partners (LPs). With many expecting longer fund closure times in 2024, will fundraising ignite? Kate Gribbon addresses this question.
Our Private Equity Trends 2024 report shows that 58% of respondents expect their next fund to take more than three months longer to close than its predecessor. General Partners (GPs) are proactively honing investment strategies and safeguarding reputations through cautious international dealings and succession planning to ensure the continuity of successful fundraising. Watch the video to find out more.
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The report shares valuable insights into the challenges GPs have experienced in the past 12 months and their expectations for the coming years.
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Kate Gribbon
Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage & Origination
Kate is Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage & Origination team in London, advising ambitious fast-growing companies seeking growth capital, with a focus on the technology and consumer sectors. She typically works with established businesses who have reached £10m+ revenue, seeking £10m+ in funding, offering them access and connections to the right private capital (debt and equity). She offers a focused process, targeting specific and appropriate potential investors ranging from family offices, to VCs, private equity through to larger institutional funds. Kate enjoys building long-standing client relationships and positioning entrepreneurial businesses to achieve maximum value at their eventual exit point. Kate has had previous roles at Deloitte and finnCap Cavendish with a particular focus on sell-side M&A deals in the consumer sector. She has also spent many years on deal origination, building earlier stage long-term relationships with owners of private companies, intermediaries and investors.
Jonathan Harvey
Fund Solutions
Jonathan is one of the original members of the Fund Solution team and has been involved directly in its strategic development since inception. During this time, Jonathan has been responsible for setting up the European Fund Solution business and developing the Capital Call product. Jonathan currently heads up the relationship management function within the Fund Solution’s team, with responsibility for providing the full Fund Solutions product set to the existing client base.
Jonathan has been with Investec since 2007 and has experience working in the Structured Property Finance, Specialised Lending and the Fund Solutions business.