Today’s headline: HarbourVest leads EQT’s €526 million venture CV push. Welcome to Infrastructure Secondaries Daily. HeadlinesBriefing writes:
The continuation fund houses eight assets, with five to six making up the bulk of net asset value, Secondaries Investor understands. This structure marks EQT's first foray into a multi-asset continuation vehicle for its venture capital portfolio.
Per Franzén, writing in PR Newswire:
"In a volatile environment we were able to unlock attractive primary deals and make strong progress on our value creation agenda. At the same time, we stayed disciplined driving realisations and sent back close to €17 billion to fund and co-investors, further building on a record year of exits in 2025."
This one's from Gulf Business:
ePointZero, the energy infrastructure platform owned by Abu Dhabi’s 2PointZero Group, has completed the acquisition of US-based Traverse Midstream Partners for $2.25bn in an all-cash deal, marking its first investment in the US natural gas infrastructure market.
This one's from GlobeNewswire:
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: KYN) announced today that it reached an agreement with institutional investors relating to a private placement of $50 million of senior unsecured notes (“Notes”) and $15 million of mandatory redeemable preferred shares (“MRP Shares”).
This one's from Infrastructure Investor:
Clifford Capital Asset Management (CCAM) is preparing to launch an opportunistic infrastructure credit fund, marking the first vehicle under its Energy Transition Acceleration Finance partnership. The initiative has already secured $345m in investor commitments toward a $600m target, signaling strong early appetite for energy transition-focused credit strategies.
If you track capital flows beyond infrastructure, try Startup Fundraising. It covers daily AI startup funding rounds, seed and Series A deals, new VC funds, and notable founders — useful context on earlier-stage markets, wherever you listen to podcasts.
Next, we’re watching Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund’s private placement. It’s expected to close on or about July 30, with the $15 million mandatory redeemable preferred-share tranche expected to fund on October 30. EQT also says its combination with Coller Capital is still on track to close in mid- to late Q3, subject to approvals.
You’ll find links to every story in today’s show notes if you want to dig further into anything we covered.
That’s Infrastructure Secondaries Daily for today. This is a Lantern Podcast.