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Capital Constellation is acquiring a minority ownership stake in Pollen Street Capital, a European investment platform focused on the financial and business services sectors.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation ("APFC") and The Railways Pension Scheme ("RPMI Railpen") Increase Commitment to Capital Constellation by $200 Million.

Capital Constellation is building on its next-generation private-equity business by offering coinvestment
capital to managers it backs.

TierPoint, a leading provider of secure, connected data center and cloud solutions at the edge of the internet, today announced it has reached an agreement that will result in new, preferred equity investments totaling $320 million, which the company expects to be closed and funded by mid-April.

Wafra Europe Ltd. managing director Tom Rotherham-Winqvist offers some advice to new managers looking to establish themselves on the private equity scene. Wafra’s experience since 2011 with debut and growth stage managers has led us to one key insight: LPs’ human resource constraints mean the pain of a low Return on Time (RoT) process may outweigh the promise of a high MOIC outcome…

BOCA RATON, Fla., August 7, 2019 – AE Industrial Partners, LP (“AEI”), a private equity firm specializing in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services, Power Generation, and Specialty Industrial markets, today announced that Bonaccord Capital Partners, (“Bonaccord”), a division of Aberdeen Standard Investments (“ASI”), and funds managed by Wafra Inc. (together with its affiliates, “Wafra”), have each made strategic investments in AEI.

In the 15 months since Capital Constellation launched as an investor in young private equity shops and their funds, the LP-backed firm has deployed about $500 million, with plans to continue shopping for more deals.

April 3, 2019 – Wafra Inc. and Landmark Partners LLC said Wednesday, April 3, they paid an undisclosed sum for a minority stake in Siris Capital Group LLC on the heels of the New York firm's $3.45 billion capital-raising for Siris Partners IV Fund LP last month.

MIAMI, Fla., February 19, 2019 – Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”), Audrose Partners and Fireside Investments today announced the formation of National Express Wash, LLC (“National Express Wash”), an express car wash investment platform. National Express Wash will use an acquisition and development model to build a dynamic portfolio of express car washes with attractive underlying real estate in strategic geographies throughout North America.

NEW YORK, N.Y., December 10, 2018 - Capital Constellation (“Constellation”) announced it has been honored with the ‘Partnership of the Year’ award at Institutional Investor’s Allocators’ Choice Awards in New York. Allocators’ Choice Awards recipients are selected by peers in the industry in recognition of their leadership in asset allocation and management worldwide. Members of the founding Capital Constellation team accepted the award at Institutional Investor’s ceremony on November 29, 2018.

NEW YORK, N.Y., October 29, 2018 – Capital Constellation (“Constellation”), a provider of catalytic investment capital to investor entrepreneurs, announced today the closing of a strategic investment with Motive Partners (“Motive”), an investment firm for technology businesses that power the financial services sector.

NEW YORK, N.Y. and HOUSTON, TEXAS, July 16, 2018 – Capital Constellation (“Constellation”), a provider of catalytic investment capital to next-generation investor entrepreneurs, today announced the closing of a $150 million strategic partnership with Ara Partners Group (“Ara Partners”), a private equity platform investing in middle-market opportunities across the global energy and industrials sectors. Capital Constellation will acquire a substantial minority ownership interest in Ara Partners and provide the firm and its affiliates with significant investment capital.