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SK Capital Partners racks up $800m for Catalyst Fund II

Thursday, August 03, 2023

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, ingredients, and life sciences sectors, has closed SKCP Catalyst Fund II.

The Fund was oversubscribed with total committed capital of $800 million, reflecting the Fund's $750 million hard cap on Limited Partner commitments and SK Capital's investment of an additional $50 million, said a press release from the private investor in mature and middle-market companies located throughout North America.

As per the release, SK Capital applies the same investment process and principles across its entire portfolio and invests capital from two parts of the SK Capital fund family: Flagship and Catalyst.

The Flagship strategy currently focuses on the upper mid-sized and large companies, while the Catalyst strategy, founded in 2019, is dedicated to the lower middle market companies, it said. Since its founding in 2007, SK Capital has raised 7 funds and has over $7.8B of assets under management across both Flagship and Catalyst strategies.

Barry Siadat, Co-Founder and Managing Director of SK Capital said: "We are extremely grateful for the trust of our Limited Partners who supported Catalyst Fund II and look forward to investing together in what we see as a highly attractive environment for our strategy."

"The successful fundraise is a recognition of the Firm's ability to deliver value across the deal size spectrum in our sectors of focus, and in particular our a......................

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