Haveli, Copilot and Lauxera win Unigestion Private Equity Emerging Manager of the Year Awards 2025
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Unigestion Private Equity1, the asset manager focused on investing in private equity’s mid-market leaders, has awarded its Emerging Manager of the Year Awards 2025 to Haveli Investments, Copilot Capital and Lauxera Capital Partners.
The awards, which were created in 2024, seek to showcase emerging managers in Europe and the US that have distinguished themselves over the previous year, particularly with regard to fundraising and momentum. A short list was selected by a panel of intermediaries and institutional investors active in the emerging manager space, with the winners selected by GPs, LPs and intermediaries.
Based in Austin, Texas, Haveli Investments took home the US award for best fundraise of the year. Haveli specialises in high-quality technology companies, particularly focusing on software and gaming. Haveli closed a USD 4.5bn fund earlier this year, making it the largest-ever debut flagship private equity fund raised.
Copilot Capital, which won the European best fundraise award, focuses on scaling software companies across Europe. Copilot closed a EUR 200m fund in June and was co-founded and seeded by an investment division of The Friedkin Group.
Lauxera Capital Partners was selected for best exit of the year for a first-time fund. Earlier this year, Lauxera sold OrganOx – an Oxford-based medical device company which develops devices designed to preserve organs for transplant – to a strategic buyer for USD 1.5bn, making this transaction the largest-ever exit for a UK university spin-off. Lauxera is Paris and San Francisco-based and exclusively invests in the healthtech industry across Europe.
All three firms accepted their awards at the annual Unigestion Emerging Manager Conference, which took place in Paris in September as a summit within the IPEM Paris 2025 conference. The Emerging Manager Conference, which is in its 5th year, has become a key event in the private equity calendar, showcasing the latest research and most innovative emerging managers across the market. Integrum and Vidia were the winners of the first Emerging Manager Awards in 2024.
Unigestion Private Equity has built a strong track record of investing in emerging managers over the past 30 years. It has backed more than a hundred during this time, including the early funds of firms that are now regarded as industry leaders, such as Hg Capital’s Mercury funds, Archimed, Blackfin Capital and Vance Street Capital. It now has over EUR 1bn of private equity assets dedicated to emerging managers.
Kim Pochon, Global Head of Primary Investments at Unigestion Private Equity, said: “We are proud to recognise Haveli, Copilot and Lauxera for their impressive debut fundraisings and exits. Emerging managers have been a core part of our DNA since our inception. We have always held to the mantra of innovation, alpha and good returns – all of which can come from emerging managers. We continue to back first-time funds because our experience has shown us that they consistently bring something innovative, original and new creation value. Our award winners have proven that this continues to be the case.”
Francesco Aldorisio, Head of Investments at Unigestion Private Equity, said: “These emerging managers have distinguished themselves from others over the past year, especially within this tough fundraising environment and volatile M&A market. The amounts raised, the momentum and the ability to deliver great returns and distributions to LPs have set them apart – they are among the most impressive emerging managers the market has to offer.”
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