Fund-Raising Action
This Year's Activity
| Manager | Fund, Key Executive | Type: Focus | Placement Agent |
|
Action |
Private Equity Insider Issue |
| Asian Tiger Capital, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
AT Capital Strategic Opportunities Fund | Growth equity: Bangladesh | $100 | Just began marketing. | 05/07/08 | |
| Avenue Capital, New York |
Avenue Europe Special Situations Fund, Marc Lasry |
Distressed debt: Europe | €1,500 | Just began marketing. | 05/07/08 | |
| Bancroft Group, London |
Bancroft 3, Fred Martin |
Buyout: Eastern Europe | €250 | Just began marketing. | 05/07/08 | |
| Catterton Partners, Greenwich, Conn. |
Catterton Growth Partners, Michael Chu and Scott Dahnke |
Growth equity: consumer products | $300 | Held final close with $300 million. | 05/07/08 | |
| Column Group, San Francisco |
Column Group Venture Partners 1, Richard Klausner |
Venture capital: early-stage life science | $300 | Held final close with $259 million. | 05/07/08 | |
| East West Capital, Singapore |
Emerging Markets Healthcare Fund, Sanjay Sehgal |
Growth equity: Asia healthcare | $400 | Just began marketing. | 05/07/08 | |
| Flexpoint Partners, Chicago |
Flexpoint Ford Fund 2, Ethan Budin, Donald Edwards and Charles Glew |
Buyout: healthcare and financial services | $1,200 | Just began marketing. | 05/07/08 | |
| Generation Investment, London |
Climate Solutions Fund, David Blood and Al Gore |
Clean technology: public and private | $400 | Held final close with $683 million. | 05/07/08 | |
| Headway Capital, London |
Headway Investment Partners 2, Christiaan de Lint, Sebastian Junoy and Laura Shen Lefranc |
Secondary market | €100 | Held final close with €150 million. | 05/07/08 | |
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Park, Calif. | Green Growth Fund, Ben Kortlang |
Venture capital: clean technology | Held final close with $500 million. | 05/07/08 | ||
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Park, Calif. | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 13, Brook Byers |
Venture capital: early-stage life science and technology | Held final close with $700 million. | 05/07/08 | ||
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, New York |
KKR European Fund 3, Henry Kravis |
Buyout: Europe | €8,000 | Held final close with €6 billion. | 05/07/08 | |
| Nexxus Capital, Mexico City |
Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund 3, Luis Harvey and Arturo Saval |
Growth capital: Mexico technology and healthcare | $250 | Held final close with $145 million. | 05/07/08 | |
| Noble Fund Management, London |
Noble Venture Finance 2, Mark Taylor |
Venture debt | (None) | £100 | Held final close with £100 million. | 05/07/08 |
| PAI Partners, Paris |
PAI Europe 5, Amaury de Seze and Dominique Megret |
Buyout: Europe | UBS | €5,000 | Held final close with €5.4 billion. | 05/07/08 |
| Paul Capital, San Francisco |
Paul Capital Partners 9, Bryon Sheets and David de Weese |
Secondary market | $1,500 | Held final close with $1.65 billion. | 05/07/08 | |
| Peterson Partners, Salt Lake City |
Peterson Partners 5, Jordan Clements and Joel Peterson |
Buyout, venture capital: Western U.S. | Held final close with $120 million. | 05/07/08 | ||
| Sankaty Advisors, Boston |
Sankaty Credit Opportunities 4, Jonathan Lavine |
Mezzanine and high-yield debt | $3,000 | Just began marketing. | 05/07/08 | |
| Scale Venture Partners, Foster City, Calif. (See article) |
Scale Venture Partners 3, Lou Bock, Mark Brooks and Kate Mitchell |
Venture capital: mid/late-stage healthcare and technology | $400 | Just began marketing. | 05/07/08 | |
| Silver Lake Partners, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Silver Lake Sumeru, Jim Davidson |
Buyout: technology | $1,000 | Held final close with $1.1 billion. | 05/07/08 | |
| Alloy Ventures, Palo Alto, Calif. |
Alloy Ventures 2008, Douglas Kelly, Ferrell Sanders and John Shoch |
Venture capital: life science, technology | $375 | Just began marketing. | 04/30/08 | |
| Arcis Group, Paris (See article) |
Arcis European Secondary Development Fund 4, Arnaud Isnard | Secondary | €350 | Just began marketing. | 04/30/08 | |
| Credit Agricole Private Equity, Paris | Meridiam Infrastructure Fund, Fabien Prevost |
Infrastructure, mezzanine debt | €400 | Held final close with €600 million. | 04/30/08 | |
| Equitix, London |
Equitix Fund 1, John Harris |
Infrastructure | Lehman Brothers | £125 | Just began marketing. | 04/30/08 |
| ING Real Estate, London |
ING European Infrastructure Fund, Richard Games |
Infrastructure: Europe | €1,000 | Just began marketing. | 04/30/08 | |
| Pacific Road Capital, Sydney |
Pacific Resources Fund, Paul Espie |
Infrastructure, mining | $250 | Held final close with $320 million. | 04/30/08 | |
| Panorama Capital, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Panorama Capital 1, Shahan Soghikian |
Venture capital: life science, technology | $400 | Held final close with $240 million. | 04/30/08 | |
| Quaker BioVentures, Philadelphia |
Quaker BioVentures 2, P. Sherrill Neff |
Venture capital: Mid-Atlantic | $400 | Held final close with $420 million. | 04/30/08 | |
| Summit Partners, Boston |
Summit Partners Europe, Scott Collins |
Buyout: Europe | €1,000 | Held final close with €1 billion. | 04/30/08 | |
| Summit Partners, Boston |
Summit Subordinated Debt Fund 4, Tom Roberts |
Subordinated debt | $750 | Held final close with $825 million. | 04/30/08 | |
| Vinum Capital, San Anselmo, Calif. |
Vinum Capital Partners 1, Stephen Kuhn and Thomas Thornhill |
Buyout: vineyards | $250 | Held final close with $250 million. | 04/30/08 | |
| 3i Group, London (See article) |
3i India Infrastructure Fund, Anil Ahuja and Michael Queen |
Infrastructure: India | $1,000 | Held final close with $1.2 billion. | 04/23/08 | |
| Advent International, Boston |
Advent Central and Eastern Europe 4, Joanna James and Chris Mruck |
Buyout: Central and Eastern Europe | €750 | Held final close with €1 billion. | 04/23/08 | |
| AIG Capital Partners, New York |
AIG Brazil Special Situations Fund 2, Ana Vigon |
Special situations: Brazil | $250 | Held final close with $691.9 million | 04/23/08 | |
| Angelo Gordon & Co., New York |
AG Capital Recovery Partners 6, John Angelo and Michael Gordon |
Distressed debt | $1,500 | Held final close with $2 billion. | 04/23/08 | |
| ATA Ventures, Redwood City, Calif. (See article) |
ATA Ventures 3, Michio Fujimura, Hatch Graham and Pete Thomas |
Venture capital | $250 | Just began marketing. | 04/23/08 | |
| Clearview Capital, Greenwich, Conn. |
Clearview Capital Fund 2, James Andersen and Calvin Neider |
Buyout: middle market | Atlantic-Pacific Capital | $200 | Held final close with $250 million. | 04/23/08 |
| CVC Capital Partners, London (See article) |
CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific 3, Donald Mackenzie and Rolly van Rappard |
Buyout: Asia | $4,000 | Held final close with $4.1 billion. | 04/23/08 | |
| Darwin Private Equity, London |
Darwin Private Equity 1, Derek Elliott and Kevin Street |
Buyout: Europe | £250 | Held third close with £207 million. | 04/23/08 | |
| FTVentures, San Francisco |
FTVentures 3, Richard Garman |
Growth equity: business services | $600 | Held final close with $512 million. | 04/23/08 | |
| Goldman Sachs, New York |
GS Infrastructure Partners 2, Steven Feldman and William Young |
Infrastructure | $7,500 | Just began marketing. | 04/23/08 | |
| Legend Capital, Beijing |
LC Fund 4 | Venture capital, growth equity: China | Held final close with $350 million. | 04/23/08 | ||
| Mezzanine Management Central Europe, Vienna |
Accession Mezzanine Capital 2, Franz Hoerhager |
Mezzanine: Europe | €180 | Held final close with €261 million. | 04/23/08 | |
| Millennium Private Equity, Dubai |
Millennium Global Energy Fund, Izzet Guney |
Buyout: Energy in Asia | $1,000 | Held first close with $200 million. | 04/23/08 | |
| Millennium Private Equity, Dubai |
Millennium TMT Fund | Buyout: Telecom, media and tech in Middle East, Africa and Asia | $1,000 | Held first close with $150 million. | 04/23/08 | |
| Siparex Group, Paris |
Siparex Middle Market 2, Dominique Nouvellet |
Buyout, growth capital | Held final close with €150 million. | 04/23/08 | ||
| StoneCastle Partners, New York (See article) |
SCP Community Bank 3, Joshua Siegel |
Debt and mezzanine: financial institutions | $750 | Just began marketing. | 04/23/08 | |
| TD Capital Private Equity, Toronto |
TD Capital Private Equity Investors 4, John Greenwood and Stuart Waugh |
Fund of funds | $250 | Held first close with $215 million. | 04/23/08 | |
| UFG Private Equity, Moscow |
UFG Capital Partners 2, Florian Fenner |
Buyout, growth capital: former Soviet states | $500 | Just began marketing. | 04/23/08 | |
| U.S. Venture Partners, Menlo Park, Calif. |
U.S. Venture Partners 10, Irwin Federman, Steve Krausz and Phil Young | Venture capital | $600 | Just began marketing. | 04/23/08 | |
| Versant Ventures, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Versant Ventures 4, Ross Jaffe |
Venture capital: healthcare | $500 | Just began marketing. | 04/23/08 | |
| Warburg Pincus, New York |
Warburg Pincus Private Equity 10, Lionel Pincus |
Buyout | $12,000 | Held final close with $15 billion. | 04/23/08 | |
| ABS Capital Partners, Baltimore |
ABS Capital 6, Don Hebb |
Growth equity | $400 | Just began marketing. | 04/16/08 | |
| Advent International, Boston |
GPE 6, Bruce Barclay |
Buyout: middle market | €5,000 | Held final close with €6.6 billion. | 04/16/08 | |
| Banc Funds, Chicago (See article) |
Banc Fund 8, Charles Moore |
Buyout: financial services | $600 | Just began marketing. | 04/16/08 | |
| Brazos Private Equity, Dallas (See article) |
Brazos Equity 3, Jeff Fronterhouse, Patrick McGee and Randall Fojtasek |
Buyout | $600 | Just began marketing. | 04/16/08 | |
| Clearview Capital, Greenwich, Conn. |
Clearview Capital Fund 2, James Andersen and Calvin Neider |
Buyout: middle market | $200 | Held final close with $250 million. | 04/16/08 | |
| Continuum Capital, Menlo Park, Calif. (See article) |
Continuum Capital Partners 1, Ashley Fieglein, Bart Foster and Vladimir Jacimovic | Growth equity, buyout | $150 | Just began marketing. | 04/16/08 | |
| DN Capital, London |
DN Capital GVC 2, Nerad Maronovac and Steven Schlenker |
Venture capital: digital media and software | €100 | Held first close with €45 million. | 04/16/08 | |
| Global Environment Fund, Chevy Chase, Md. |
GEF Clean Technology Fund 2, Julia Pulzone and Lisa Schule |
Clean technology | $250 | Just began marketing. | 04/16/08 | |
| HRJ Capital, Woodside, Calif. |
HRJ Special Opportunities Fund 1, Duran Curis |
Fund of funds: distressed assets | $200 | Held final close with $195 million. | 04/16/08 | |
| KSL Capital Partners, Denver (See article) |
KSL Capital Partners Supplemental 2, Eric Resnick and Michael Shannon |
Buyout: travel and leisure | $500 | Just began marketing. | 04/16/08 | |
| Partners Group, Zug, Switzerland |
PG Global Mezzanine 2007 | Global mezzanine | €300 | Held final close with €447 million. | 04/16/08 | |
| Serent Capital, San Francisco |
Serent Capital, Kevin Frick |
Buyout: middle market | $200 | Held final close with $250 million. | 04/16/08 | |
| Thoma Bravo, Chicago |
Thoma Bravo Fund 9, Carl Thoma and Orlando Bravo |
Buyout: technology | $800 | Held first close with $520 million and reduced target from $1.2 billion. | 04/16/08 | |
| Austin Ventures, Austin, Texas (See article) |
Austin Ventures, Jeff Garvey |
Venture capital | $600 | Just began marketing. | 04/09/08 | |
| Carlyle Group, Washington |
Carlyle Strategic Partners 2, Ray Whiteman and Brett Wyard |
Distressed debt/turnaround | $1,000 | Held final close with $1.35 billion. | 04/09/08 | |
| Chicago Growth Partners, Chicago |
Chicago Growth Partners 2, David Chandler |
Buyout | Cygnus and ELK Capital | $400 | Held final close with $500 million. | 04/09/08 |
| Foundation Capital, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Foundation Capital 6, Bill Elmore, Paul Holland and Ashmeet Sidana |
Venture capital: technology | Held final close with $750 million. | 04/09/08 | ||
| Graham Partners, Newton Square, Pa. |
Graham Partners 3, Steven Graham |
Buyout: middle market | $650 | Just began marketing. | 04/09/08 | |
| Intel Capital, Santa Clara, Calif. |
Intel Capital China Technology Fund 2, Arvind Sodhani |
Technology: China | $500 | Held final close with $500 million. | 04/09/08 | |
| Lovell Minnick, Los Angeles |
Lovell Minnick Equity Partners 3, Jeffrey Lovell and James Minnick |
Buyout: middle market | Credit Suisse | $350 | Just began marketing. | 04/09/08 |
| Merus Capital, Palo Alto, Calif. (See article) |
Merus Capital Fund 1, Sean Dempsey, Peter Hsing and Salman Ullah |
Venture capital | $125 | Just began marketing. | 04/09/08 | |
| Mesirow Financial, Chicago |
Mesirow Capital Partners 10, Michael Barrett |
Co-investment | $250 | Just began marketing. | 04/09/08 | |
| Tano Capital, San Mateo, Calif. |
Tano India Private Equity Fund 2, Charles Johnson |
Buyout: India | $300 | Just began marketing. | 04/09/08 | |
| Abbott Capital Management, New York |
Abbott Capital Private Equity Fund 6, Raymond Held and Thaddeus Gray |
Fund of funds | $1,000 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| AccessTurkey Capital Group, Istanbul |
AccessTurkey Capital SCA, Mustafa Say |
Buyout: Turkey | €250 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| Bessemer Trust, New York |
Old Westbury Private Equity Fund 9, Marc de Saint Phalle |
Fund of funds | $250 | Held final close with $215 million. | 04/02/08 | |
| Clearlake Capital, New York |
Clearlake Capital Partners 2, Steve Chang and Jose Feliciano |
Buyout: special situations | $500 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| CMEA Ventures, San Francisco |
CMEA Ventures 7, Tom Baruch |
Venture capital | Park Hill | $400 | Held final close with $400 million. | 04/02/08 |
| Credit Suisse Alternative Investments, New York |
DLJ South America Partners, Carlos Garcia and Marcelo Medeiros |
Buyout: South America | Held final close with $300 million. | 04/02/08 | ||
| Generation Investment Management, London |
Generation Investment 1, David Blood and Al Gore |
Venture capital | $400 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| Granite Global Ventures, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Granite Global Ventures 3, Scott Bonham, Hany Nada, Joel Kellman and Thomas Ng | Expansion stage: technology and healthcare | $400 | Reopened 2006 fund to add $200 million and closed with $600 million. | 04/02/08 | |
| iNovia Capital, Montreal |
iNovia Investment Fund 2, Chris Arsenault |
Venture capital | C$100 | Held final close with C$107 million. | 04/02/08 | |
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, New York |
KKR 2006 Fund, Henry Kravis and Brian Carroll |
Buyout | $18,000 | Held final close with $17.6 billion. | 04/02/08 | |
| Lehman Brothers Private Fund Investments,
New York |
Lehman Crossroads Fund 19, John Buser |
Fund of funds | $1,500 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| Lehman Brothers Private Fund Investments,
New York |
Lehman Brothers Distressed Opportunities Fund, Anthony Tutrone | Fund of funds: distressed debt, turnaround | $725 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| Maveron, Seattle |
Maveron Equity Partners 4, Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz |
Venture capital: consumer goods, technology | Held final close with $240 million. | 04/02/08 | ||
| Morganthaler Ventures, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Morganthaler Ventures 9, Robin Bellas |
Venture capital: healthcare, technology | $400 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| Partners Group, Zug, Switzerland |
Partners Group U.S. Venture 2006, Stephan Schali |
Fund of funds: U.S. venture capital | Held final close with $250 million. | 04/02/08 | ||
| Performance Equity Management, Greenwich, Conn. |
Performance Direct Investments 2, Charles Froland |
Direct, co-investment: buyout, venture capital, distressed | Held final close with $760 million. | 04/02/08 | ||
| Sevin Rosen, Dallas (See article) |
Sevin Rosen 10, Jon Bayless |
Venture capital | (None) | $300 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 |
| Tano Capital, San Mateo, Calif. |
Tano India Private Equity 2, Charles Johnson |
Buyout: India | $300 | Just began marketing. | 04/02/08 | |
| Ares Management, Los Angeles |
Ares Corporate Opportunities 3, John Kissick and Antony Ressler |
Distressed debt and buyout | $4,000 | Just began marketing. | 03/26/08 | |
| Avista Capital, New York |
Avista Capital Partners 2, Thompson Dean |
Buyout | $3,000 | Just began marketing. | 03/26/08 | |
| Hamilton Lane Advisors, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. |
Hamilton Lane Co-Investment Fund 2, Hartley Rogers | Co-investment | $1,250 | Just began marketing. | 03/26/08 | |
| Kohlberg & Co. , Mount Kisco, NY |
Kohlberg Investors 6, Sam Frieder and Chris Lacovara |
Buyout | Lazard | $1,000 | Held final close with $1.5 billion. | 03/26/08 |
| Lindsay Goldberg, New York |
Lindsay Goldberg 3, Robert Lindsay and Alan Goldberg |
Buyout | $4,000 | Just began marketing. | 03/26/08 | |
| Longworth Venture Partners, Waltham, Mass. (See article) |
Longworth Venture Partners 3, Nilanjana Bhowmik, Paul Margolis and Jim Savage |
Venture capital | $160 | Just began marketing. | 03/26/08 | |
| Mesirow Financial, Chicago |
Mesirow Capital Partners 10, James Tyree |
Buyout and venture capital co-investment | $250 | Just began marketing. | 03/26/08 | |
| Newbury Partners, Stamford, Conn. (See article) |
Newbury Secondary Fund, Richard Lichter |
Secondary market | Citigroup | $750 | Held final close with $702 million. | 03/26/08 |
| Renaissance Group, Moscow |
Renaissance Private Equity Fund 1, Dmitry Kryukov |
Buyout: Russia and former Soviet states | MVision | $500 | Held final close with $660 million. | 03/26/08 |
| RCP Advisors, Chicago |
RCP Fund 6, Tim Danis and Jeff Gehl |
Fund of funds | $350 | Just began marketing. | 03/26/08 | |
| Bain Capital Europe, London |
Bain Capital Europe 3, Walid Serge Sarkis |
Buyout: Europe | €2,500 | Held final close with €3.5 billion. | 03/19/08 | |
| Caltius, Los Angeles |
Caltius Partners Fund 4, Jim Upchurch |
Mezzanine finance | Credit Suisse | $400 | Just began marketing. | 03/19/08 |
| Candover, London |
Candover 2008 Fund, Colin Buffin |
Buyout | €5,000 | Just began marketing. | 03/19/08 | |
| Carlyle Group, Washington |
Carlyle Mezzanine Fund 2, Leo Helmers and James Shevlet |
Mezzanine finance | $600 | Just began marketing. | 03/19/08 | |
| Flybridge Capital Partners, Boston |
Flybridge Capital Partners 3, Chip Hazard |
Venture capital | $250 | Held final close with $280 million. | 03/19/08 | |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Lightspeed Venture Partners 8, Barry Eggers, Ravi Mhatre, Chris Schaepe and Jake Seid | Venture capital | $675 | Just began marketing. | 03/19/08 | |
| Meritage Funds, Denver (See article) |
Meritage Private Equity Fund 3, Laura Beller and Jack Tankersley |
Venture capital | Stanwich Advisors | $300 | Just began marketing. | 03/19/08 |
| SFW Capital Partners, Rye, N.Y. |
SFW Capital Partners Fund 1, Roger Freeman, Thomas Salice and David Webb | Buyout | $350 | Held final close with $300 million. | 03/19/08 | |
| Thayer Hidden Creek, Washington |
Thayer Hidden Creek Partners 2, Dan Dickinson, Doug McCormick and Scott Rued | Buyout: industrial products/services | $350 | Just began marketing. | 03/19/08 | |
| .406 Ventures, Boston |
.406 Ventures Fund 1, Larry Begley, Maria Cirino and Liam Donohue |
Venture capital: early-stage information technology and software | $150 | Held final close with $167 million. | 03/12/08 | |
| Abry Partners, Boston |
Abry Partners 6, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff |
Buyout: media and communications | $1,350 | Held final close with $1.35 billion. | 03/12/08 | |
| Altira Group, Denver |
Altira Technology Fund 5, Dirk McDermott |
Venture capital and growth equity: energy | $250 | Held final close with $176 million. | 03/12/08 | |
| Capvis Equity, Zurich |
Capvis Equity Partners 3, Daniel Flaig and Alexander Krebs |
Buyout: Austria, Germany and Switzerland | MVision | €500 | Held final close with €600 million. | 03/12/08 |
| Environmental Technologies Fund, London | Environmental Technologies Fund, Patrick Sheehan |
Venture capital: Europe clean technology | £100 | Held final close with £110 million. | 03/12/08 | |
| GIMV, Antwerp, Belgium |
Halder-GIMV Germany 2, Paul De Ridder |
Buyout: Germany | €275 | Held final close with €325 million. | 03/12/08 | |
| Helion Venture Partners, New Delhi |
Helion Venture Partners 2, Ashish Gupta |
Venture capital: India | Held final close with $210 million. | 03/12/08 | ||
| HRJ Capital, Woodside, Calif. (See article) |
HRJ Venture Capital 6, Ed Rodden |
Fund of funds: venture capital | $300 | Recently began marketing. | 03/12/08 | |
| HRJ Capital, Woodside, Calif. (See article) |
HRJ Global Real Estate 4, Ed Rodden |
Fund of funds: real estate | $300 | Recently began marketing. | 03/12/08 | |
| Levine Leichtman Capital, Beverly Hills |
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners 4, Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine | Buyout | $1,000 | Just began marketing. | 03/12/08 | |
| MBK Partners, Seoul (See article) |
MBK Partners Fund 2, Michael Kim |
Buyout | Citigroup | $2,500 | Just began marketing. | 03/12/08 |
| New Mountain Capital, New York |
New Mountain Partners 3, Steven Klinsky |
Buyout: North America | $3,000 | Held final close with $5.1 billion. | 03/12/08 | |
| Swander Pace Capital, San Francisco |
SPC Partners 4, J.B. Handley, Shawn Hecht and Andrew Richards |
Buyout: consumer products | $500 | Just began marketing. | 03/12/08 | |
| Union Square Ventures, New York |
Union Square Ventures 2, Brad Burnham and Fred Wilson |
Venture capital: technology | $125 | Held final close with $156 million. | 03/12/08 | |
| W Capital, New York |
W Capital Partners 2, David Wachter |
Secondary market | Probitas | $500 | Held final close with $700 million. | 03/12/08 |
| 360 Degree Capital Partners, Luxembourg |
360 Degree Capital 1, Fausto Boni |
Venture capital: Europe | Held final close with €100 million. | 03/05/08 | ||
| Altos Ventures, Menlo Park, Calif. (See article) |
Altos Ventures 4, Brendon Kim, Han Kim, Ho Nam and Anthony Lee |
Venture capital: technology | $100 | Held second close with about $70 million. | 03/05/08 | |
| Chrysalis Ventures, Louisville, Ky. |
Chrysalis Ventures 3, David Jones, Koleman Karleski and Robert Saunders |
Venture capital, growth equity: Midwest and Southern U.S. | $150 | Held final close with $163 million. | 03/05/08 | |
| Clarus Ventures, Cambridge, Mass. |
Clarus Lifesciences 2, Nicholas Galakatos |
Venture capital: life science | $600 | Held final close with $660 million. | 03/05/08 | |
| Endless, Leeds, U.K. |
Endless Fund 2, Garry Wilson |
Buyout and turnaround | £120 | Held final close with $164 million. | 03/05/08 | |
| First Reserve Corp., Greenwich, Conn. |
First Reserve Fund 12, William McCaulay |
Buyout: energy | $12,000 | Just began marketing. | 03/05/08 | |
| HitecVision, Stavanger, Norway |
HitecVision 5, Paal Dahlberg |
Buyout: oil | MVision | $600 | Held final close with $800 million. | 03/05/08 |
| HSBC Private Equity Asia, Hong Kong |
HSBC Private Equity Fund 6, George Raffini and Marcus Thompson |
Buyout and growth equity: Asia | $1,250 | Just began marketing. | 03/05/08 | |
| Investindustrial Holdings, Milan |
Investindustrial 4, Andrea Bonomi |
Buyout: Southern Europe | MVision | €888 | Held final close with €1 billion. | 03/05/08 |
| Mainsail Partners, San Francisco |
Mainsail Partners 2, Jason Payne and Gavin Turner |
Buyout and growth equity | Held final close with $110 million. | 03/05/08 | ||
| Natural Gas Partners, Irving, Texas |
Natural Gas Partners 9, Kenneth Hersh and William Quinn |
Buyout: energy assets | $3,000 | Held final close with $4 billion. | 03/05/08 | |
| Nexxus Capital, Mexico City |
Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund 3, Luis Harvey and Arturo Saval |
Growth capital: Mexico technology and healthcare | $250 | Held third close with $142 million. | 03/05/08 | |
| Orchid Asia Group, Hong Kong |
Orchid Asia 4, Gabriel Li |
Buyout: Asia | $350 | Held final close with $420 million. | 03/05/08 | |
| Riverlake Equity Partners, Portland, Ore. |
Riverlake Equity Partners Fund 2, Erik Krieger |
Buyout and growth equity: Northwestern U.S. manufacturing and services | E.L.K. Capital Advisors | $150 | Held first close with $62 million. | 03/05/08 |
| Riverside Co., New York |
2008 Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund, Stewart Kohl and Bela Szigethy | Buyout | $900 | Just began marketing. | 03/05/08 | |
| Silver Lake Partners, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Silver Lake Partners 3, James Davidson and Alan Austin |
Buyout: technology | Merrill Lynch | $8,000 | Held final close with $9.3 billion. | 03/05/08 |
| Vitruvian Partners, London |
Vitruvian Investment Partnership 1, Mark Hartford |
Buyout: Northern Europe | Monument Group | €900 | Held final close with €925 million. | 03/05/08 |
| Water Street Healthcare Partners, Chicago | Water Street Capital Partners 2, Tim Dugan |
Buyout: healthcare | $600 | Just began marketing. | 03/05/08 | |
| Accelerated Technologies Partners, Hackensack, N.J. |
Accelerated Technologies Partners 2, Yuval Binur, Rick Geoffrion and David Hochman |
Venture capital: Life sciences | $125 | Held first close with $46.5 million. | 02/27/08 | |
| Aureos Capital, London |
Aureos Africa Fund, Davinder Sikand |
Growth capital: Africa | $400 | Just began marketing. | 02/27/08 | |
| Avalon Ventures, San Diego |
Avalon Ventures 8, Kevin Kinsella and Stephen Tomlin |
Venture capital: life sciences and technology | $150 | Held final close with $150 million. | 02/27/08 | |
| Clarus Ventures, Cambridge, Mass. |
Clarus Lifesciences 2, Robert Liptak and Nicholas Galakatos |
Venture capital: life sciences | $600 | Held final close with $660 million. | 02/27/08 | |
| Fletcher Spaght, Boston |
Fletcher Spaght Ventures 2, John Fletcher and Pearson Spaght |
Venture capital: healthcare and technology | $100 | Just began marketing. | 02/27/08 | |
| Generation Partners, Greenwich, Conn. (See article) |
Generation Partners 3, Mark Jennings and John Hawkins |
Venture capital | $300 | Just began marketing. | 02/27/08 | |
| Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, New York |
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures 8, James Currie and Mark Pacala |
Venture capital: healthcare | $1,000 | Held first close with $800 million. | 02/27/08 | |
| Platte River Ventures, Denver |
PRV Fund 2, J. Landis Martin |
Buyout: U.S. | $300 | Held second close with $100 million. | 02/27/08 | |
| Target Partners, Munich |
Target Partners Fund 2, Kurt Mueller |
Venture capital: early-stage technology | €120 | Held first close with €61.5 million. | 02/27/08 | |
| TLcom Capital, London |
TLcom 2, Maurizio Caio |
Venture capital: European technology | €150 | Held first close with €50 million. | 02/27/08 | |
| Bunker Hill Capital Partners, Boston |
Bunker Hill Capital 2, Mark DeBlois, Robert Clark Jr. and Theresa Nibi |
Buyout: middle market | $250 | Just began marketing. | 02/20/08 | |
| Catalyst Microfinance Investors, Nijmegen, Netherlands |
Catalyst Microfinance Investors, Dirk Brouwer |
Microfinance: Asia and Africa | Held final close with $125 million. | 02/20/08 | ||
| Stone Arch Capital, Minneapolis |
Stone Arch Capital 2, Peter Grant, Charles Lannin and Clayton Miller |
Buyout: Midwest middle market | $200 | Just began marketing. | 02/20/08 | |
| Advanced Technology Ventures, Waltham, Mass. |
Advanced Technology Ventures 8, Mike Carusi and Wes Raffel |
Venture capital | $400 | Held final close with $303 million. | 02/13/08 | |
| Cadent Energy Partners, Rye Brook, N.Y. |
Cadent Energy Partners 2, Paul McDermott and Bruce Rothstein |
Buyout: middle-market energy | Lazard | $375 | Held final close with $475 million. | 02/13/08 |
| Canaan Partners, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Canaan 8, Brent Ahrens, John Balen and Deepak Kamra |
Venture capital | (None) | Held final close with $650 million. | 02/13/08 | |
| Benchmark Capital, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Benchmark Capital 6, Bruce Dunlevie and Mitch Lasky |
Venture capital: technology | Held final close with $500 million. | 02/13/08 | ||
| BlueRun Ventures, Menlo Park, Calif. |
BlueRun Ventures 2, John Malloy |
Venture capital: early stage | $320 | Held first close with $200 million. | 02/13/08 | |
| Element Partners, Radnor, Pa. |
Element Partners 2, David Lincoln |
Venture capital: clean technology | Lehman Brothers | $400 | Just began marketing. | 02/13/08 |
| Finama Private Equity, Paris |
ACTO Mezzanine, Didier Levy-Rueff |
Mezzanine: Europe | Montpensier Finance | €200 | Held final close with €187 million. | 02/13/08 |
| First Round Capital, West Conshohocken, Pa. |
First Round Capital 2, Josh Kopelman |
Venture capital: early-stage technology | $100 | Held final close with $125 million. | 02/13/08 | |
| HRJ Capital, Woodside, Calif. |
HRJ Venture Capital 5, Ed Rodden |
Fund of funds: venture capital | $250 | Held final close with $273 million. | 02/13/08 | |
| Lyceum Capital, London |
Lyceum Capital Fund 2, Philip Buscombe |
Buyout: U.K. middle market | Atlantic-Pacific | £200 | Held final close with £255 million. | 02/13/08 |
| Novacap, Montreal |
Novacap Industries 3, Jean-Pierre Chartrand |
Buyout: manufacturing, services | Held final close with C$400 million. | 02/13/08 | ||
| Novacap, Montreal |
Novacap Technologies 3, Marc Beauchamp |
Venture capital: communications, technology | Held final close with C$165 million. | 02/13/08 | ||
| TCW/Crescent Mezzanine, Los Angeles |
TCW/Crescent Mezzanine 5, Jean-Marc Chapus |
Mezzanine | Credit Suisse | $2,500 | Held first close with $1.4 billion. | 02/13/08 |
| Union Square Ventures, New York (See article) |
Union Square Ventures 2, Brad Burnham and Fred Wilson |
Venture capital: technology | $125 | Just began marketing. | 02/13/08 | |
| York Capital, New York |
York Special Opportunities Fund, Jamie Dinan and Dan Schwartz |
Buyout | Credit Suisse | $1,000 | Held first close with $425 million. | 02/13/08 |
| Avalon Ventures, San Diego |
Avalon Ventures 8, Kevin Kinsella and Stephen Tomlin |
Venture capital: technology, life sciences | $150 | Held second close with $132.7 million. | 02/06/08 | |
| Bain Capital, Boston (See article) |
Bain Capital Fund 10, Josh Beckenstein and Paul Edgerley |
Buyout | $10,000 | Held final close with $10 billion. | 02/06/08 | |
| Brooks Houghton & Co., New York (See article) |
BHC Interim Funding 3, Gerald Houghton |
Bridge loan | Far Hills Group | $250 | Just began marketing. | 02/06/08 |
| Carmel Ventures, Herzliya, Israel |
Carmel Ventures 3, Shlomo Dovrat and Avi Zeevi |
Venture capital: Israel | Held final close with $235 million. | 02/06/08 | ||
| Crosslink Capital, San Francisco |
Crossover Fund 5, Michael Stark |
Venture capital: technology | $400 | Held final close with $400 million. | 02/06/08 | |
| Jordan Co., New York |
Resolute Fund 2, Jay Jordan |
Buyout: mid-market | Credit Suisse | $2,500 | Held final close with $3.6 billion. | 02/06/08 |
| Montauk Triguard, Newport Beach, Calif. (See article) |
Montauk Triguard 4, Ronn Cornelius and Samuel Tang |
Secondary | $300 | Held final close with $330 million. | 02/06/08 | |
| Northern Light Venture Capital, Beijing | Northern Light Venture Fund 2, Feng Deng |
Venture capital: China | Held final close with $350 million. | 02/06/08 | ||
| Roark Capital Group, Atlanta |
Roark Capital Partners 2, Neal Aronson |
Buyout | $1,000 | Held final close with $1 billion. | 02/06/08 | |
| W.L. Ross & Co., New York |
WLR Recovery Fund 4, Wilbur Ross |
Turnaround | $2,500 | Held final close with $4 billion. | 02/06/08 | |
| Advent International, Boston |
Advent Central and Eastern Europe 4, Joanna James and Chris Mruck |
Buyout: Central and Eastern Europe | €750 | Just began marketing. | 01/30/08 | |
| Blackstone Group, New York (See article) |
Blackstone Capital Partners 6, Stephen Schwartzman |
Buyout | $20,000 | Just began marketing | 01/30/08 | |
| CapMan Capital, Helsinki |
CapMan Technology 2007, Heikki Westerlund |
Venture capital: late-stage Scandinavian companies | (None) | €150 | Held final close with €142.3 million. | 01/30/08 |
| Investcorp Technology, New York |
Investcorp Technology Partners 3, Savio Tung |
Buyout: technology | $400 | Held final close with $500 million. | 01/30/08 | |
| Lone Star Funds, Dallas |
Lone Star Fund 6, John Grayken |
Corporate debt and real estate | $6,500 | Held first close with $690 million. | 01/30/08 | |
| Lyceum Capital, London |
Lyceum Capital Fund 2, Jeremy Hand |
Buyout: U.K. | £275 | Held close with £200 million. | 01/30/08 | |
| Morgan Creek Capital, Chapel Hill, N.C. (See article) |
Morgan Creek Partners 3, Mark Yusko |
Fund of funds | $275 | Just began marketing. | 01/30/08 | |
| Motilal Oswal Venture Capital, Mumbai |
India Business Excellence Fund, Vishal Tulsyan |
Venture capital: India | $125 | Held final close with $125 million. | 01/30/08 | |
| Sentinel Capital, New York |
Sentinel Capital Partners 4, David Lobel and John McCormack |
Buyout | $600 | Just began marketing. | 01/30/08 | |
| TCW Group, Los Angeles |
TCW Energy Fund 14, Blair Thomas |
Mezzanine finance: energy and energy infrastructure | Credit Suisse | $2,000 | Held final close with $2.6 billion. | 01/30/08 |
| TPG, Fort Worth, Texas |
TPG Asia Partners 5, David Bonderman and James Coulter |
Buyout: Asia | $4,250 | Held final close with $4.25 billion. | 01/30/08 | |
| TPG, Fort Worth, Texas |
TPG Star, David Bonderman and James Coulter |
Buyout | $1,000 | Held final close with $1.5 billion. | 01/30/08 | |
| Ventizz Capital, Dusseldorf, Germany |
Ventizz Capital 4, Helmutt Vorndran |
Buyout: Europe | Credit Suisse | €350 | Held final close with €450 million. | 01/30/08 |
| Challenger Capital, Dallas |
Challenger Equity Partners, Douglas Wheat |
Buyout | $200 | Just began marketing. | 01/23/08 | |
| HabourVest Partners, Boston |
HabourVest Partners 8, D. Brooks Zug |
Fund of funds | $5,000 | Held final close with $5.5 billion. | 01/23/08 | |
| Huron Capital, Detroit |
Huron Fund 2, Brian Demkowicz |
Buyout | $300 | Held final close with $350 million. | 01/23/08 | |
| Index Ventures, London |
Index Ventures Growth 1, Guido Magni, Dominique Vidal and Giuseppe Zocco | Growth equity: technology and bioscience | €400 | Held final close with €400 million. | 01/23/08 | |
| Maranon Capital, Chicago (See article) |
Maranon Mezzanine Fund, Tom Gregory and Ian Larkin |
Mezzanine finance | Mallory Capital | $250 | Just began marketing. | 01/23/08 |
| Nova Capital, London (See article) |
Nova Capital Secondary Direct Fund, David Williamson and Michael Kelly |
Secondary direct | Deloitte | €300 | Just began marketing. | 01/23/08 |
| Oaktree Capital, Los Angeles |
Oaktree Loan Fund, Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh |
Distressed debt | $5,000 | Held final close with $4 billion. | 01/23/08 | |
| Spire Capital, New York |
Spire Capital Partners 2, Andrew Armstrong and Joel Goldblatt |
Buyout | Cue Capital | $300 | Held final close with $320 million. | 01/23/08 |
| Summit Partners, Boston |
Summit Partners Europe, Scott Collins |
Buyout: Europe | €1,000 | Just began marketing. | 01/23/08 | |
| Trust Company of the West, New York | TCW Energy Fund 14, Jeffrey Gundlach |
Mezzanine finance: energy and infrastructure | Credit Suisse | $2,000 | Held final close with $2.6 billion. | 01/23/08 |
| Versa Capital, Philadelphia |
Versa Capital Partners 2, Ira Lubert and Gregory Segall |
Turnaround | $600 | Just began marketing. | 01/23/08 | |
| Abry Partners, Boston (See article) |
Abry Partners 6, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff |
Buyout | $1,350 | Just began marketing. | 01/16/08 | |
| Blum Capital, San Francisco |
Blum Strategic Partners 4, Richard Blum |
Buyout, PIPEs | Triago | $2,000 | Held first close with $1 billion. | 01/16/08 |
| Clayton Dubilier & Rice, New York (See article) |
Clayton Dubilier & Rice Fund 8, Joseph Rice and Donald Gogel |
Buyout | $7,500 | Just began marketing. | 01/16/08 | |
| Energy Ventures, Stavanger, Norway (See article) |
Energy Ventures 3, Ole Meberg and Helge Tveit |
Venture capital: energy technology | $228 | Held final close with $243 million. | 01/16/08 | |
| Gryphon Investors, San Francisco |
Gryphon 3 Annex Fund, David Andrews |
Buyout | $100 | Raised through rights offering. | 01/16/08 | |
| Horsley Bridge Partners, San Francisco |
Horsley Bridge Fund 9, Gary Bridge and Phillip Horsley |
Venture capital: fund of funds | $1,750 | Held first close with $973 million. | 01/16/08 | |
| Industry Ventures, San Francisco (See article) |
Industry Ventures Fund 5, Hans Swildens |
Secondary market | $200 | Just began marketing. | 01/16/08 | |
| Jacob Ballas Capital,New Delhi, India (See article) |
Jacob Ballas India Fund 3, Rajan Jetley |
Growth capital | Guggenheim Partners | $500 | Just began marketing. | 01/16/08 |
| Landmark Partners, Simsbury, Conn. (See article) |
Landmark Equity Partners 14, Scott Conners |
Secondary market | $2,000 | Just began marketing. | 01/16/08 | |
| Landmark Partners, Simsbury, Conn. (See article) |
Hybrid Secondary Fund, Scott Conners |
Secondary market | $400 | Just began marketing. | 01/16/08 | |
| New Atlantic Venture Partners, Reston, Va. |
New Atlantic Venture Fund 3, John Backus and Thanasis Delistathis |
Venture capital: information technology | Prevail Capital | $175 | Held first close with $70 million. | 01/16/08 |
| Oakcrest Capital, Washington |
Oakcrest Capital Partners, Linda Roach and J.C. Watts |
Buyout | $150 | Just began marketing. | 01/16/08 | |
| Synergy Life Science, Portola Valley, Calif. |
Synergy Life Science Partners 1, John Onopchenko, Richard Stack and William Starling |
Venture capital: medical devices | $150 | Held final close with $143 million. | 01/16/08 | |
| Abry Partners, Boston |
Abry Advanced Securities Fund, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff |
Distressed debt: media | $600 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 | |
| Advent International, Boston |
Advent International GPE 6, Peter Brooke |
Buyout: U.S. and Western Europe | €5,000 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 | |
| Carlyle Group, Washington |
Carlyle Asia Partners 3, Greg Zeluck and Xiang-Dong Yang |
Buyout: Asia | $3,500 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 | |
| Catterton Partners, Greenwich, Conn. |
Catterton Growth Partners, J. Michael Chu and Frank Vest Jr. |
Growth capital: early-stage consumer products | $300 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 | |
| Drum Capital, South Norwalk, Conn. |
Special Situations Partners 2, Scott Vollmer |
Fund of funds: distressed asset and turnaround | Champlain Advisors | $500 | Held final close with $435 million. | 01/09/08 |
| Energy Spectrum Capital, Dallas |
Energy Spectrum Partners 5, Thomas Whitener Jr. |
Buyout: energy | (None) | $500 | Held final close with $600 million. | 01/09/08 |
| Founders Fund, San Francisco |
Founders Fund 2, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, Sean Parker and Peter Thiel |
Venture capital: early-stage Internet and communications | $120 | Held final close with $220 million. | 01/09/08 | |
| Goldman Sachs, New York |
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners Asia, Tuan Lam |
Fund of funds: Asia | $350 | Held final close with more than $600 million. | 01/09/08 | |
| Hammond Kennedy Whitney, New York |
HKW Partners 3, Ralph Whitney Jr. and Glenn Scolnik |
Buyout | Bass Creek Advisors | $185 | Held final close with $202 million. | 01/09/08 |
| Highland Capital Management, Dallas |
Highland Restoration Capital Partners, James Dondero |
Distressed debt | C.P. Eaton | $1,000 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 |
| Marathon Asset Management, New York (See article) |
Marathon Asset Management Fund | Buyout | Citigroup | $1,000 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 |
| Milestone Partners, St. Davids, Pa. |
Milestone Partners 3, Robert Levine and W. Scott Warren |
Buyout | $200 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 | |
| Montreux Equity, Menlo Park, Calif. |
Montreux Equity Partners 4, Daniel Turner 3d |
Venture capital: life science | Lazard | $200 | Held final close with $250 million. | 01/09/08 |
| Peppertree Capital, Cleveland |
Peppertree Capital Fund 2, Jeffrey Howard, F. Howard Mandel and Kevin McGinty |
Buyout: media, telecommunications and business services | $150 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 | |
| RCP Advisors, Chicago |
RCP Fund 5, Tim Danis and Jeff Gehl |
Fund of funds | (None) | $250 | Held final close with $355 million. | 01/09/08 |
| Sante Ventures, Austin, Texas |
Sante Health Ventures 1, Joe Cunningham, Douglas French and Kevin Lalande | Venture capital: early-stage life science | $100 | Held final close with $130 million. | 01/09/08 | |
| Siguler Guff & Co., New York |
Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund, Kevin Kester | Fund of funds: buyout | $400 | Held final close with $500 million. | 01/09/08 | |
| Sorenson Capital, Salt Lake City |
Sorenson Capital Fund 2, Fraser Bullock |
Buyout: Western U.S. | $300 | Held final close with $400 million. | 01/09/08 | |
| Trust Company of the West, New York |
TCW Credit Opportunities Fund, Mark Attanasio and Shawn Bookin |
Distressed debt | $3,000 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 | |
| VantagePoint Venture Partners, San Bruno, Calif. |
VantagePoint Cleantech Partners 2, Stephan Dolezalek and Alan Salzman |
Venture capital: clean technology infrastructure | $400 | Just began marketing. | 01/09/08 |