Fund-Raising Action

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This Year's Activity

Manager Fund, Key Executive Type: Focus Placement Agent Target
Amount
(Mil.) 		Action Private
Equity
Insider
Issue
Citadel Capital,
Cairo, Egypt		 Citadel Capital Co-Investment Fund,
Karim Sadek		 Co-investment: Africa   $150 Just began marketing. 03/10/10
Pangaea Ventures,
Vancouver
(see article)		 Pangaea Ventures Fund 3,
Chris Erickson		 Venture capital: advanced materials   $100 Just began marketing. 03/10/10
Triangle Venture Capital,
Bensheim, Germany 		Open Skies Technology Fund,
Bernd Geiger		 Venture capital: space technology   €100 Held first close with €15 million. 03/10/10
Blackstone Group,
New York
(see article)		 Blackstone Infrastructure Fund,
Michael Dorrell and Trent Vichie		 Infrastructure Park Hill $2,000 Held first close with $200 million. 03/03/10
DAG Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.		 DAG Ventures 3,
John Duff and Tom Goodrich		 Venture capital Mercury Capital $500 Held final close with $500 million. 03/03/10
Hall Capital Partners,
Oklahoma City		 Hall Capital Partners 2,
Fred Hall, David Holsted and John Kobza		 Buyout   $100 Just began marketing. 03/03/10
OrbiMed Advisors,
New York		 Caduceus Private Investments 4,
Samuel Isaly		 Venture capital: life science   $500 Held final close with $550 million. 03/03/10
Snow Phipps,
New York		 Snow Phipps Fund 2,
Ogden Phipps and Ian Snow		 Buyout Raymond James, Guggenheim Securities and Credit Suisse $700 Held first close with $308 million. 03/03/10
Thayer Hidden Creek,
Washington		 Thayer Hidden Creek Partners 2,
Dan Dickinson, Dough McCormick and Scott Rued		 Buyout Berchwood Partners $350 Held interim close with $85 million. 03/03/10
Themes Investment Partners,
New York		 Themes Investment Partners 1,
Kenneth Courtis and Frank Yu		 Buyout: China   $500 Just began marketing. 03/03/10
AGF Private Equity,
Paris
(see article)		 Ariane Secondary Fund,
Christophe Simon		 Secondary market: Europe   €120 Just began marketing. 02/24/10
Greycroft Partners,
New York		 Greycroft Partners 2,
Alan Patricof		 Venture capital: digital media   $128 Held first close with $115 million. 02/24/10
Gulf Capital,
Abu Dhabi		 GC Equity Partners 2,
Karim El Solh		 Buyout: Middle East Credit Suisse $500 Held final close with $544 million. 02/24/10
Institutional Venture Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.
(see article)		 Institutional Venture Partners 13,
Todd Chaffee		 Venture capital: late-stage technology and media   $600 Just began marketing. 02/24/10
Mission Ventures,
San Diego
(see article)		 Mission Ventures 4,
Ted Alexander, Robert Kibble and David Ryan		 Venture capital: early-stage technology   $200 Just began marketing. 02/24/10
New York Life Capital Partners,
New York		 New York Life Mezzanine Partners 3,
Thomas Haubenstricker		 Mezzanine finance Southridge Investment $1,000 Just began marketing. 02/24/10
Northzone Ventures,
Oslo		 Northzone 6,
Bjorn Stray and Tellef Thorleifsson		 Venture capital: Europe   €150 Held first close with €90 million. 02/24/10
TVM Capital,
Munich		 TVM Capital MENA,
Marios Fortiadis		 Healthcare: Middle East   $100 Held first close with $40 million. 02/24/10
Clarity Partners,
Los Angeles		 Clarity Partners China 2,
David Lee		 Buyout and growth equity: China   $650 Just began marketing. 02/17/10
Freeman Spogli & Co.,
Los Angeles		 FS Equity Partners 6,
Bradford Freeman		 Buyout: distribution, marketing and retail   $1,000 Held interim close with $419 million. 02/17/10
Insight Equity,
Dallas		 Insight Equity Partners 2,
Ted Beneski		 Buyout UBS $750 Held final close with $525 million. 02/17/10
LBC Credit Partners,
Philadelphia		 LBC Credit Partners 2,
John Brignola, Nathaniel Cohen and Ira Lubert		 Mezzanine finance   $750 Held final close with $645 million. 02/17/10
Nereus Capital,
New York
(see article)		 Nereus Capital 1,
Rohan Singh		 Buyout and growth equity: India energy   $150 Just began marketing. 02/17/10
Bain Capital Ventures,
Boston		 Bain Capital Venture Fund 2009,
Michael Krupka		 Venture capital     Held final close with $525 million. 02/10/10
Citic Capital,
Hong Kong		 Citic Capital China Partners 2,
Zhang Yicheng		 Buyout and growth equity: China   $750 Held final close with $925 million. 02/10/10
J.P. Morgan,
New York		 J.P. Morgan Asian Infrastructure & Related Resources Opportunity Fund,
Phillip Jackson		 Infrastructure: Asia   $1,000 Held final close with $859 million. 02/10/10
LBC Credit Partners,
Philadelphia		 LBC Credit Partners 2,
Allan Allweiss and Christopher Calabrese		 Mezzanine finance   $750 Held final close with $645 million. 02/10/10
Lovell Minnick Partners,
El Segundo, Calif.		 Lovell Minnick Equity Partners 3,
Jeff Lovell and Jim Minnick		 Buyout Credit Suisse $350 Held final close with $455 million. 02/10/10
Mason Wells,
Milwaukee
(see article)		 Mason Wells Buyout Fund 3,
John Byrnes and Tom Smith		 Buyout   $250 Just began marketing. 02/10/10
Prophet Equity,
Southlake, Texas		 Prophet Equity 1,
Ross Gatlin and George Stelling		 Turnaround (None) $250 Held final close with $250 million. 02/10/10
RCP Advisors,
Chicago
(see article)		 RCP Secondary Opportunity Fund,
Jon Madorsky		 Secondary market   $200 Held second close with $150 million. 02/10/10
Redpoint Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Redpoint Ventures 4,
Jeff Brody and Tom Dyal		 Venture capital (None) $400 Held final close with $400 million. 02/10/10
Triton Partners,
Frankfurt		 Triton Fund 3,
David Graus		 Buyout: Europe Lazard €2,000 Held final close with €2.25 billion. 02/10/10
Alinda Capital Partners,
New York		 Alinda Infrastructure Fund 2,
Christopher Beale		 Infrastructure Citigroup, Pinnacle Trust $5,000 Held final close with $4 billion. 02/03/10
Apollo Management,
New York		 Apollo European Principal Finance Fund,
Sanjay Patel		 Distressed debt UBS €1,500 Held final close with €1.4 billion. 02/03/10
Axiom Asia Private Capital,
Singapore		 Axiom Asia 2,
Yewhong Goh, Chihtsung Lam and Edmond Ng		 Fund of funds: Asia Probitas Partners $750 Held final close with $950 million. 02/03/10
Castle Harlan,
New York		 Castle Harlan 5,
John Castle and Leonard Harlan		 Buyout   $1,500 Held fourth close with $800 million. 02/03/10
HBM Partners,
Zug, Switzerland
(see article)		 HBM BioCapital 2,
Andreas Wicki		 Venture capital and growth equity: healthcare (None) $200 Just began marketing. 02/03/10
HBM Partners,
Zug, Switzerland
(see article)		 Tata Capital HBM Healthcare Fund 1,
Andreas Wicki		 Venture capital and growth equity: India healthcare (None) $150 Just began marketing. 02/03/10
Hermes Private Equity,
London		 Hermes Private Equity Environmental Innovation Fund,
Susan Flynn		 Fund of funds: clean technology     Held first close with £125 million. 02/03/10
HgCapital, London
(see article)		 HgCapital 6,
Ian Armitage and Craig Donaldson		 Buyout: Europe Credit Suisse £1,750 Held final close with £1.85 billion. 02/03/10
ShoreCap Management,
Chicago		 ShoreCap International 2,
Paul Christensen		 Venture capital: Africa and Asia   $100 Just began marketing. 02/03/10
Southern Cross Group,
Buenos Aires, Argentina		 Southern Cross Latin America Fund 4,
Norberto Morita and Ricardo Rodriguez		 Buyout: Latin America   $1,250 Just began marketing. 02/03/10
Syntegra Capital,
Paris
(see article)		 Syntegra Capital Fund 4,
Philippe Sevin and Theo Bot		 Buyout: Europe (None) €300 Just began marketing. 02/03/10
Avenue Capital,
New York		 Avenue Europe Special Situations Fund,
Richard Furst		 Distressed debt: Europe   €1,500 Held final close with €1.14 billion. 01/27/10
CBPE Capital,
London		 CBPE Capital Fund 8,
John Snook		 Buyout: U.K. Berchwood Partners £400 Held final close with £405 million. 01/27/10
ComVest Investment Partners,
West Palm Beach, Fla.		 ComVest Investment Partners 4,
Michael Falk, Pete Kight and Robert Priddy		 Distressed asset and turnaround (None) $500 Just began marketing. 01/27/10
EDG Partners,
Atlanta		 EDG Partners 2,
Steve Eaton		 Buyout and growth equity: healthcare   $150 Held first close with $11 million. 01/27/10
New Horizon Capital,
Beijing		 New Horizon Capital Fund 3,
Wen Yunsong		 Growth equity: China UBS $750 Held first close with $650 million. 01/27/10
Prudential Capital Partners,
San Francisco		 Prudential Capital Partners 3,
Jeff Dickson		 Mezzanine finance     Held final close with $965 million. 01/27/10
Scale Venture Partners,
Foster City, Calif.
(see article)		 Scale Venture Partners 3,
Kate Mitchell		 Venture capital Probitas $400 Held final close with $250 million. 01/27/10
ShoreCap Management,
Chicago		 ShoreCap 2,
Franklin Kennedy		 Buyout: Africa and Asia financial institutions   $100 Just began marketing. 01/27/10
Sofinnova Partners,
Paris		 Sofinnova Capital 6,
Denis Lucquin		 Venture capital MVision   Held final close with €260 million. 01/27/10
Clairvest Group,
Toronto
(see article)		 Clairvest Equity Partners 4,
Jeff Parr and Ken Rotman		 Buyout and growth equity NovaFund Advisors C$400 Held third close with C$250 million. 01/20/10
Clearlake Capital Group,
New York
(see article)		 Clearlake Capital 2,
Steve Chang, Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano		 Special situations   $350 Held final close with $410 million. 01/20/10
Enhanced Equity Fund,
New York		 Enhanced Equity Fund 2,
David Howe and Andrew Paul		 Buyout and growth equity   $350 Held interim close with $106 million. 01/20/10
First Reserve Corp.,
Greenwich, Conn.		 First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Mark Florian		 Infrastructure: energy   $1,500 Held first close with $500 million. 01/20/10
Fortis Investments,
London		 Fortis Clean Energy Fund,
Peter Dickson		 Infrastructure: renewable energy (None) €400 Held second close with €203 million. 01/20/10
HLM Venture Partners,
Boston		 HLM Venture Partners 2,
Peter Grua		 Venture capital   $200 Held first close with $65 million. 01/20/10
L Capital,
Paris
(see article)		 L Capital 3,
Philippe Franchet		 Buyout Hudson Partners €350 Just began marketing. 01/20/10
Macquarie Funds Management,
Sydney
(see article)		 Macquarie Clean Technology Fund 2,
Rick Fratus		 Fund of funds: Clean technology AccessAlpha,

First Avenue Partners

$600 Just began marketing. 01/20/10
Macquarie Group,
Sydney
(see article)		 Fonadin,
Federico Patino		 Infrastructure: Mexico Credit Suisse $1,100 Held first close with $400 million. 01/20/10
Trident Capital,
Palo Alto, Calif.		 Trident Capital Fund 7,
Donald Dixon and John Moragne		 Venture capital: technology   $400 Held interim close with $194 million. 01/20/10
Abatis Capital,
New York
(see article)		 Abatis Capital 1,
Stephen Daniel, Raymond Kwok and Richard Radini		 Buyout: energy Benedetto, Gartland & Co. $1,000 Just began marketing. 01/13/10
Monomoy Capital Partners,
New York		 Monomoy Capital Partners 2,
Stephen Presser, Daniel Collin and Justin Hillenbrand		 Turnaround MVision $250 Just began marketing. 01/13/10
New Enterprise Associates,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 New Enterprise Associates 13,
Dick Kramlich		 Venture capital and growth equity   $2,500 Held final close with $2.5 billion. 01/13/10
Oaktree Capital Management,
Los Angeles
(see article)		 Oaktree Power Opportunities Fund 3,
Steve Kaplan		 Buyout: energy   $800 Just began marketing. 01/13/10
Polaris Venture Partners,
Waltham, Mass.
(see article)		 Polaris Venture Partners 6,
Terry McGuire		 Venture capital and growth equity   $500 Just began marketing. 01/13/10
Riverside Partners,
Boston		 Riverside Partners 4,
David Belluck		 Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $325 Held final close with $406 million. 01/13/10
Sun Capital Partners,
Boca Raton, Fla.		 Sun Capital Partners 5,
Rodger Krouse and Marc Leder		 Buyout   $6,000 Cut fund size to $5 billion. 01/13/10
Black Diamond Capital Partners,
Greenwich, Conn.		 BDCM Opportunity Fund 3,
Stephen Deckoff		 Distressed debt C.P. Eaton $1,000 Held first close with $206 million. 01/06/10
Clayton Dubilier & Rice,
New York 		Clayton Dubilier & Rice 8,
Donald Gogel and Kevin Conway		 Buyout Wetherly Capital $7,500 Held final close with $5 billion. 01/06/10
Elysian Capital,
London		 Elysian Capital 1,
Ken Terry		 Buyout   £200 Held first close with £70 million. 01/06/10
Goldman Sachs,
New York
(see article)		 Goldman Sachs Early Secondaries Fund,
Michael Brandmeyer and Harold Hope		 Secondary market: early stage   $300 Held interim close with $300 million. 01/06/10
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners,
Beverly Hills		 Levine Leichtman Capital Partners 4,
Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine		 Buyout   $1,000 Held final close with $1.1 billion. 01/06/10
Onex Corp.,
Toronto		 Onex Partners 3,
Andrew Sheiner		 Buyout Credit Suisse $3,500 Held final close with $4.3 billion. 01/06/10
Parish Capital Partners,
Chapel Hill, N.C.		 Parish Capital 3,
 James Mason, Wendell McCain and Charles Merritt		 Fund of funds   $450 Held first close with $73 million. 01/06/10
Parish Capital Partners,
Chapel Hill, N.C.		 Parish Capital Europe 2,
 David Jeffrey		 Fund of funds: Europe   €250 Held first close with $73 million. 01/06/10
Pomona Capital,
New York
(see article)		 Pomona Capital Secondary Co-Investment,
 Michael Granoff		 Secondary market: co-investment   $350 Just began marketing. 01/06/10
Psilos Group,
New York		 Psilos Capital 4,
Albert Waxman		 Venture capital: healthcare   $450 Just began marketing. 01/06/10
Riverside Partners,
Boston		 Riverside Partners 4,
David Belluck		 Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $325 Held first close with $378 million. 01/06/10
Seguin Partners,
Woburn, Mass.
(see article)		 Seguin Partners,
Martin Madden and Christopher Needham		 Buyout   $150 Held final close with $150 million. 01/06/10
Tennenbaum Capital Partners,
 Santa Monica, Calif.
(see article)		 Tennenbaum DIP Opportunity Fund,
Michael Tennenbaum, Mark Holdsworth and Howard Levkowitz		 Debtor in possession Greenhill & Co. $300 Held final close with $454 million. 01/06/10
Unigestion,
Geneva
(see article)		 Unigestion Secondary Opportunity Fund 2,
 Hanspeter Bader		 Secondary market   €150 Held second close with €140 million. 01/06/10