Fund-Raising Action

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2006 Activity

Manager Fund, Key Executive Type: Focus Placement Agent

Target
Amount
(Mil.)

Action

Private
Equity
Insider
Issue

Abingworth Management,
London		 Abingworth Bioventures 5,
Stephen Bunting		 Buyout: healthcare   GBP300 Just began marketing. 12/22/06
AIF Capital Asia,
Hong Kong		 AIF Capital Asia 3,
Peter Amour		 Buyout: Asia BerchWood $350 Held final close with $435 million. 12/22/06
Aztec Partners, Newark, N.J.
(see article)		 Aztec Equity Partners 1,
David Schropfer		 Venture capital: cleantech (None) $50 Just began marketing. 12/22/06
BioScience Managers,
London		 BML Healthcare 2,
Jeremy Curnock Cook		 Venture capital: life science Newgate Advisors €100 Just began marketing. 12/22/06
Cravey Green & Wahlen,
Atlanta
(see article)		 CGW Southeast Partners 5,
Bart McLean, Garrison Kitchen and Michael Long		 Buyout   $400 Just began marketing. 12/22/06
Cronus Capital, New York
(see article)		 Cronus Capital Fund 1,
Philip Tager and Stephen Carter		 Real estate Mallory Capital $200 Just began marketing. 12/22/06
DW Healthcare Partners,
Salt Lake City		 DW Healthcare Partners 2,
Skip Klintworth, Doug Schillinger and Andrew Carragher		 Buyout: healthcare   $200 Held first close with $140 million. 12/22/06
EQT,
Stockholm		 EQT 5,
Jan Stahlberg		 Buyout MVision €2,250 Held final close with €4.25 billion. 12/22/06
EQT,
Stockholm		 Greater China 2,
Winnie Fok		 Buyout MVision $500 Held final close with $545 million. 12/22/06
HarbourVest Partners,
Boston		 HarbourVest International 5,
Edward Kane		 Fund of funds: international   €2,400 Held final close with €2.4 billion. 12/22/06
HarbourVest Partners,
Boston		 HarbourVest International 5 Direct,
Edward Kane		 Buyout   €400 Held final close with €500 million. 12/22/06
Union Square Partners,
New York		 Union Square Partners 1,
Bradley Cooper and Robert Spass		 Buyout   $500 Just began marketing. 12/22/06
Broadway Partners,
New York		 Broadway Real Estate Partners 2,
Scott Lawlor		 Real estate   $400 Held final close with $590 million. 12/15/06
Carlyle Group,
Washington		 Carlyle Europe Partners 3,
Jean-Pierre Millet		 Buyout: Western Europe   €3,000 Holding first close with €2 billion. 12/15/06
Horizon Equity,
Sandton, South Africa
(see article)		 Horizon Equity Fund 3,
Richard Flett and Steven Lipchin		 Venture capital and growth equity   500 rand Just began marketing. 12/15/06
Key Principal Partners, Cleveland KPP Investors 3,
John Sinnenberg		 Mezzanine and buyout (None) $500 Held final close with $500 million. 12/15/06
Krokus Private Equity,
Warsaw		 Nova Polonia Natexis 2 Private Equity,
Witold Radwanski		 Buyout Acanthus €75 Held first close with €52 million. 12/15/06
Mercapital Servicios Financieros, Madrid Mercapital Spanish Private Equity Fund 3,
Javier Jiminez Loizga		 Buyout MVision $500 Held final close with $550 million. 12/15/06
One East Partners, New York
(see article)		 One East Duration Fund,
Nat Klipper and James Cacioppo		 Public securities, special situations   $200 Just began marketing. 12/15/06
Palindrome Capital, Tampa
(see article)		 Palindrome Private Equity,
David Smith		 Fund of funds   $100 Just began marketing. 12/15/06
Palindrome Capital, Tampa
(see article)		 Palindrome Capital Partners 1,
David Smith		 Co-investments   $50 Just began marketing. 12/15/06
TSG Consumer Partners,
San Francisco		 Shansby Group 5,
Charles Esserman		 Buyout: consumer products, beverages, food (None) $800 Held final close with $875 million. 12/15/06
21 Centrale Partners,
Paris		 21 Centrale Partners 3,
Gerard Pluvinet		 Buyout Capstone Palomar €250 Held final close with €330 million. 12/08/06
Argan Capital,
London		 Argan Capital,
Wojciech Goc, Carlo Mammola and Lloyd Perry		 Buyout: Europe Capstone Palomar €400 Held final close with €425 million. 12/08/06
AXA Private Equity, Paris
(see article)		 AXA Secondary Fund 4,
Vincent Gombault		 Secondary   $3,000 Just began marketing. 12/08/06
Dune Capital, New York
(see article)		 Dune Capital Real Estate Fund,
Steven Mnuchin, Daniel Neidich and Chip Seelig		 Real estate Atlantic-Pacific $750 Held final close with $727 million. 12/08/06
Energy Capital Partners,
Short Hills, N.J.
(see article)		 Energy Capital Partners 1,
Douglas Kimmelman		 Buyout: energy Atlantic-Pacific $1,500 Held final close with $2.25 billion. 12/08/06
Gaja Capital, Mumbai, India
(see article)		 Gaja Capital 1,
Gopal Jain		 Buyout, growth equity   $200 Just began marketing. 12/08/06
Jerusalem Capital,
Jerusalem		 Jerusalem Capital 1,
Jacob Ner-David		 Venture capital: early-stage technology   $10-20 Held first close with $10 million. 12/08/06
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, Los Angeles Kayne Anderson Energy Fund 4,
Bob Sinnott and Danny Weingeist		 Buyout: energy (None) $850 Held final close with $950 million. 12/08/06
Legacy Partners,
Foster City, Calif.
(see article)		 Legacy Partners Realty Fund 2,
Barry DiRaimondo		 Real estate Atlantic-Pacific $325 Held final close with $457 million. 12/08/06
Lighthouse Capital,
Greenbrae, Calif.
(see article)		 LCP 6,
Gwill York and Ned Hazen		 Venture debt Troy Investment $400 Just began marketing. 12/08/06
Linden LLC,
Chicago		 Linden Capital Partners,
Eric Larson		 Buyout: healthcare, life science Park Hill $150 Held final close with $200 million. 12/08/06
Texas Pacific Group,
Fort Worth, Texas		 TPG Star,
David Bonderman and James Coulter		 Middle market   $1,000 Just began marketing. 12/08/06
Zone Ventures,
Los Angeles
(see article)		 Zone Venture Fund 3,
Frank Creer		 Venture: early-stage technology (None) $150 Just began marketing. 12/08/06
3i Group,
London		 Eurofund 5,
Jonathan Russell		 Buyout: Europe   €3,500 Held final close with €5 billion. 12/01/06
Accel-KKR,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Accel-KKR Capital Partners 2, Tom Barnds, Ben Bisconti and Rob Palumbo Buyout: technology   $200 Held final close with over $300 million. 12/01/06
Access Venture Partners,
Westminster, Colo.		 Access Venture Partners 2,
Jay Campion and Frank Mendicino 3d		 Venture capital: technology   $30 Held close with $11 million. 12/01/06
Arsenal Capital Partners,
New York		 Arsenal Capital Partners 2,
Terrence Mullen		 Buyout: middle market healthcare, industrial Guggenheim Partners, Farrell Marsh,
George Carter		 $400 Held final close with $500 million. 12/01/06
Bain Capital Ventures, Boston
(see article)		 Bain Capital Venture Fund 2007,
Ajay Agarwal, Michael Krupka and James Nahirny		 Venture capital   $500 Just began marketing. 12/01/06
Bedford Funding Capital Management, White Plains, N.Y. Bedford Funding GP 1,
Charles Jones		 Buyout: technology   $1,000 Held close with $400 million. 12/01/06
Benchmark Capital Europe, London Benchmark Europe 3,
Barry Maloney		 Venture capital: technology (None) $500 Held final close with $550 million. 12/01/06
GB Deutschland, Hamburg
(see article)		 GB Deutschland Fund 2,
Wolfgang Alvano and David Martin		 Buyout Helix Associates €250 Just began marketing. 12/01/06
Goode Partners,
New York		 Goode Consumer Fund 1,
David Oddi		 Buyout: consumer products (None) $250 Just began marketing. 12/01/06
Innova Capital,
Warsaw		 Innova 4,
Robert Conn		 Buyout: manufacturing, business services Axon Partners €175 Held final close with €225 million. 12/01/06
Lexington Partners,
New York
(see article)		 Lexington Capital Partners 6,
Brent Nicklas		 Secondary (None) $3,000 Held final close with $3.5 billion, but may reopen. 12/01/06
JLA Ventures,
Toronto		 J.L. Albright Venture Fund 4,
John Albright		 Venture capital: communications, media, technology (None) C$150 Held final close with C$121 million. 12/01/06
MHS Capital Partners,
San Francisco		 MHS Capital Partners 1,
Mark Sugarman		 Venture capital   $40 Recently began marketing. 12/01/06
Orlando Management,
Munich		 Special Situations Venture Partners 2,
Henrik Fastrich, Hans Gottwald and Christian Hollenberg		 Distressed debt: manufacturing, industrial MVision €180 Held final close with €255 million. 12/01/06
Palm Beach Capital,
Palm Beach, Fla.		 Palm Beach Capital Fund 2,
James Harpel		 Buyout   $125 Held final close with $110 million. 12/01/06
PPM Capital, London
(see article)		 PPM Capital Fund 1,
Neil MacDougall		 Buyout Helix Associates €1,000 Just began marketing. 12/01/06
Primus Pacific Partners,
Hong Kong		 Primus Pacific Partners 1,
David Olson		 Buyout: financial services Asia   $1,000 Just began marketing outside Middle East. 12/01/06
RWI Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 RWI Ventures 2,
Donald Lucas and William Baumel		 Venture capital   $100 Recently began marketing. 12/01/06
Sentient Group,
George Town, Cayman Islands		 Sentient Global Resources Fund 2,
Peter Cassidy		 Buyout: metals, minerals, energy   $350 Held final close with $355 million. 12/01/06
Texas Pacific Group,
Fort Worth, Texas		 TPG Partners 5,
David Bonderman and Jim Coulter		 Buyout     Held final close with more than $15 billion. 12/01/06
Valhalla Partners,
Vienna, Va.		 Valhalla Partners 2, Arthur Marks, Gene Riechers and Hooks Johnston Venture capital: Mid-Atlantic information technology   $225 Held final close with $260 million. 12/01/06
ACI Capital, New York ACI Capital Investors 2,
Kevin Penn		 Buyout (None) $250 Held final close with $335 million. 11/17/06
Ares Management, Los Angeles
(see article)		 Ares Distressed Securities Fund,
Miles Alexander and Seth Brufsky		 Distressed debt   $800 Just began marketing. 11/17/06
Audax Group, Boston Audax Mezzanine Fund 2,
Kevin Magid and Peter Gummeson		 Mezzanine (None) $500 Held final close with $700 million. 11/17/06
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice,
New York		 CD&R Co-Investment Partners,
Joseph Rice and Donald Gogel		 Buyout: co-investments   $1,000 Just began marketing. 11/17/06
Donnelly Penman Capital,
Grosse Pointe, Mich.		 Donnelly Penman Capital LLC,
John Donnelly		 Growth equity   $28 Just began marketing. 11/17/06
HM Capital, Dallas
(see article)		 HM Capital 6,
John Muse		 Buyout   $1,000 Recently began marketing. 11/17/06
North Castle Partners,
Greenwich, Conn.		 North Castle Partners 4,
Charles Baird and James Eason		 Buyout Merrill Lynch $300 Held first close with $63.8 million. 11/17/06
Relativity Partners, New York
(see article)		 Relativity Fund,
Joyce Johnson-Miller and Leslie Armitage		 Buyout   $300 Just began marketing. 11/17/06
Rossrock, New York Rossrock Fund 2,
James Ross and Alan Leavitt		 Distressed debt:
real estate		   $160 Held final close with $160 million. 11/17/06
Sofinnova Ventures,
San Francisco		 Sofinnova Ventures 7,
Jim Healy and Mike Powell		 Venture capital   $325 Held final close with $375 million. 11/17/06
Telemus Capital Partners,
Southfield, Mich.		 TIM Opportunities Fund 1,
Gary Ran and Steven Greenwald		 Buyout, venture capital, distressed   $50 Just began marketing. 11/17/06
VCFA Group, New York VCFA Venture Partners 5,
Dayton Carr		 Secondary   $200 Held final close with $250 million. 11/17/06
CDH China Holding Management,
Beijing		 China Growth Capital Fund 3,
Wu Shangzhi		 Buyout   $1,600 Just began marketing. 11/10/06
Citigroup, New York
(see article)		 Citigroup Capital Partners 2,
John Barber		 Fund of funds   $2,500 Holding final close with $2.5 billion. 11/10/06
Column Group, San Francisco
(see article)		 Column Group Venture Partners 1,
Richard Klausner		 Venture capital   $300 Recently began marketing. 11/10/06
Fulham & Co.,
Wellesley, Mass.		 Fulham Investors 2,
John Fulham 3d and Tim Fulham		 Buyout   $150 Held final close with $165 million. 11/10/06
Ironbridge Capital,
Sydney		 Ironbridge 2,
Julian Knights		 Buyout   A$1,000 Held final close with A$1.05 billion. 11/10/06
Kinderhook Industries,
New York		 Kinderhook Capital Fund 2,
Robert Michalik and Christian Michalik		 Buyout   $270 Held close with $261 million. 11/10/06
Next Capital, Sydney
(see article)		 Next Capital 1 LP,
Patrick Elliott		 Buyout and expansion capital   A$250 Just held final close at A$265 million. 11/10/06
Saybrook Capital, Santa Monica
(see article)		 Saybrook Corporate Opportunity Fund,
Jonathan Rosenthal		 Distressed debt   $350 Just began marketing. 11/10/06
Sierra Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Sierra Ventures 9,
Peter Wendell, Tim Guleri and
David Schwab		 Venture capital   $400 Held final close with $400 million. 11/10/06
Xilinx Asia Pacific,
Singapore		 Asia Pacific Technology Fund, Venture capital   $75 Just began marketing. 11/10/06
AtriA Capital Partenaires,
Paris		 AtriA 3,
Dominique Oger		 Buyout   €250 Held final close with €300 million. 11/03/06
Carlyle Group,
Washington
(see article)		 Carlyle Infrastructure Partners,
Robert Dove and Barry Gold		 Buyout: infrastructure   $1,000 Held close on $434 million. 11/03/06
Excellere Partners, Denver
(see article)		 Excellere Partners 1,
Dave Kessenich and Robert Martin		 Buyout UBS $200 Just began marketing. 11/03/06
Gores Group, Los Angeles
(see article)		 Gores Capital Partners 2,
Alec Gores		 Buyout Lazard $750 Just began marketing. 11/03/06
J.F. Lehman & Co.,
New York		 J.F. Equity Investors 2,
John F. Lehman		 Buyout: defense   $275 Holding final close with $300 million. 11/03/06
Kodiak Venture Partners,
Waltham, Mass.
(see article)		 Kodiak Venture Partners 4,
Dave Furneaux and Lou Volpe		 Venture capital: technology   $300 Just began marketing. 11/03/06
Lion Capital,
London		 Lion Capital Fund 2,
Lyndon Lea, Neil Richardson and Robert Darwent		 Buyout   $2,500 Just began marketing. 11/03/06
Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Bethesda, Md. Novak Biddle Venture Partners Fund 5,
Jack Biddle and E. Rogers Novak		 Venture capital   $200 Held final close with $227 million. 11/03/06
Reliant Equity Investors,
Chicago		 Reliant Equity Partners 2,
Thomas Darden		 Buyout   $250 Just began marketing. 11/03/06
Southern Cross Venture Partners,
Sydney
(see article)		 Southern Cross Fund,
Bob Christiansen		 Venture capital   A$200 Held first close with A$100. 11/03/06
Terra Firma Capital Partners, London Terra Firma Capital Partners 3,
Guy Hands		 Buyout   €4,000 Held second close with €3 billion. 11/03/06
Valhalla Partners,
Vienna, Va.		 Valhalla Partners 2,
Arthur Marks, Gene Riechers and Hooks Johnston		 Venture capital   $250 Held second close. 11/03/06
Arsenal Capital Partners,
New York		 Arsenal Capital Partners 2,
Terrence Mullen		 Buyout   $400 Held second close with $355 million. 10/27/06
Blackstone Group,
New York		 Blackstone Capital Partners 5,
Tony James and Stephen Schwarzman		 Buyout Park Hill $13,500 Reopened fund with goal of $20.6 billion. 10/27/06
Capital Today,
Shanghai		 China Growth Fund,
Linda Lee		 Buyout C.P. Eaton $200 Held final close with $280 million. 10/27/06
Druker Capital, New York
(see article)		 Druker Capital Fund,
Henry Druker		 Buyout, turnaround, special situations   $200 Just began marketing. 10/27/06
Ferd Private Equity,
Lysaker, Norway		 Ferd Private Equity Fund 2,
Gert Munthe		 Buyout UBS 4,250 krone Held final close with 4.25 billion krone. 10/27/06
Golub Capital,
New York		 Golub Capital Partners 5,
Lawrence Golub and David Golub		 Growth capital   $1,000 Held first close with $700 million. 10/27/06
Kelso Place Asset Management, London Kelso Place U.K. Special Situations Fund 3,
John Drinkwater and Sion Kearsey		 Buyouts, distressed debt   100 pounds Held final close with 100 million pounds. 10/27/06
OpenView Venture Partners,
Boston		 OpenView Venture Partners,
Scott Maxwell		 Venture capital: expansion stage   $100 Held final close with $100 million. 10/27/06
PNC Equity Partners,
Pittsburgh		 PNC Equity Partners 2,
David Hillman		 Buyout   $350 Held second close with $225 million. 10/27/06
Square Mile Capital Management,
Greenwich, Conn.
(see article)		 Square Mile Partners 2,
Jeffrey Citrin		 Distressed debt: real estate Park Hill $500 Just began marketing. 10/27/06
TCW/Crescent Mezzanine,
Los Angeles		 TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners 4,
Jean-Marc Chapus		 Mezzanine Credit Suisse $1,700 Held third close with $1.7 billion. 10/27/06
VIMAC Ventures,
Boston
(see article)		 VIMAC Ventures I.T. 3,
Keith Cooper, John Evans and Robert Roeper		 Venture capital: information technology   $200 Just began marketing. 10/27/06
AIG-CET Capital Management,
New York		 AIG Capital Partners New Europe Fund 2,
Monika Gorzkowska and Rossen Hadijev		 Buyout: Europe   €500 Just began marketing. 10/20/06
AIG Capital Partners,
New York		 AIG Global Investment Group Asia Opportunity Fund 2, Kevin Clowe Buyout: Asia   $500 Held first close with $200 million. 10/20/06
Alta Partners,
San Francisco		 Alta Partners 8,
Farah Champsi, Dan Janney and Guy Paul Nohra		 Venture capital: healthcare (None) $425 Held final close with $500 million. 10/20/06
Burrill & Co.,
San Francisco		 Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund 3,
Steven Burrill		 Venture capital: life sciences   $300 Held close with $240 million. 10/20/06
CITIC Capital Partners,
Shanghai		 CITIC Capital China Partners,
Brian Doyle		 Buyout: China (None) $250 Held first close with $220 million. 10/20/06
CTI Capital,
Montreal		 CTI Life Sciences Fund,
Jean-Francois Leprince and Richard Meadows		 Venture capital: life sciences (None) C$100 Held first close with C$71 million. 10/20/06
Granite Global Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
(see article)		 Granite Global Ventures 3,
Hany Nada		 Expansion stage: technology and healthcare Troy Investment $400 Held final close with $400 million. 10/20/06
MHR Fund Management,
New York		 MHR Institutional Partners 3,
Mark Rachesky		 Distressed debt   $3,000 Just began marketing. 10/20/06
Partners Group,
Zug, Switzerland		 Partners Group Direct Investment Fund,
Stephan Schaeli		 Buyout: co-investments,
growth equity		   €400 Just began marketing. 10/20/06
Quantum Energy Partners,
Houston		 Quantum Resource Fund,
Don Wolf		 Buyout: energy   $750 Held final close with $1.2 billion. 10/20/06
Quintana Capital Group,
Houston		 Quintana Capital Fund,
Warren Hawkins		 Buyout: energy Lehman Brothers $500 Held close with $450 million. 10/20/06
Piper Jaffray Private Capital, Minneapolis Piper Jaffray Private Equity Partners 3, Scott Barrington, Dan Donoghue and Danny Zouber Fund of funds: venture and buyout (None) $225 Held first close with more than $25 million. 10/20/06
Asia Alternatives,
Hong Kong
(see article)		 Asia Alternatives Fund,
Melissa Ma		 Fund of funds: Asia   $350 Just began marketing. 10/13/06
Commonwealth Capital,
Wellesley, Mass.
(see article)		 Commonwealth Capital Ventures 4,
Mike Fitzgerald and Jeff Hurst		 Venture capital   $200 Just began marketing. 10/13/06
CVC Capital Partners,
London
(see article)		 CVC European Equity Partners 4 Tandem Fund, Michael Smith Buyout   $4,000 Approaching target, but may accept additional investors. 10/13/06
Formative Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Formative Ventures Emerging Technologies Fund,
Brian Connors and Clint Chao		 Venture: early-stage technology Young America Capital $90 Solicited more money from LPs to increase size from $77.5 million at final close last year. 10/13/06
Horsley Bridge Partners,
San Francisco		 Horsley Bridge International 4,
Kathryn Abbott		 Fund of funds   $1,000 Just began marketing. 10/13/06
Kearny Venture Partners,
San Francisco		 Kearny Venture Partners,
Jim Shapiro and Dick Spalding		 Venture: healthcare   $180 Held first close with $110 million. 10/13/06
MB Venture Partners,
Memphis		 MB Venture Partners Fund 2,
Gary Stevenson		 Buyout: life sciences   $45 Held final close with $54 million. 10/13/06
Macquarie Funds Management, Carlsbad, Calif. Macquarie Clean Technology Fund,
Peter Martenson		 Fund of funds   $200 Just began marketing. 10/13/06
Partners Group,
Zug, Switzerland		 Partners Group European Buyout 2005,
Stephan Schali		 Fund of funds   €600 Held close with €647 million. 10/13/06
Pine Brook Road Partners,
New York
(see article)		 Pine Brook Road Partners 1,
Howard Newman		 Growth equity   $2,000 Just began marketing. 10/13/06
Pine Creek Partners, Washington Pine Creek Partners Fund 1,
George McCabe and Rick Rickertsen		 Buyout   $50 Held final close with $53 million. 10/13/06
Portfolio Advisors,
Darien, Conn.		 UOB Portfolio Advisors Asia Select Fund, Christopher Ruder Fund of funds: Asia   $200 Just began marketing. 10/13/06
Wellington Financial,
Toronto		 Wellington Financial Fund 3,
Mark McQueen and Kenneth Rotman		 Venture debt   C$125 Held final close with C$125 million. 10/13/06
Actis,
London		 Actis ASEAN Fund,
Alun Branigan and Rick Phillips		 Buyout (None) $100 Held final close with $130 million. 10/6/06
Baring Private Equity Asia Partners, Hong Kong Baring Private Equity Asia 3,
Jean Eric Salata and Gordon Shaw		 Buyout   $400 Held final close with $490 million. 10/6/06
Berkshire Partners,
Boston		 Berkshire Fund 7,
Kevin Callaghan		 Buyout: retail, consumer products, manufacturing (None) $2,750 Held final close with $3.1 billion. 10/6/06
Climate Change Capital,
London		 Climate Change Capital Carbon Fund 2,
Gareth Hughes		 Buyout: cleantech   $1,000 Held first close with $830 million. 10/6/06
Credit Suisse Private Equity, New York DLJ Merchant Banking Partners 4,
Steven Rattner		 Buyout   $1,750 Held final close with $2.1 billion. 10/6/06
Granite Global Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Granite Global Ventures 3,
Hany Nada		 Venture capital   $400 Just began marketing. 10/6/06
Great Point Partners, Greenwich, Conn. Great Point Partners 1,
Jeffrey Jay and David Kroin		 Buyout/growth capital: late-stage healthcare (None) $100 Held final close with $156 million. 10/6/06
HB Equity Partners,
New York
(see article)		 HB Equity Partners 2,
Andrew Hubregsen and Michael Bonnet		 Buyout Veritage Group $150 Just began marketing. 10/6/06
Greenhill,
New York		 Greenhill SAVP,
Brian Hirsch and Steve Brotman		 Venture capital: technology, information services (None) $100 Held final close with $102 million. 10/6/06
LBA Realty, Irvine, Calif.
(see article)		 LBA Realty Fund 3,
Phil Belling and Steve Layton		 Real Estate   $500 Held first close with $250 million. 10/6/06
Lyceum Capital, London
(see article)		 Lyceum Capital 1,
Philip Buscombe		 Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital GBP250 Just began marketing. 10/6/06
Platte River Ventures,
Denver		 Platte River Ventures Fund 1,
Lanny Martin		 Venture capital: industrial, manufacturing   $60 Just began marketing. 10/6/06
Shamrock Capital Advisors,
Burbank, Calif.
(see article)		 Shamrock Capital Growth Fund 2,
Stephen Royer, Robert Perille and William Wynperle		 Growth Capital Campbell-Lutyens $275 Held final close with $311.5 million. 10/6/06
AIG Global Investment,
New York		 AIG Co-Investment Fund 1,
FT Chong		 Buyout: co-investment   $500 Held final close with $700 million. 9/29/06
Enterprise Investors,
Warsaw		 Polish Enterprise Fund 6,
Jacek Siwicki		 Buyout: communications, healthcare, manufacturing and financial services   €500 Held final close with €658 million. 9/29/06
Guggenheim Partners,
Chicago		 Guggenheim Aviation Investment Fund 2,
Stephen Rimmer and Robert Peart		 Buyout: aircraft   $700

 

Held first close with $200 million. 9/29/06
Hammond Kennedy Whitney,
New York		 HKW Partners 3,
Ralph Whitney Jr. and Glenn Scolnik		 Buyout Bass Creek Advisors $185 Just began marketing. 9/29/06
Henderson Equity Partners, London Henderson Private Finance Initiative Secondary 2,
Paul Woodbury and Guy Pigashe		 Buyout: infrastructure   GBP600 Held first close with 573.5 million pounds. 9/29/06
Lehman Brothers,
New York		 Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners, David Stonberg and Anthony Tutrone Buyout   $1,000 Held final close with $1.6 billion. 9/29/06
New York Life Capital Partners, New York New York Life Mezzanine Fund 2,
John Schumacher		 Mezzanine   $600 Just began marketing. 9/29/06
NGEN Partners,
Santa Barbara, Calif.		 NGEN Partners 2,
Peter Grubstein and Steve Parry		 Venture capital: cleantech (None) $150 Held final close with $180 million. 9/29/06
Quadrangle Group,
New York		 Quadrangle Capital Partners 2,
Peter Ezersky and Steven Rattner		 Buyout: communications, media   $2,000 Soliciting more money from LPs to increase size from $1.8 billion at final close last year. 9/29/06
Silver Lake Partners,
San Francisco
(see article)		 Silver Lake Partners 3,
Glenn Hutchins, Alan Austin and James Davidson		 Buyout: technology Merrill Lynch $8,000 Just began marketing. 9/29/06
Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Stamford, Conn. Thomas, McNerney & Partners 2,
James Thomas and Peter McNerney		 Venture capital: healthcare   $300 Held final close with $375 million. 9/29/06
Tricor Pacific Capital,
Vancouver		 Tricor Pacific Capital Partners Fund 4,
David Rowntree		 Buyout: manufacturing, consumer goods   C$450 Held final close with C$555 million. 9/29/06
Arcano Capital,
Madrid		 Arcano Capital 1,
Juan Jose Nieto		 Fund of funds   €250 Held close with €125 million. 9/22/06
Argus Capital Group,
London		 Argus Capital Partners 2,
Ali Artunkal		 Buyout: Central and Eastern Europe   €200 Held close with €213 million. 9/22/06
Azure Capital Partners,
San Francisco		 Azure Capital Partners 2,
Mike Kwatinetz and Cameron Lester		 Venture capital   $250 Just began marketing. 9/22/06
Carlyle Group,
Washington		 Carlyle Venture Partners 3,
Robert Grady and Brooke Coburn		 Venture capital: technology   $700 Held first close with $282.6 million. 9/22/06
Cross Creek Capital,
Salt Lake City		 Cross Creek Capital LP,
Karey Barker and Greg Bohlen		 Venture: late stage   $100 Held final close with $111 million. 9/22/06
H.I.G. Capital,
Miami		 H.I.G. Capital Partners 4,
Tony Tamer and Sami Mnaymneth		 Buyout: middle-market (None) $600 Held final close with $750 million. 9/22/06
HRJ Capital,
Woodside, Calif.		 HRJ Growth Capital 2,
Edward Rodden		 Fund of funds: buyout  (None) $200 Held close with $180 million. 9/22/06
HRJ Capital,
Woodside, Calif.		 HRJ Special Opportunities 1,
Edward Rodden		 Fund of funds: distressed opportunities (None) $200 Held first close with $45 million. 9/22/06
ICV Capital Partners,
New York		 ICV Partners 2,
Willie Woods		 Buyout: middle market   $200 Held final close with $313 million. 9/22/06
Jordan Co.,
New York
(see article)		 Resolute Fund 2,
Jay Jordan		 Buyout   $2,500 Just began marketing. 9/22/06
Lime Rock Partners,
Westport, Conn.		 Lime Rock Partners 4,
Jonathan Farber and John Reynolds		 Growth capital: energy   $750 Held final close with $750 million. 9/22/06
MidOcean Partners,
New York
(see article)		 MidOcean Partners 3,
Ted Virtue		 Buyout Probitas Partners $1,000 Held first close with $600 million. 9/22/06
NGP Energy Capital Management,
Irving, Texas		 NGP Energy Infrastructure and Resources Partners, John Raymond Buyout, growth capital: energy infrastructure (None) $1,500 Just began marketing. 9/22/06
Seyen Capital,
Chicago		 Seyen Capital,
Ellen Carnahan and Gregg Newmark		 Late-stage venture and growth recapitalization   $250 Just began marketing. 9/22/06
Benson Elliot Capital Management,
London		 Benson Elliot Real Estate Partners 2,
Marc Mogull		 Real estate Probitas Partners €300 Held final close with €330 million. 9/15/06
Citigroup, New York Citigroup Capital Partners 2,
John Barber		 Buyout: co-investment   $2,500 Just began marketing. 9/15/06
Domain Associates,
Princeton, N.J.		 Domain Associates 7,
Robert More		 Venture capital: biotech   $700 Held final close with $700 million. 9/15/06
EnerVest Management Partners,
Houston		 EnerVest Partners 11,
Phil DeLozier		 Buyout: oil and gas   $1,000 Just began marketing. 9/15/06
Gilde Investment Management,
Utrecht, Netherlands		 Gilde Buy-Out Fund 3,
Boudewijn Molenaar		 Buyout Citigroup €600 Held final close with €600 million. 9/15/06
International Data Group,
Boston		 IDG Ventures India Fund 1,
Sudhir Sethi		 Venture capital: technology   $150 Held final close with $150 million. 9/15/06
Mangrove Capital Partners,
Luxembourg		 Mangrove NTVC,
Gerard Lopez		 Venture capital: technology   €100 Held final close with €100 million. 9/15/06
Mediphase Venture Partners,
Newton, Mass.		 Mediphase Capital Partners,
Paul Howard and Lawrence Miller		 Public securities: life science Young America Capital $100 Just began marketing. 9/15/06
Newbury Partners,
Stamford, Conn.
(see article)		 Newbury Secondary Fund,
Richard Lichter		 Secondary Citigroup $750 Just began marketing. 9/15/06
Provenance Ventures,
Los Angeles		 Provenance Ventures,
Bryan Biniak		 Venture capital   $10 Held final close with $10 million. 9/15/06
RCP Advisors,
Chicago		 RCP Fund 4,
Timothy Danis		 Fund of funds   $225 Held first close with $135 million. 9/15/06
Sequoia Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Sequoia Capital India Growth Fund 1,
Sumir Chadha		 Venture capital   $385 Held final close with $400 million. 9/15/06
True Ventures,
San Francisco		 True Ventures 1,
John Callaghan		 Venture capital: technology   $125 Held final close with $155 million. 9/15/06
Windjammer Capital Investors,
Newport Beach, Calif.		 Windjammer Senior Equity Fund 3,
Bob Bartholomew		 Buyout/mezzanine   $500 Held final close with $575 million. 9/15/06
Bank of America,
Charlotte		 BA Private Equity Direct,
James Bowden		 Buyout   $1,000 Just began marketing. 9/8/06
De Novo Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 De Novo Ventures 3,
David Mauney		 Venture capital: Early-stage healthcare   $300 Held final close with $300 million. 9/8/06
Enterprise Investors,
Warsaw
(see article)		 Polish Enterprise Fund 6,
Jacek Siwicki		 Hybrid: Communications, healthcare, manufacturing and financial services   €500 To hold final close topping €650 million. 9/8/06
Gryphon Investors,
San Franciscov		 Gryphon Partners 3,
R. David Andrews		 Buyout Merrill Lynch $450 Held final close with $550 million. 9/8/06
HealthPointCapital,
New York		 HealthPointCapital Partners 2,
John Foster		 Buyout: Healthcare and medical technology   $500 Just began marketing. 9/8/06
Hudson Ferry Capital,
New York
(see article)		 Hudson Ferry Capital 1,
Mark Deutsch		 Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $400 Just began marketing. 9/8/06
Integrated Partners,
Toronto
(see article)		 Integrated Partners LP2 Growth capital and buyout W.J. Hopper €250 Just began marketing. 9/8/06
KSL Capital Partners,
La Quinta, Calif.		 KSL Capital Partners 2,
Michael Shannon and Eric Resnick		 Buyout and real estate: Travel and hospitality Probitas Partners $750 Held final close with $1 billion. 9/8/06
Lehman Brothers,
New York
(see article)		 Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking Partners 4, Charles Ayres Buyout   $2,000 Just began marketing. 9/8/06
Stone Point Capital,
Greenwich, Conn.		 Trident 4,
Charles Davis		 Buyout: Insurance and financial services   $1,750 Just began marketing. 9/8/06
Treadstone Partners,
Dallas
(see article)		 Treadstone Partners 1,
Phillip Dixon and Gary Thomason		 Buyout C.P. Eaton $400 Just began marketing. 9/8/06
Wafra Partners,
New York		 MMV Private Equity Fund,
Peter Petrillo		 Buyout (None) $250 Held first close with $135 million. 9/8/06
3i Group,
London		 Eurofund 5,
Jonathan Russell		 Buyout: Europe   $3,500 Held first close with $4.3 billion. 8/18/06
747 Capital,
New York		 747 Stuyvesant 2,
Marc der Kinderen and Gijs van Thiel		 Fund of funds: small-cap growth and buyout (None) $100 Just began marketing. 8/18/06
Auda Advisor Associates,
New York		 Auda Capital 4,
Stephen Wesson and David Andryc		 Fund of funds   $300 Held second close with $306 million. 8/18/06
Audax Group,
Boston		 Audax Mezzanine Fund 2,
Geoffrey Rehnert and Marc Wolpow		 Mezzanine   $500 Just began marketing. 8/18/06
Helion Venture Partners,
New Delhi		 Helion Venture Partners,
Ashish Gupta		 Venture capital: India   $140 Held final close with $140 million. 8/18/06
M/C Venture Partners,
Boston		 M/C Venture Partners 6,
James Wade, David Croll and John Watkins		 Venture capital   $500 Held final close with $550 million. 8/18/06
Mahon China Investment Management,
Beijing
(see article)		 China Value Access Fund,
David Mahon		 Growth capital: China   $200 Just began marketing. 8/18/06
Onex Corp.,
Toronto		 Onex Partners 2,
Gerald Schwartz		 Buyout   $3,300 Held final close at $3.45 billion. 8/18/06
VCM Capital Management and
Golding Capital Partners, Munich 		VCM Mezzanine Partners 2,
Hellmut Kirchner and Jeremy Golding		 Fund of funds: mezzanine   €238 Held final close with €238 million. 8/18/06
Yucaipa Cos., Los Angeles
(see article)		 Yucaipa Corporate Initiative 2,
Ronald Burkle		 Growth capital   $800 Just began marketing. 8/18/06
ACON Funds Management,
Washington
(see article)		 ACON-Bastion Partners 2 and
ACON Investment Partners,
Guillermo Bron		 Buyout  

$600

Held first close with $325 million. 8/11/06
Centerbridge Partners,
New York		 Centerbridge Partners 1,
Mark Gallogly and Jeffrey Aronson		 Buyout, distressed debt Park Hill

$2,500

Held final close with $3 billion. 8/11/06
CCMP Capital, New York
(see article)		 CCMP Capital Investors 2,
Jeffrey Walker		 Buyout Credit Suisse

$3,500

Held first close with $2 billion. 8/11/06
Court Square Capital Partners, New York
(see article)		 Court Square Capital Partners 2,
William Comfort		 Buyout UBS

$3,000

Held first close with $1.7 billion. 8/11/06
Darby Overseas Investments, Washington
(see article)		 Korea Emerging Infrastructure Fund, Richard Frank Buyout: Infrastructure  

500,000
won

Held final close with 580 billion won ($610 million). 8/11/06
First Reserve, Greenwich, Conn.
(see article)		 First Reserve Fund 11,
William Macaulay and Ben Guill		 Buyout: Energy McKibben Group

$6,000

Held final close with $7.8 billion. 8/11/06
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,
New York 		KKR Fund 2006,
Henry Kravisand George Roberts		 Buyout (None)

$15,000

Held first close with $12 billion. 8/11/06
Performance Equity Management,
Greenwich, Conn.		 Performance Venture Capital LP,
Charles Froland and Lawrence Rusoff		 Fund of funds  

$400

Held final close with $650 million. 8/11/06
Syncom Management,
Silver Spring, Md.
(see article)		 Syndicated Communications Ventures 5,
Terry Jones		 Venture capital Wetherly Capital

$300

Held first close with $110 million. 8/11/06
VCFA Group, New York
(see article)		 VCFA Venture Partners 5,
Dayton Carr		 Secondary: Venture capital  

$250

Held first close. 8/11/06
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, New York Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Fund 3,
John Howard and Gwyneth Ketterer		 Buyout Credit Suisse

$2,500

Held final close with $2.7 billion. 8/4/06
Cabot Square Capital Partners, London CS Capital Partners 3,
John Van Deventer and James Clark		 Buyout (None)

$500

Held final close with $500 million. 8/4/06
Carlyle Group, Washington
(see article)		 Carlyle Realty Partners 5,
Rob Stuckey		 Real estate (None)

$1,500

Just began marketing. 8/4/06
Costella Kirsch, Menlo Park, Calif.
(see article)		 Costella Kirsch 5,
William Kirsch		 Venture debt XE Capital

$200

Just began marketing. 8/4/06
DCM-Doll Capital Management,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 DCM 5,
Dixon Doll		 Venture capital  

$450

Held final close with $500 million. 8/4/06
Duff, Ackerman & Goodrich,
San Francisco		 DAG Ventures 2,
John Duff and Arnold Ackerman		 Venture capital  

$300

Held final close with $320 million. 8/4/06
First Atlantic Capital,
New York		 Atlantic Equity Partners 4,
Roberto Buaron		 Buyout Merrill Lynch

$400

Just began marketing. 8/4/06
Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer,
New York
(see article)		 Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer 2,
Robert Lindsay and Alan Goldberg		 Buyout  

$2,500

Held final close with $3.1 billion. 8/4/06
Lovell Minnick Partners,
Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.		 Lovell Minnick Equity Partners 2,
Jeffrey Lovell and James Minnick		 Buyout: growth capital  

$200

Held final close with $220 million. 8/4/06
MentorTech Ventures,
Philadelphia		 MentorTech Ventures 2005,
Michael Aronson and Boris Kalandar 		Venture capital  

$15

Held first close with $8.5 million. 8/4/06
Oris Capital, New York
(see article)		 Oris Capital Partners 1,
Michael Carus		 Growth capital, buyout  

$250

Just began marketing. 8/4/06
Saw Mill Capital,
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.		 Saw Mill Capital LLC,
Howard Unger		 Buyout  

$250

Just began marketing. 8/4/06
Avista Capital Partners,
New York
(see article)		 Avista Capital Partners 1,
Thompson Dean		 Buyout Merrill Lynch

$1,500

Held first close with $700 million. 7/28/06
American Beacon Advisors,
Fort Worth, Texas		 American Private Equity Partners 2,
William Quinn		 Fund of funds  

$200

Held final close with $145.7 million. 7/28/06
Clayton Associates,
Franklin, Tenn.		 FCA Venture Partners 5,
Stuart McWhorter		 Venture capital  

$50

Just began marketing. 7/28/06
Conduit Capital Partners,
New York		 Latin Power 3,
Scott Swinsen and George Osorio		 Buyout: Latin America, Caribbean Global Private Equity, RGM Financial

$300

Held final close with $393 million. 7/28/06
GI Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Global Innovations Partners Fund 2,
Rick Magnuson		 Buyout Lazard

$1,000

Held final close with $1.45 billion. 7/28/06
Hovde Capital,
Washington		 Financial Services Partners 1
Eric Hovde		 Buyout  

$100

Held final close with $85 million. 7/28/06
MidOcean Partners,
New York		 MidOcean Partners 3,
Ted Virtue		 Buyout  

$1,000

Just began marketing. 7/28/06
RoundTable Healthcare Partners, Lake Forest, Ill. RoundTable Capital Partners 1,
Lester Knight		 Subordinated debt: Healthcare (none)

$150

Held final close with $200 million. 7/28/06
Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle Ventures,
Simon Barnes and David Atkinson		 Venture capital  

$45

Just began marketing. 7/28/06
Virgo Capital,
Oklahoma City, Okla.		 Virgo Capital 1,
Hemanth Parasuram and Guhan Swaminathan		 Buyout: Financial services  

$75

Held second close with $50 million. 7/28/06
Carlyle Group,
Washington		 Carlyle Asia Partners 2,
Greg Zeluck and Xiang Dong Yang		 Buyout  

$1,500

Held final close with $1.8 billion. 7/21/06
Chequers Capital,
Paris		 Chequers Capital 15,
Denis Metzger		 Buyout MVision

€500

Held final close with €600 million. 7/21/06
Glenmede Trust Co.,
Philadelphia		 Glenmede Private Equity Fund 4,
Barry Kohout		 Fund of funds (None)

$100

Just began marketing. 7/21/06
Greenpark Capital,
London		 Greenpark International Investors 3,
Marleen Groen		 Secondary  

$500

Held first close. 7/21/06
Gresham,
London		 Gresham 4,
Alastair Mills		 Buyout  

€300

Held final close with €340 million. 7/21/06
Greylock Partners,
Waltham, Mass.		 Greylock Israel,
Moshe Mor, Erez Ofer and Yoran Snir		 Venture capital: Israeli technology companies  

$150

Held final close with $150 million. 7/21/06
GMT Communications,
London		 GMT Communications 3,
Jeffrey Montgomery		 Buyout MVision

€500

Held first close with €115 million. 7/21/06
MentorTech Ventures,
Philadelphia		 MentorTech Ventures,
Michael Aronson		 Venture capital: technology  

$12

Held first close with $8 million. 7/21/06
Walton Street Capital,
Chicago		 Walton Street Real Estate Fund 5,
Eric Mogentale		 Real Estate (None)

$1,000

Held final close with $1.6 billion. 7/21/06
Abraaj Capital, Dubai and
BMA Capital, Karachi		 Abraaj BMA Pakistan Buyout Fund,
Shirish Saraf		 Buyout: Pakistan  

$300

Held final close with $300 million. 7/14/06
Barrow Street Capital,
New York		 Barrow Street Real Estate Fund 3,
Robert Greenhill		 Real estate  

$350

Held final close with $372 million. 7/14/06
Blackstone Group,
New York		 Blackstone Capital Partners 5,
Tony James and Stephen Schwarzman 		Buyout Park Hill

$13,500

Held final close with $15.6 billion. 7/14/06
Cargill Value Investment,
Minneapolis
(see article)		 Cargill Value Investment Fund,
Jeffery Leu		 Buyout Park Hill

$2,500

Just began marketing. 7/14/06
Carlyle Group,
Washington		 Carlyle Japan Partners 2,
Tamotso Adachi and Kazuhiro Yamada		 Buyout: Japan  

$1,000

Held final close with $1.9 billion. 7/14/06
Centerbridge Partners,
New York
(see article)		 Centerbridge Partners 1,
Mark Gallogly and Jeffrey Aronson		 Buyout, distressed debt Park Hill

$2,500

Held second close with $2.75 billion. 7/14/06
Danske Private Equity,
Copenhagen		 Danske Private Equity Partners 3,
John Danlielsen		 Fund of funds  

$600

Held final close with $600 million. 7/14/06
Growth Capital Partners,
Houston		 Southwest Mezzanine Investments 2,
Drew Sudduth		 Mezzanine (None)

$75

Held final close with $65 million. 7/14/06
New Enterprise Associates,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 New Enterprise Associates 12,
Eugene Trainor		 Venture capital: early and later-stage  

$2,500

Held final close with $2.5 billion. 7/14/06
Siguler Guff & Co.,
New York		 Siguler Guff Distressed Opportunities Fund 2,
George Siguler		 Fund of funds: distressed  

$1,000

Held final close with $1 billion. 7/14/06
Strength Capital Partners,
Detroit		 Strength Capital Partners 2,
Mark McCammon		 Buyout: Midwest middle-market Bentley Securities

$100

Held final close with $140 million. 7/14/06
Ziegler Healthcare Capital,
Shrewsbury, N.J.
(see article)		 Innovative Healthcare Fund 1,
Doug Korey		 Mezzanine: healthcare (None)

$135

Just began marketing. 7/14/06
Water Street Capital Management, Chicago Water Street Capital Partners,
Tim Dugan		 Buyout Credit Suisse

$300

Held final close with $370 million. 7/14/06
Babson Capital Europe,
Boston		 Almack Mezzanine 1,
Ian Hazelton		 Mezzanine: Europe Citigroup, Barclays

€750

Held final close with €800  million. 7/7/06
Cinven,
London		 Cinven 4,
Robin Hall		 Buyout: Europe (None)

€5,000

Held final close with €6.5 billion. 7/7/06
Draper Fisher Jurvetson,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 DFJ Element,
David Lincoln		 Venture capital: Clean technology Lehman Brothers

$150

Held final close with $284 million. 7/7/06
Francisco Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Francisco Partners 2,
David Stanton		 Buyout: Technology Lazard Freres

$2,500

Held final close with $2.3 billion. 7/7/06
Gilde Investment Management,
Utrecht, Netherlands		 Gilde Healthcare Partners,
Pieter van de Meer and Edwin de Graaf		 Venture capital: Heathcare  

$150

Held first close with $107 million. 7/7/06
GTCR Golder Rauner,
Chicago		 GTCR Fund 9,
Craig Bondy		 Buyout  

$2,250

Held first close with $2 billion. 7/7/06
Industrial Opportunity Partners, Chicago Industrial Opportunity Partners 1, Kenneth Tallering Buyout Park Hill Group

$150

Held first close with $70 million. 7/7/06
MBK Partners,
Seoul		 MBK Partners 1,
Michael Kim		 Buyout: Asia Citigroup

$1,000

Held final close with $1.56 billion. 7/7/06
Palamon Capital Partners,
London
(see article)		 Palamon European Equity 2,
Louis Elson and Michael Hoffman		 Buyout: Europe Credit Suisse

€650

Held final close with €670 billion. 7/7/06
Permira Advisors,
London		 Permira 4,
Damon Buffini		 Buyout: U.S., Europe and Japan  

€11,000

Held first close with €10 billion. 7/7/06
PNC Equity Partners,
Pittsburgh		 PNC Equity Partners 2,
David Hillman		 Buyout  

$350

Just began marketing. 7/7/06
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, New York Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe 10,
Anthony de Nicola		 Buyout  

$3,500

Held final close with $3.5 billion. 7/7/06
Windjammer Capital Investors,
Newport Beach, Calif.		 Windjammer Senior Equity Partners 3,
Robert Bartholomew		 Mezzanine  

$500

Just began marketing. 7/7/06
Alchemy Partners,
London
(see article)		 Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund,
Ian Cash		 Distressed debt (None) $250 Just began marketing. 6/30/06
Catterton Partners,
Greenwich, Conn.
(see article)		 Catterton Partners 6,
Michael Chu		 Buyout: Middle market   $1,000 Held final close with $1 billion. 6/30/06
Goldman Sachs Asset Management,
New York
(see article)		 GS Vintage 4,
Charles Baillie and Christopher Kojima		 Secondary   $1,500 Just began marketing. 6/30/06
Haddington Ventures,
Houston		 Haddington Energy Partners 3,
Larry Bickle and Chris Jones		 Venture capital:
Energy		   $250 Held final close with $182 million. 6/30/06
Pequot Ventures,
Westport, Conn.
(see article)		 Pequot 4,
Lawrence Lenihan 		 Venture capital Benedetto Gartland $350 Held first close with over $200 million. 6/30/06
Harvest Partners,
New York		 Harvest Partners 5,
Thomas Arenz		 Buyout   $700 Held first close with $450 million. 6/30/06
Portfolio Advisors,
Darien, Conn.		 Portfolio Advisors Private Equity Fund 4,
Brian Murphy and Bill Indelicato		 Fund of funds Fortress Group $600 Held second close with over $200 million. 6/30/06
Nth Power,
San Francisco		 Nth Power 4,
Nancy Floyd		 Venture capital   $200 Held first close with $70 million. 6/30/06
Thomas McNerney & Partners,
New York
(see article)		 Thomas McNerney & Partners 2,
James Thomas and Peter McNerney		 Venture capital: Healthcare   $300 Just began marketing. 6/30/06
CapMan Group,
Helsinki, Finland		 CapMan Buyout 8,
Tuomo Raasio		 Buyout: Nordic Europe   €375 Held final close with €440 million. 6/23/06
JH Partners,
San Francisco 		JH Partners 2,
John Hansen and Michael John		 Buyout   $350 Held final close with $350 million. 6/23/06
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners,
West Conshohocken, Pa.		 Morgan Stanley Private Markets Fund 3,
Corey Pulfrey		 Fund of funds (None) $1,000 Held final close with $1 billion. 6/23/06
University of Utah,
Salt Lake City
(See article)		 University Venture Fund,
Jared Hutchings		 Venture Capital (None)   Held final close with $18 million. 6/23/06
Valhalla Partners,
Vienna, Va.
(See article)		 Valhalla Partners 2,
Art Marks		 Venture Capital: Early-stage technology   $250 Just began marketing. 6/23/06
Benson Elliot Real Estate Partners,
London		 Benson Elliot European Real Estate Partners,
Marc Mogull		 Real estate   €300 Held first close with €264 million. 6/16/06
Canaan Partners,
Rowayton, Conn.		 Canaan 7,
Seth Rudnick		 Venture capital   $450 Held final close with $450 million. 6/16/06
EQT Partners,
Stockholm
(See article)		 EQT 5,
Conni Jonsson		 Venture capital   $3,000 Just began marketing. 6/16/06
GF Capital,
New York
(See article)		 GF Capital 2006,
Gary Fuhrman		 Buyout: media and entertainment   $250 Just began marketing. 6/16/06
Insight Venture Partners,
New York		 Insight Venture Partners 5,
Lawrence Handen, Jeffrey Horing		 Venture capital   $675 Held final close with $675 million. 6/16/06
Oak Investment Partners,
Westport, Conn.		 Oak Investment Fund 12,
Bandel Carano		 Venture capital   $2,500 Held final close with $2.56 billion. 6/16/06
Rhone Capital,
New York		 Rhone Partners 3,
Robert Agostinelli, Steven Langman		 Buyout   $300 Held final close with $340 million. 6/16/06
Wedbush,
Los Angeles		 Wedbush Capital Partners 1,
Eric Wedbush		 Buyout   $75 Held final close with $120 million. 6/16/06
Century Capital Management,
Boston 		Century Capital Partners 4,
Lanny Thorndike		 Buyout: Insurance, financial services   $250 Held first close with $90 million. 6/9/06
CLSA Capital Partners,
Hong Kong		 Aria Investment Partners 3,
Gary Coull		 Buyout: Pan-Asian   $330 Held final close with $1.5 billion. 6/9/06
Ignition Venture Partners,
Bellevue, Wash.		 Ignition Venture Partners 3,
Robert Headley		 Venture capital   $80 Closed on $80 million add-on to $315 million 2004 vehicle. 6/9/06
J.L. Albright Venture Partners,
Toronto		 J.L. Albright Venture Partners 4,
John Albright		 Venture capital   C$150 Held second close with C$109 million. 6/9/06
New Venture Partners,
Murray Hill, N.J.		 NV Partners 4,
Tony Abrahams		 Venture capital: Technology   $200 Held final close with $275 million. 6/9/06
Opus Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Opus Capital 1,
Gill Cogan		 Venture capital: Technology   $250 Held final close with $280 million. 6/9/06
PTV Sciences,
Houston		 PTV Sciences 2,
Matthew Crawford		 Venture capital: Life sciences   $100 Held final close with $110.4 million. 6/9/06
Venture Investors,
Madison, Wis.		 Venture Investors Early Stage Fund 4,
John Neis		 Venture capital (None) $125 Held first close with $69 million. 6/9/06
Duff Ackerman & Goodrich,
San Francisco		 DAG Ventures 2,
John Duff and Arnold Ackerman		 Venture Capital   $300 Held first close with $187 million. 6/2/06
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures,
Chicago		 Essex Woodlands Health Ventures 7,
Immanuel Thangaraj		 Venture Capital (None) $600 Held final close with $600 million. 6/2/06
Huizenga Capital Management,
Oak Brook, Ill.		 Huizenga Opportunity Partners,
Peter Huizenga		 Buyout: Distressed debt   $300 Just began marketing. 6/2/06
J.F. Lehman & Co.,
New York		 J.F. Lehman Fund 2,
John Lehman and Donald Glickman		 Buyout: Defense   $275 Held second close with $137 million. 6/2/06
Lehman Brothers,
New York		 Lehman/Crossroads Fund 18,
Raymond Schuville		 Fund of funds   $750 Just began marketing. 6/2/06
Pantheon Ventures,
London		 Pantheon USA Fund 7,
Andrew Lebus		 Fund of funds   $2,000 Held first close with $107.9 million. 6/2/06
Pappas Ventures,
Durham, N.C.		 Pappas Ventures 3,
Arthur Pappas		 Venture capital   $100 Held final close with $108 million. 6/2/06
Stafford Timberland, London Stafford Intl. Timberland Fund 3,
Richard Bowley and Jeff Norman		 Fund of funds: International timber   $120 Held final close with $120 million. 6/2/06
TorQuest Partners,
Toronto		 TorQuest Partners 2,
Brent Belzberg		 Buyout   C$500 Held final close with C500 million. 6/2/06
TCW/Crescent Mezzanine, Los Angeles TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners 4,
Jean-Marc Chapus		 Mezzanine Credit Suisse $1,700 Held first close with $1.2 billion. 6/2/06
Vision Capital,
London		 Vision Capital Partners 6,
Julian Mash		 Secondary direct (open ended)   $450 Held final close with $450 million and potential $850 million of add-ons. 6/2/06
Abry Partners,
Boston		 Abry Senior Equity Fund 2,
Peni Garber		 Mezzanine: Media and communications   $650 Held final close with $650 million. 5/26/06
ABS Ventures,
Waltham, Mass.		 ABS Ventures 9,
Bill Burgess		 Venture capital: Direct and secondary (None) $100 Held final close with $112.7 million. 5/26/06
Clairvest Group,
Toronto		 Clairvest Equity Partners 3,
Ken Rotman		 Buyout   C$300 Held second close with C$245 million. 5/26/06
Escalate Capital Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Escalate Capital Partners,
Ross Cockrell, Jim Ellison and Tony Schell		 Venture capital   $200 Held final close with $194 million. 5/26/06
Madison Dearborn Partners,
Chicago		 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners 5,
Paul Finnegan and Samuel Mencoff		 Buyout (None) $5,000 Held final close with $6.5 billion. 5/26/06
OVP Venture Partners,
Kirkland, Wash.		 OVP 7,
Gerard Langeler		 Venture capital   $200 Held first close with $207 million. 5/26/06
Sequoia Capital
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Sequoia Capital Growth Fund 3,
Sameer Gandhi		 Venture capital: Late stage   $525 Held final close with $861 million. 5/26/06
Blackstone Group,
New York		 Blackstone Mezzanine Partners 2,
Howard Gellis and Salvatore Gentile		 Mezzanine Park Hill Group $1,000 Held final close with $1.06 billion. 5/19/06
Carlyle Group,
Washington		 Carlyle Mezzanine Fund,
David Goldstein		 Mezzanine   $400 Held final close with $436 million. 5/19/06
Guggenheim Partners,
New York		 Guggenheim Aviation Partners 2 Buyout: Aerospace Guggenheim Partners $500 Just began marketing. 5/19/06
KPP Principal Partners,
Cleveland		 KPP Investors 3,
John Sinnenberg, Timothy Fay and Leland Lewis		 Buyout and mezzanine   $500 Held first close with $435 million. 5/19/06
Parallel Investment Partners, Dallas Parallel 2005 Equity Fund,
F. Barron Fletcher		 Buyout: Lower middle market   $225 Held final close with $231 million. 5/19/06
Riverside Partners,
Boston		 Riverside Partners 3,
David Belluck and Brian Guthrie		 Buyout: Healthcare and technology Probitas Partners $175 Held final close at $225 million cap. 5/19/06
Thomas H Lee Partners,
Boston		 Thomas H. Lee Equity Partners 6,
Anthony DiNovi, Scott Schoen and Scott Sperling		 Buyout Merrill Lynch $9,000 Held first close with $4 billion. 5/19/06
Great Point Partners,
Greenwich, Conn.		 (Undisclosed),
Jeffrey Jay and David Kroin		 Buyout: Late-stage healthcare   $150 Held first close with $100 million. 5/12/06
Halifax Group,
Washington		 Halifax Capital Partners 2,
David Dupree		 Buyout: Small companies Cue Capital $300 Held final close with $305 million. 5/12/06
Milestone Venture Partners,
New York		 Milestone Venture Partners 2,
Richard Dumler		 Venture Capital: Technology   $75 Held first close with $28.5 million. 5/12/06
Millennium Technology Value Partners, New York Millennium Technology Venture Partners,
Samuel Schwerin		 Venture capital and secondary direct   $100 Held final close with $130 million. 5/12/06
Newlin Partners,
Princeton, N.J.		 Newlin Partners 1,
Robert Honstein		 Fund of funds: Energy Northbridge Capital $160 Held final close with $160 million. 5/12/06
Partners Group,
Zug, Switzerland		 Partners Group European Mezzanine 2005, Sandra Pajarola Mezzanine: Europe   ? Held final close with €265 million. 5/12/06
Phenomenelle Angels,
Madison, Wis.		 Phenomenelle Angels 1,
Lauren Flanagan		 Buyout: Women- and minority-owned companies in Midwest.   $10 Held first close with $2.3 million. 5/12/06
Waterland Private Equity, Bussum, Netherlands Waterland Private Equity 3,
Robert Thielen		 Buyout: Western Europe MVision ? Held final close with €400 million. 5/12/06
Alterra Private Equity Group,
Oakville, Canada		 Alterra U.S. Venture Capital Fund,
Jit Mistry		 Venture capital: U.S.   $50 Just began marketing. 5/5/06
Avenue Asia Capital Group,
New York		 Avenue Asia Special Situations Fund 4,
Malcolm Robinson		 Distressed debt: Asia   $2,500 Held first close with $700 million. 5/5/06
Oak Investment Partners,
Westport, Conn.		 Oak Investment Partners 12,
Bandel Carano 		Venture capital and growth equity   $2,000 Held final close with $2.5 billion. 5/5/06
OrbiMed Advisors,
New York		 Caduceus Private Investments 3,
Jonathan Silverstein		 Venture capital: Healthcare services   $400 Held final close with $500 million. 5/5/06
Parish Capital Partners,
Chapel Hill, N.C.		 Parish Capital Europe 1,
David Jeffrey		 Fund of funds: Europe   €300 Just began marketing. 5/5/06
Pinetree Equity, Miami Pinetree Equity 1,
Robert Koehn		 Buyout: Lower middle market     Just began marketing. 5/5/06
Private Equity Investors,
New York		 Private Equity Investment Fund 4,
Chuck Stetson and David Parshall		 Secondary Stanwich Advisors $150 Held final close with $170 million. 5/5/06
Rossrock,
New York		 Rossrock Fund 2,
James Ross and Alan Leavitt		 Real estate: Distressed debt   $125 Held first close with $85 million. 5/5/06
SJF Ventures,
Durham, N.C.		 SJF Venture 2,
David Griest		 Venture capital   $40 Held second close with $15.3 million. 5/5/06
Spur Capital Partners,
Bartlesville, Okla.		 Spur Ventures 2,
Paul Fetsch and Paul Gompers		 Fund of funds: Early stage venture funds   $200 Held final close with $201 million. 5/5/06
Veronis Suhler Stevenson,
New York		 VSS Communication Partners 4,
John Veronis, John Suhler and Jeffrey Stevenson		 Buyouts: Media and communications   $1,250 Held final close with $1.3 billion. 5/5/06
Bunker Hill Capital,
Boston		 Bunker Hill Partners 1,
Mark DeBlois		 Buyout Citigroup $350 Held final close with $125 million. 4/28/06
Crocker Partners, Boca Raton, Fla. Crocker Partners 4,
Thomas Crocker		 Real estate Atlantic-Pacific Capital $400 Just began marketing. 4/28/06
Credit Suisse Private Equity,
New York		 DLJ Merchant Banking Partners 4,
Steven Rattner		 Buyout   $1,750 Just began marketing. 4/28/06
Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong Deutsche Bank Private Equity Asia Select Fund 2, Nam Nguyen Fund of funds (None) $200 Just began marketing. 4/28/06
Ithmar Capital,
Dubai		 Ithmar Fund 2,
Faisal Belhoul and Khaldoun Haj Hasan		 Buyout: Gulf states   $250 Just began marketing. 4/28/06
Longreach Group,
Hong Kong		 Longreach Fund,
Mark Chiba		 Buyout: Japan Denning & Co. $500 Held final close with $750 million. 4/28/06
Opus Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Opus Capital,
Gill Cogan		 Venture capital: technology   $300 Just began marketing. 4/28/06
Partners Group, Zug, Switzerland Partners Group Asia-Pacific 2005,
Urs Wietlisbach		 Fund of funds: Asia (None) $300 Held final close with $375 million. 4/28/06
SVG Capital,
London		 Schroder Private Equity Fund of Funds 3,
Solomon Owayda		 Buyout (None) €300 Held final close with €422 million. 4/28/06
Tricor Pacific Capital,
Vancouver		 Tricor Pacific Capital 4,
David Rowntree and Trevor Johnstone		 Buyout Lazard Freres $385 Just began marketing. 4/28/06
Altos Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Altos Ventures 3 Venture capital: Early stage Thomas Capital Group $75 Held final close with $68.9 million. 4/21/06
Chrysalis Ventures,
Louisville, Ky		 Chrysalis Ventures 4 Venture capital   $150 Just began marketing. 4/21/06
Focus Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.		 Focus Ventures 3,
George Bischof		 Venture capital MVision $200 Held final close with $225 million. 4/21/06
Intermediate Capital Group, London ICG Asia Pacific,
Piers Millar		 Mezzanine: Asia-Pacific   $400 Held final close with $500 million. 4/21/06
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Beverly Hills Leichtman Capital Partners Deep Value Fund, Arthur Levine Distressed debt   $500 Held first close with $300 million. 4/21/06
Lexington Partners,
New York		 Lexington Capital Partners 6,
Brent Nicklas		 Secondary   $3,000 Hiked target to $3 billion from $2.5 billion. 4/21/06
Madrona Venture Group,
Seattle		 Madrona Venture Fund 3,
Tom Alberg and Paul Goodrich		 Venture capital: Pacific Northwest   $150 Held final close with $167 million. 4/21/06
Norwest Venture Partners,
Palo Alto, Calif.		 Norwest Venture Partners 10,
Promod Haque and George Still		 Venture capital: U.S., India and Israel     Held final close with $650 million. 4/21/06
Palladium Equity Partners,
New York		 Palladium Equity Partners 3,
Marcos Rodriguez		 Buyout: Hispanic-owned and -targeted companies   $500 Held final close with $520 million. 4/21/06
Texas Pacific Group,
Fort Worth, Texas		 TPG Partners 5,
David Bonderman and Jim Coulter		 Buyout     Held first close with $13 billion. 4/21/06
Siguler Guff & Co.,
New York		 Siguler Guff BRIC Opportunities Fund,
Patricia Dineen		 Fund of funds   $500 Held final close with $600 million. 4/21/06
Thompson Street Capital Partners,
St. Louis		 Thompson Street Capital Partners 2, James Cooper and Peter Finley Buyout Monument Group $250 Just began marketing. 4/21/06
AnaCap Financial Partners, London AnaCap Financial Partners,
Joe Giannamore		 Buyout: European financial services Credit Suisse €250 Held final close with €300 million. 4/14/06
Euromezzanine,
Paris		 Euromezzanine 5,
Louis Vaillant		 Mezzanine: Western Europe   €600 Held final close with €600 million. 4/14/06
GSC Partners,
Florham Park, N.J.		 GSC European Mezzanine Fund 2,
Richard Hayden and Christine Vanden		 Mezzanine: Europe (None) €1,000 Held final close with €1 billion. 4/14/06
Greenhill & Co.,
New York		 Greenhill SAVP,
Steve Brotman and Brian Hirsch		 Venture Capital: Early stage   $80 Held a first close with $80 million. 4/14/06
IDFC Private Equity, Mumbai IDFC Private Equity Fund 2,
Luis Miranda		 Buyout: Indian infrastructure   $430 Held final close with $430 million. 4/14/06
Paul Capital,
San Francisco		 Paul Capital Partners 9,
David H. de Weese		 Secondary   $1,000 Just started fund raising. 4/14/06
Priveq Investment, Stockholm Priveq Investment 3,
Mikael Selin and Henrik Westfeldt		 Buyout and venture capital: Sweden   $150 Held final close on target. 4/14/06
Tailwind Capital, New York Tailwind Capital Partners 1
Lawrence Sorrel, Douglas Karp and Frank Sica		 Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $750 About to start fund raising. 4/14/06
Vintage Venture Partners, Herzilya Pituach, Israel Vintage Venture Fund 2,
Alan Feld		 Secondary fund of funds: Israeli technology (None) $75 Held final close with $75 million. 4/14/06
ArcLight Capital Partners, Boston ArcLight Energy Partners Fund 3,
Robb Turner		 Buyout: Energy (None) $2,000 Held a final close with $2.1 billion. 4/7/06
Arlington Capital Partners, Washington Arlington Capital Partners 2,
Jeffrey Freed and Robert Knibb		 Buyout: Middle market UBS $500 Held final close with $575 million. 4/7/06
Black Diamond Capital Management,
Lake Forest, Ill.		 BDCM Opportunity Fund 2,
Jim Zenni		 Distressed debt C.P. Eaton & Associates $1,000 Held final close at $1 billion. 4/7/06
Blue Point Capital Partners, Cleveland Blue Point Capital Partners 2,
David Given and John Kirby		 Buyout: Middle market Fortress Group,
Probitas Partners		 $500 Held first close with $200 million. 4/7/06
Brentwood Associates,
Los Angeles		 Brentwood Associates Private Equity 4 Buyout   $500 Just began marketing. 4/7/06
CDH China Fund, Beijing China Growth Capital Fund 2 Venture Capital: China, early-stage   $310 Expects final close in next several weeks. 4/7/06
Clearview Capital,
Old Greenwich, Conn.		 Clearview Capital Equity Fund 3 Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $300 Just began marketing. 4/7/06
Halifax Group, Washington Halifax Capital Partners 2,
David Dupree		 Buyout: Lower middle market Cue Capital $300 Just began marketing. 4/7/06
KSL Capital Partners,
La Quinta, Calif.		 KSL Capital Partners 2,
Michael Shannon and Eric Resnick		 Buyout/Real Estate: Travel and hospitality Probitas Partners $750 Held close at $850 million. 4/7/06
Riverside Partners,
Boston		 Riverside Fund 3,
David Belluck and Philip Borden		 Buyout: Healthcare and technology Probitas Partners $175 Reached $210 million and set to close at hard cap of $225 million. 4/7/06
Court Square Ventures, Charlottesville, Va. Court Square Capital Partners 2, James Murray Jr. and Randy Castelman Venture capital   $100 Held final close with $118 million. 3/31/06
Foundation Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Foundation Capital Fund 5 Venture capital: information technology   $525 Held final close with $525 million. 3/31/06
Future Capital Holdings, Mumbai Indivision Indian Partners,
Sameer Sain		 Buyout: retail   $400 Preparing to hold a first close with $200 million. 3/31/06
J.C. Flowers & Co., New York JC Flowers 2 LP,
J. Christopher Flowers		 Buyout: financial services Credit Suisse $3,500 Recently began courting investors. 3/31/06
LNK Partners,
White Plains, N.Y.		 LNK Partners LP,
Jeff Perlman and Chris Frigon		 Buyout: consumer, retail   $275 Held final close with $400 million. 3/31/06
Seaflower Ventures,
Waltham, Mass.		 Seaflower Health Venture 4,
Jim Sherblom		 Venture capital: early stage life science Source Capital $150 Just began marketing. 3/31/06
TA Associates,
Boston		 TA 10,
Brian Conway		 Buyout: U.S. and Europe   $3,500 Held final close on target with $3.5 billion. 3/31/06
TA Associates,
Boston		 TA Subordinated Debt Fund 2,
Brian Conway		 Mezzanine debt   $775 Held final close with $777.5 million. 3/31/06
VMG Equity Partners, San Francisco VMG Equity Partners LP,
Scott Elaine Case and Michael Mauze		 Buyout Park Hill Group $300 Rounding up commitments for debut fund. 3/31/06
Devon Park Bioventures,
Wayne, Pa.		 Devon Park Bioventures,
Christopher Moller		 Venture capital: life science and biotechnology Mallory Capital $200 Held first close with $55 million. 3/24/06
Newport Global Advisors,
Houston		 Newport Global Opportunities Fund,
Tim Janszen and Tom Reeg		 Buyout: distressed debt   $750 Just began marketing. 3/24/06
Nordic Capital,
Stockholm		 Nordic Capital Fund 6,
Robert Andreen and Morgan Olsson		 Buyout: Europe (None) €1,700 Held final close with 1.9 billion Euros. 3/24/06
Okapi Ventures,
Laguna Beach, Calif.		 Okapi Ventures 1,
Marc Averitt		 Venture capital: life science and information technology (None) $40 Held $25.5 million first close, with final close slated for September. 3/24/06
Permira Advisors,
London		 Permira 4,
Damon Buffini		 Buyout: mainly Europe   $1,300 Just began marketing. 3/24/06
Sowood Capital Management, Boston Sowood Commodity Partners Fund 4,
Stuart Porter		 Buyout: commodities (None)   Held final close with $1.2 billion. 3/24/06
Alfa Capital Partners
Moscow		 Alfa Private Equity Partners,
Bernard Sucher		 Buyout: Eastern Europe (None) $250 Held first close with $105 million. 3/17/06
China Renaissance Capital Investment, Beijing China Harvest Fund,
Mark Qiu		 Buyout: China   $500 Marketing to U.S. investors, with $200 million coming from Credit Suisse co-sponsorship. 3/17/06
Equity International,
Chicago		 EI Fund 2,
Gary Garrabrant		 Real estate private equity (None) $308 Held final close with $50 million from management and co-founder Sam Zell. 3/17/06
Kleiner Perkins,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 12,
Brook Byers and John Doerr		 Venture capital: Early stage (None) $600 Held final close. 3/17/06
MBK Partners, Seoul MBK Partners 1,
Michael Kim		 Buyout: Korea, Japan and China Citigroup $1,000 Already over target and set to close at $1.3 billion cap. 3/17/06
MidPoint, Indianapolis MidPoint Food & Ag Fund,
Ron Meeusen		 Venture capital: food and agriculture (None) $40 Just started marketing. 3/17/06
Nova Capital Partners
New York		 New Bridge Venture Partners,
Paul Dixon		 Venture capital: South Africa (None) $100 Re-launched marketing effort after nine-month hiatus. 3/17/06
Blue Point Capital Partners, Cleveland Blue Point Capital Partners 2, David Given Buyout Probitas Partners, Fortress Group $500 About to hold a first close with $100 million to $200 million. 3/10/06
Global Crown Capital, San Francisco First Nanotechnology Fund,
Rani Jarkas		 Venture capital and hedge fund (None) $150 Has so far raised $100 million. 3/10/06
Black Diamond Capital, Lake Forest, Ill. BDCM Opportunity Fund 2,
James Zenni		 Distressed debt C.P. Eaton & Assoc. $1,000 Final close imminent, with at least $1 billion lined up. 3/10/06
Greycroft Partners, New York Greycroft Partners,
Alan Patricof		 Venture capital: media and entertainment (None) $50 Held final close for debut fund of firm started by Apax Partners co-founder Patricof. 3/10/06
Marwit Capital Marwit Capital Partners 2,
Chris Britt and Matthew Witte		 Buyout Far Hills Group $175 Held first close with $35 million. 3/10/06
Sun Capital Partners, Boca Raton, Fla. Sun Capital Securities Fund 2,
Rodger Krouse and Marc Leder		 Mezzanine (None) $700 Held final close with $935 million. 3/10/06
TowerBrook Capital Partners, New York TowerBrook Investors 2,
Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou		 Buyout and distressed debt.   $1,250 Held final close with $1.3 billion. 3/10/06
Carousel Capital Partners, Charlotte Carousel Capital 3,
Brian Bailey and Nelson Schwab		 Buyout   $300 Recently started marketing. 3/3/06
Palamon Capital Partners, London Palamon European Equity 2,
Louis Elson and Michael Hoffman		 Buyout: European Credit Suisse €650 Planning a final close by June. 3/3/06
Polaris Venture Partners, Waltham, Ma. Polaris Venture Partners 5,
Alan Spoon		 Venture capital: multi-stage   $1,000 Held final close last month with $915 million. 3/3/06
Madrona Venture Group, Seattle Madrona Venture Fund 3,
Tom Alberg		 Venture capital: early stage   $200 Held final close, raising $150 million. 2/24/06
InnoCal Venture Capital,
Costa Mesa, Calif.		 InnoCal Venture Capital 3,
Harry Lambert, Jay Houlihan
and Dan Bassett		 Venture capital: early stage IT (None) $150 Recently started marketing. 2/24/06
Texas Pacific Group,
Fort Worth, Texas		 TPG Partners 5,
David Bonderman and James Coulter		 Buyout (None) $10,000 Set to close in March with $12 billion to $13 billion. 2/24/06
VantagePoint Venture Partners, San Bruno, Calif. VantagePoint Venture Partners 5,
Jim Marver and Alan Salzman		 Venture capital (None) $1,250 Lowered target from $1.5 billion after holding a first close in December with $500 million. Must wrap up marketing in June. 2/24/06
Court Square Capital Partners, New York Court Square Capital Partners 2,
William T. Comfort and David Thomas		 Buyout UBS $5,000 Second fund from the U.S. arm of Citigroup Venture Capital, which spun off after launching debut vehicle in 2001. 2/24/06
M/C Venture Partners, Boston M/C Venture Partners 6,
James Wade		 Venture capital: Telecom and IT   $450.0 Now marketing. Successor to vintage 2000 fund has an initial commitment from MassPRIM. 2/17/06
Redpoint Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.		 Redpoint Ventures 3 Venture capital: Early-stage technology (None) $400.0 Recently closed with $400 million from only LPs in previous funds. 2/17/06
EdgeStone Capital, Toronto EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund 3,
Samuel Duboc		 Buyout : Middle-market firms in U.S. and Canada Merrill Lynch $519.0 Still marketing after holding $440 million first close a few weeks ago. 2/17/06
OCA Ventures,
Chicago		 OCA Ventures 2,
Jim Dugan		 Venture capital:
Early-stage technology and Internet		 (None) $100.0 Started marketing late last year, with plans to wrap up the effort by the end of this year. 2/17/06
Lexington Partners, New York Lexington Capital Partners 6,
Brent Nicklas		 Secondary (None) $3,000.0 Final close expected next month, exceeding initial $2.5 billion target. 2/17/06
Quintana Capital, Houston Quintana Capital Fund,
Warren Hawkins		 Buyout: Energy Lehman Brothers $250.0 Will start raising capital soon. 2/17/06