Fund-Raising Action 2008

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2008 Activity

Manager Fund, Key Executive Type: Focus Placement Agent

Target
Amount
(Mil.)

Action

Private
Equity
Insider
Issue

Accel Partners,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Accel Growth Fund,
Jim Breyer
Growth equity: technology     Held final close with $480 million. 12/17/08
Accel Partners,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Accel London 3,
Bruce Golden and Kevin Comoli
Venture capital: Europe and Israel technology     Held final close with $525 million. 12/17/08
Babson Capital Management,
Boston
Tower Square Capital Partners 3,
Mike Hermsen
Buyout and mezzanine finance   $1,500 Held final close with $1.58 billion. 12/17/08
Bain Capital Ventures,
Boston
Bain Capital Venture Partners 2008,
Michael Krupka
Venture capital   $500 Just began marketing. 12/17/08
ECI Partners,
London
ECI 9,
Steve Tudge
Buyout: U.K.   £400 Held final close with £430 million. 12/17/08
GSR Ventures,
Beijing
GSR Ventures 3,
Kevin Fong and Sonny Wu
Venture capital: China     Held interim close with $365 million. 12/17/08
HSBC Private Equity (Asia),
Hong Kong
(See article)
HSBC Private Equity (Asia) 6,
Greg Raffini
Buyout: Asia Guggenheim Partners $1,250 Held final close with $1.47 billion. 12/17/08
Jacob Ballas Capital,
New Delhi, India
Jacob Ballas India Fund 3,
Rajan Jetley
Growth capital: India Guggenheim Partners $250 Held final close with $440 million. 12/17/08
Softbank China Venture Capital,
Shanghai
Softbank China Venture Capital 3,
Chauncey Shey
Venture capital: China   2,000 yuan Held close with 1.6 billion yuan. 12/17/08
CCMP Capital Asia,
Hong Kong
Asia Opportunity Fund 3,
Andrew Liu
Buyout: Asia   $2,500 Held final close with $1.2 billion. 12/10/08
Huntsman Gay Capital Partners,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Huntsman Gay Capital Partners 1,
Bob Gay and Jon Huntsman
Buyout   $1,000 Held interim close with $1.25 billion. 12/10/08
Mayfield Fund,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Mayfield India 1,
Navin Chaddha
Growth equity: India   $150 Held final close with $110 million. 12/10/08
Pequot Capital,
Westport, Conn.
Pequot Special Opportunities Fund 3 Distressed debt     Held final close with $453 million. 12/10/08
Sofinnova Partners,
Paris
Sofinnova Capital 6,
Denis Lucquin and Jean-Bernard Schmidt
Venture capital     Held final close with €260 million. 12/10/08
Wayzata Investment Partners,
Wayzata, Minn.
Wayzata Opportunities Fund 2,
Patrick Halloran
Distressed debt Park Hill $2,500 Held final close with $3.4 billion. 12/10/08
Actis Capital,
London
Actis Emerging Markets 3,
Paul Fletcher
Buyout: emerging markets   $2,500 Held final close with $2.9 billion. 12/03/08
Carlyle Group,
Washington
Carlyle Partners 5,
David Rubenstein
Buyout   $15,000 Held third close with $14 billion. 12/03/08
Crown Capital,
Regina, Canada
Crown Capital Financing,
Christopher Johnson
Distressed debt and buyout     Held final close with C$250 million. 12/03/08
Hastings Equity,
Waltham, Mass.
Hastings Equity Partners 2,
Bruce MacRae and Ted Patton
Buyout: distribution and manufacturing   $100 Held first close with $56 million. 12/03/08
Oak Hill Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Oak Hill Capital Partners 3,
Taylor Crandall and Mark Wolfson
Buyout   $4,500 Held third close with $3.5 billion. 12/03/08
Oaktree Capital,
Los Angeles
OCM European Principal Opportunities Fund 2,
Steve Kaplan
Distressed debt: Europe   €1,250 Held final close with €1.6 billion. 12/03/08
Quintana Capital,
Houston
Quintana Capital 2,
Corbin Robertson Jr.
Buyout: energy   $650 Held first close with $260 million. 12/03/08
American Beacon Advisors,
Fort Worth, Texas
American Private Equity Partners 3,
William Quinn
Fund of funds Foreside Fund Services $250 Just began marketing. 11/19/08
EQT Partners,
Stockholm
EQT Infrastructure,
Lennart Blecher
Infrastructure assets MVision $1,000 Held final close with $1.2 billion. 11/19/08
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,
New York
(See article)
KKR Fund 2009,
Henry Kravis and Brian Carroll
Buyout     Just began marketing. 11/19/08
Morgenthaler Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Morgenthaler Ventures 9,
Robin Bellas
Venture capital: healthcare and technology   $400 Held final close with just over $400 million. 11/19/08
Starfish Ventures,
Melbourne, Australia
Starfish Technology Fund 2,
Michael Panaccio
Venture capital     Held final close with A$185 million. 11/19/08
Transportation Resource Partners,
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Transportation Resource Management 3,
Roger Penske
Buyout   $325 Held interim close with $234 million. 11/19/08
Abris Capital Partners,
Warsaw
Abris CEE Mid-Market Fund,
Neil Milne and George Swirski
Buyout: Central and Eastern Europe Travers Smith €300 Held final close with €320 million. 11/12/08
Alinda Capital Partners,
New York
Alinda Infrastructure Fund 2,
Christopher Beale
Infrastructure Citigroup,

PTP Securities

$3,000 Held interim close with $1.6 billion. 11/12/08
Atlas Venture,
Waltham, Mass.
Atlas Venture 8,
Gerard Montanus and Christopher Spray
Venture capital   $500 Just began marketing. 11/12/08
Edgewater Growth Capital,
Chicago
Edgewater Growth Capital Partners 3,
Jim Gordon
Growth equity   $750 Just began marketing. 11/12/08
Herkules Capital,
Lysaker, Norway
Herkules 3,
Gert Munthe
Buyout: Scandinavia     Held final close with about €700 million. 11/12/08
Lindsay Goldberg,
New York
Lindsay Goldberg 3,
Robert Lindsay and Alan Goldberg
Buyout Park Hill,

Credit Suisse

$4,000 Held final close with $4.5 billion. 11/12/08
New Silk Route Private Equity,
Westport, Conn.
New Silk Route PE Asia Fund,
Gupta McKinsey
Buyout: India   $1,500 Held interim close with $1.3 billion. 11/12/08
Onset Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Onset 6,
Terry Opdendyk
Venture capital   $250 Held interim close with $182 million. 11/12/08
Radius Ventures,
New York
Radius Venture Partners 3,
Jordan Davis and Daniel Lubin
Venture capital: life science     Held final close with $104 million. 11/12/08
TowerBrook Capital,
New York
(See article)
TowerBrook Investors 3,
Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou
Buyout   $2,500 Held final close with $2.8 billion. 11/12/08
WestView Capital,
Boston
(See article)
WestView Capital Partners 2,
Carlo von Schroeter
Buyout Probitas Partners $300 Held first close with $200 million. 11/12/08
Asia Alternatives,
Hong Kong
(See article)
Asia Alternatives Capital Partners 2,
Melissa Ma
Fund of funds: Asia C.P. Eaton $850 Held final close with $950 million. 11/05/08
Bridgepoint Capital,
London
Bridgepoint Europe 4,
William Jackson
Buyout: Europe   €4,000 Held final close with €4.8 billion. 11/05/08
Brynwood Partners,
Greenwich, Conn.
Brynwood Partners 6,
Hendrik Hartong
Buyout   $400 Held close with $120 million. 11/05/08
Carlyle Group,
Washington
Carlyle Europe Technology Partners 2,
David Fitzgerald
Buyout: Europe technology     Held final close with €530 million. 11/05/08
Fairhaven Capital,
Cambridge, Mass.
Fairhaven Capital Partners,
Paul Ciriello
Venture capital: technology   $200 Held final close with $250 million. 11/05/08
First Reserve,
Greenwich, Conn.
First Reserve Fund 12,
William McCaulay
Buyout: energy infrastructure   $12,000 Held interim close with $8 billion. 11/05/08
Fort Washington Capital,
Cincinnati
Fort Washington Private Equity Investors 6,
Stephen Baker and Christopher Baucom
Fund of funds (None) $250 Held interim close with $162 million. 11/05/08
GenNx360 Capital,
New York
GenNx360 Capital Partners 1,
Ronald Blaylock, Arthur Harper and James Shepard
Buyout   $600 Reopened to allow new pledge after $500 million final close. Now closed again. 11/05/08
Hellman & Friedman,
San Francisco
Hellman & Friedman 7,
F. Warren Hellman and Brian Powers
Buyout   $10,000 Just began marketing. 11/05/08
Lincolnshire Management,
New York
Lincolnshire Equity Fund 4,
T.J. Maloney
Buyout UBS $600 Held interim close with $835 million. 11/05/08
Tenaska Capital,
Omaha, Neb.
Tenaska Power Fund 2,
Paul Smith
Energy Greenhill & Co. $2,000 Held final close with $2.4 billion. 11/05/08
UBS Global Asset Management,
New York
UBS International Infrastructure Fund,
John Fraser
Infrastructure assets: OECD countries UBS $1,000 Held final close with $1.5 billion. 11/05/08
WP Global Partners,
Chicago
Core Alpha Fund 2,
Don Phillips
Fund of funds   $400 Held final close with $354 million. 11/05/08
Vista Equity Partners,
San Francisco
Vista Equity Partners Fund 3,
Robert Smith
Buyout: software   $1,300 Held final close with $1.3 billion.  
Angler Capital,
New York
Angler Fund 1,
Josh Collins, Susan Goldman and David Willmott
Buyout   $300 Just began marketing. 10/29/08
Arx Equity Partners,
Prague
Arx 3,
Jacek Korpala and Brian Waldrop
Buyout: Central and Eastern Europe   €125 Held first close with €83 million. 10/29/08
Baird Capital Partners, Chicago Baird Capital Partners 5,
Gordon Pan
Buyout   $400 Just began marketing. 10/29/08
Belvedere Capital,
San Francisco
Belvedere Capital Fund 3,
Richard Decker Jr.
Buyout: financial services   $500 Just began marketing. 10/29/08
CVC Cordatus,
London
Cordatus Recovery Partners 1,
Jonathan Bowers
CLO/CDO/senior loans: Europe     Held final close with €480 million. 10/29/08
Easton Capital,
New York
Easton Capital Partners 2, John Friedman Venture capital   $200 Just began marketing. 10/29/08
Fortress Investment,
New York
Fortress Credit Opportunities Fund Distressed debt   $2,000 Held final close with $3 billion. 10/29/08
Fulham & Co.,
Wellesley, Mass.
Fulham Investors 3,

John and Tim Fulham

Buyout   $250 Just began marketing. 10/29/08
Jefferies Capital Partners, New York Jefferies Capital Partners 5,
Brian Friedman
Buyout   $1,000 Just began marketing. JS 10/29/08
KRG Capital,
Denver
(See article)
KRG Mezzanine Fund 1,
Mark King, Bruce Rogers and Charles Gwirtsman
Mezzanine debt   $300 Just began marketing. 10/29/08
MSouth Equity,
Atlanta
(See article)
MSouth Equity Partners, Garrison Kitchen, Michael Long, Bart McLean, Mark Feidler Buyout: lower mid-market Knight Capital $300 Held close with $300 million. 10/29/08
Stone Arch Capital, Minneapolis Stone Arch Capital 2,
Peter Grant, Charles Lannin and Clayton Miller
Buyout: Midwest middle market   $200 Held close with $170 million. 10/29/08
Tsing Capital,
Beijing
(See article)
China Environment Fund 3,
Don Ye, Patrick Tam, Austin Jieh, Shelby Chen
Venture capital: China clean technology   $250 To hold final close. 10/29/08
Yaletown Venture Partners,
Vancouver
Yaletown Ventures 2, Steve Hnatiuk, Hans Knapp, Mike Satterfield and Kirk Washington Venture capital: clean and other technology   $100 Held first close with $65 million. 10/29/08
Altos Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Altos Ventures 4,
Brendon Kim, Han Kim, Ho Nam and Anthony Lee
Venture capital: technology   $100 Held close with $84.75 million. 10/22/08
Avenue Capital,
New York
Avenue Europe Special Situations Fund,
Richard Furst
Distressed debt: Europe   €1,500 Held close with €720 million. 10/22/08
Biofuels Capital,
San Francisco
Biofuels Capital Partners,
Robert Johnson
Venture capital: renewable fuel   $250 Canceled fund raising. 10/22/08
Carlyle Group,
Washington
Carlyle Asia Growth Partners 4,
Wayne Wen-Tsui Tsou
Buyout, growth equity: Asia   $1,000 Just began marketing. 10/22/08
Jefferies Capital,
New York
Jefferies Capital Partners 5,
Brian Friedman
Buyout   $800 Just began marketing. 10/22/08
Openview Venture,
Boston
Openview Venture Partners 2,
Scott Maxwell
Venture capital: software and technology   $125 Held close with $118 million. 10/22/08
Private Equity Investors,
New York
(See article)
Private Equity Investors Fund 5,
Gunnar Fremuth
Secondary Stanwich Advisors $250 Just began marketing. 10/22/08
River Cities Capital Funds,
Cincinnati
River Cities Capital Fund 4,
Glen Mayfield and Ted Robinson
Venture capital: expansion-stage   $150 Held final close with $120 million. 10/22/08
Riverwood Capital,
San Francisco
Riverwood Capital 1,
Michael Marks
Venture capital: expansion-stage technology Park Hill $1,250 Just began marketing. 10/22/08
Robeco Private Equity,
Rotterdam
Robeco Responsible Private Equity 2,
Sander van Eijkern
Fund of funds: socially responsible investment   €250 Just began marketing. 10/22/08
Vicente Capital,
Los Angeles
Vicente Capital Growth Equity Fund,
Jay Ferguson
Growth equity, late-stage venture capital   $200 Held final close with $150 million. 10/22/08
Charterhouse Capital Partners,
London
(See article)
Charterhouse Capital Partners 9,
Gordon Bonnyman
Buyout: Europe   €6,000 Held first close with €3.6 billion. 10/15/08
Goldman Sachs,
New York
GS Loan Partners 1,
Thomas Connolly
Buyout: senior debt     Held final close with $10.5 billion. 10/15/08
H&Q Capital, Boston
(See article)
Promere Fund,
Daniel Omstead
Venture capital: late-stage healthcare NelCap Advisers $150 Just began marketing. 10/15/08
HealthpointCapital,
New York
HealthpointCapital Partners 3,
John Foster and Mortimer Berkowitz 3d
Buyout: healthcare   $700 Held close with $412 million. 10/15/08
Jerusalem Venture Partners, Jerusalem JVP Media 5,
Erel Margalit
Venture capital: media, technology   $150 Held first close with $100 million. 10/15/08
Parish Capital Partners,
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Parish Capital 3, James Mason,
Wendell McCain and Charles Merritt
Fund of funds   $700 Just began marketing. 10/15/08
Parish Capital Partners,
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Parish Capital Europe 2,
David Jeffrey
Fund of funds: Europe   €350 Just began marketing. 10/15/08
Quantum Energy Partners,
Houston
Quantum Energy Partners 5,
Toby Neugubauer and Will VanLoh
Buyout: energy Champlain Advisors $2,750 Held close with $2 billion. 10/15/08
RLJ Equity Partners,
Bethesda, Md.
RLJ Equity Partners,
Robert Johnson
Buyout   $300 Held close with about $225 million. 10/15/08
Wilshire Associates,
Santa Monica, Calif.
Wilshire Private Markets Opportunities
Fund 2B, Lawrence Davanzo
Fund of funds: distressed   $150 Held close with $100 million. 10/15/08
Wilshire Associates,
Santa Monica, Calif.
Wilshire Global Private Markets Fund 8,
Lawrence Davanzo
Fund of funds   $500 Held close with $400 million. 10/15/08
Alta Growth Capital,
Mexico City
(See article)
Alta Growth Capital Mexico Fund,
Erik Carlberg, Scott McDonough and Rafael Payro
Growth capital: Mexico   $150 Just began marketing. 10/08/08
Aureos Capital,
London
Aureos Africa Fund,
Davinder Sikand
Growth capital: Africa   $400 Held first close with $253 million. 10/08/08
Claremont Creek Ventures,
Oakland, Calif.
Claremont Creek Ventures 2,
Nat Goldhaber, Randy Hawks and John Steuart
Venture capital: early-stage information technology     Held final close with $175 million. 10/08/08
Darby Overseas Investments,
Washington
Darby Brazil Mezzanine Fund,
Fernando Gentil
Mezzanine: Brazil early-stage infrastructure     Held final close with $204 million. 10/08/08
Flexpoint Ford,
Chicago
Flexpoint Ford Fund 2,
Ethan Budin, Donald Edwards and Charles Glew
Buyout: healthcare and financial services   $800 Held final close with $800  million. 10/08/08
Flexpoint Ford,
Chicago
Flexpoint Ford Overage Fund 2,
Ethan Budin, Donald Edwards and Charles Glew
Buyout: healthcare and financial services   $400 Held final close with $480 million. 10/08/08
GSO Capital Partners,
New York
GSO Capital Opportunities Fund,
Bennett Goodman
Mezzanine (None) $750 Held final close with $2 billion. 10/08/08
HgCapital,
London
HgCapital 6,
Ian Armitage
Buyout: Europe   £1,750 Just began marketing. 10/08/08
High Street Capital,
Chicago
High Street Capital 4,
Joseph Katcha and William Oberholtzer
Buyout   $150 Just began marketing. 10/08/08
Veronis Suhler Stevenson,
New York
VSS Structured Capital 2,
John Veronis, John Suhler and Jeffrey Stevenson
Mezzanine   $300 Held first close with $180 million. 10/08/08
Aberdare Ventures,
San Francisco
Aberdare Ventures 4,
Paul Klingenstein and Jake Odden
Venture capital: early stage   $250 Held first close with $125 million. 10/01/08
Abraaj Capital,
Dubai
Abraaj Buyout Fund 3,
Arif Naqvi
Buyout: Sharia compliant   $4,000 Held first close. 10/01/08
Alpine Investors,
San Francisco
Alpine Investors 4,
Graham Weaver
Buyout   $175 Just began marketing. 10/01/08
Arcis Group,
Paris
Arcis European Secondary Development Fund 4,
Arnaud Isnard
Secondary   €350 Held final close with €354 million. 10/01/08
Blue Horizon Equity,
San Francisco
Blue Horizon Equity 1,
John Hommeyer, Alan Nichols and Scott Wu
Buyout and growth equity: healthy living   $150 Just began marketing. 10/01/08
Brazos Private Equity,
Dallas
Brazos Equity 3, Jeff Fronterhouse,
Patrick McGee and Randall Fojtasek
Buyout   $600 Held final close with more than $700 million. 10/01/08
Centerfield Capital,
Indianapolis
Centerfield Capital Partners 2,
Tom Hiatt and Scott Lutzke
Mezzanine   $100 Held final close with $116 million. 10/01/08
Cerberus Capital,
New York
(See article)
Cerberus Institutional Partners (International) Series 1, Stephen Feinberg and William Richter Non-U.S. distressed debt, assets     Held close with $1 billion. 10/01/08
FSN Capital Partners,
Oslo
FSN Capital 2,
Cato Holmsen
Buyout: Nordic region   €300 Held final close with €375 million. 10/01/08
HM Capital,
Dallas
HM Capital Partners Sector Performance Fund,
John Muse
Buyout   $1,000 Held final close with $780 million. 10/01/08
Lone Star Funds,
Dallas
Lone Star Fund 6,
John Grayken
Corporate debt and real estate   $6,500 Held final close with $7.5 billion. 10/01/08
Macquarie Infrastructure Partners,
New York
Macquarie Infrastructure Partners 2,
Christopher Leslie
Infrastructure   $6,000 Held first close with about $2 billion. 10/01/08
Mayfield Fund,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Mayfield 13,
James Beck and Navin Chaddha
Venture capital: U.S., China and India   $375 Held final close with $395 million. 10/01/08
Lucas Capital,
Red Bank, NJ
Lucas Energy Ventures,
George Lucas and Russell Lucas
Buyout: oil and gas   $250 Held final close with $130 million. 10/01/08
Keytone Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Keytone Ventures China Fund,
Joe Zhou
Growth capital: China MVision $250 Held first close with $100 million. 10/01/08
Quadrangle Group,
New York
(See article)
Quadrangle Capital Partners 3,
Steven Rattner and Peter Ezersky
Buyout: media and communications     Just began marketing. 10/01/08
Sterling Partners,
Northbrook, Ill
SCP 3 sidecar,
Merrick Elfman and Steven Tazlitz
Buyout: middle market   $500 Postponed fund raising. 10/01/08
True Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.
True Ventures 2,
Phil Black, John Burke and Jon Callaghan
Venture capital: early-stage technology     Held final close with $195 million. 10/01/08
American Securities Capital,
New York
American Securities Opportunities Fund,
Tony Grillo
Distressed debt   $200 Held final close with $300 million. 09/24/08
Austin Ventures,
Austin, Texas
Austin Ventures,
Jeff Garvey
Venture capital   $600 Held final close with $900 million, including $300 million ‘opportunity pool.’ 09/24/08
Chrysalis Ventures,
Louisville, Ky.
Chrysalis Ventures 4,
David Jones, Koleman Karleski and Robert Saunders
Venture capital   $150 Revised final close to $175 million from $163 million. 09/24/08
Enterprise Investors,
Warsaw
Enterprise Venture Fund 1,
Rafal Bator
Venture capital: Central and Eastern Europe     Held final close with €100 million. 09/24/08
Insight Equity,
Southlake, Texas
Insight Equity 2,
Ted Beneski
Buyout: turnaround UBS $500 Just began marketing. 09/24/08
KarpReilly,
Greenwich, Conn.
KarpReilly Capital Partners 1,
Allan Karp and Chris Reilly
Buyout   $250 Held first close with $200 million. 09/24/08
Lumira Capital,
Toronto
Lumira Capital 2,
Peter van der Velden
Venture capital: life science   $300 Just began marketing. 09/24/08
Paladin Capital,
Washington
Paladin 3,
Mark Maloney and Michael Steed
Buyout: homeland security   $300 Held final close with $340 million. 09/24/08
Trivest Partners,
Miami
(See article)
Trivest Fund 4,
Earl Powell and Troy Templeton
Buyout: North America Hudson Partners $300 Held final close with $325 million, plus $100 million sidecar. 09/24/08
Vector Capital,
San Francisco
Vector Debt Fund,
Alex Slusky
Debt: technology     Held first close with $200 million. 09/24/08
WestView Capital,
Boston
(See article)
WestView Capital Partners 2,
Carlo von Schroeter
Buyout Probitas Partners $300 Just began marketing. 09/24/08
Advent International,
Boston
Advent Japan Private Equity Fund,
Yoji Anzai and John Singer
Buyout: Japan   $550 Held final close with $560 million. 09/17/08
Aisling Capital,
New York
Aisling Capital 3,
Dennis Purcell
Venture capital: life science   $650 Held close with $580 million. 09/17/08
Ascent Venture Partners,
Boston
(See article)
Ascent Venture Partners 5,
Walter Dick and Chris Lynch
Venture capital Cue Capital $150 Held first close with $50 million. 09/17/08
Battery Ventures,
Boston
Battery Ventures 8 Side Fund,
Tom Crotty
Venture capital   $250 Held final close with $250 million. 09/17/08
Darwin Private Equity,
London
Darwin Private Equity 1,
Derek Elliott and Kevin Street
Buyout: Europe   £250 Held final close with £217 million. 09/17/08
Elysian Capital,
London
(See article)
Elysian Capital 1,
Ken Terry and Chai Patel
Buyout: U.K. Capstone £200 Just began marketing. 09/17/08
Fortis Investments,
London
Fortis Clean Energy Fund,
Peter Dickson
Infrastructure: renewable energy   €400 Just began marketing. 09/17/08
Odin Equity Partners,
Fredensborg, Denmark
Odin Equity Partners Fund 2,
Esben Bay Jorgenson, Jesper Wadum Nielsen and Bernd Petersen
Buyout: Denmark and Sweden   €200 Held first close with €220 million. 09/17/08
Sequoia Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Sequoia Capital U.S. Growth Fund 4,
Roelof Botha, Scott Carter and Jim Goetz
Growth capital     Held close with $929.5 million. 09/17/08
Tudor Pickering & Holt,
Houston
TPH Partners,
Joe Foster and George McCormick
Buyout: energy   $250 Just began marketing. 09/17/08
Accel-KKR,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Accel-KKR Capital Partners 3,
Tom Barnds, Ben Bisconti and Rob Palumbo
Buyout: technology   $450 Held final close with $600 million. 09/10/08
Altor Equity Partners,
Stockholm
Altor Fund 3,
Harald Mix
Buyout: Scandinavia Monument Group €2,000 Held final close with €2 billion. 09/10/08
American Industrial Partners,
New York
American Industrial Partners Fund 4,
Kim Marvin
Buyout MVision $400 Held final close with $405 million. 09/10/08
American Securities Capital Partners, New York American Securities Partners 5,
Michael Fisch
Buyout   $1,500 Held final close with $2.3 billion. 09/10/08
Baird Venture Partners,
Chicago
Baird Venture Partners 3,

Paul Carbone

Venture capital: healthcare and business services   $150 Held final close with $171 million. 09/10/08
Blue Wolf Capital Management,
New York
Blue Wolf Capital Fund 2,
Adam Blumenthal and Josh Wolf-Powers
Buyout   $250 Held first close with $100 million. 09/10/08
Candover,
London
Candover 2008 Fund,
Colin Buffin
Buyout   €5,000 Held first close with €2.8 billion. 09/10/08
Claremont Creek Ventures,
Oakland, Calif.
Claremont Creek Ventures 2,
Nat Goldhaber, Randy Hawks and John Steuart
Venture capital: early-stage information technology     Held first close with $115 million. 09/10/08
Mangrove Capital Partners,
Luxembourg
(See article)
Mangrove 3,
Gerard Lopez, Hans-Jurgen Schmitz and Mark Luszcz
Venture capital: software and Internet   €150 Held final close with €169 million. 09/10/08
Nexus India Capital,
Mumbai, India
Nexus India Capital 2,
Naren Gupta
Venture capital: India     Held final close with $220 million. 09/10/08
Platinum Equity,
Beverly Hills
Platinum Equity Capital Partners 2,
Tom Gores
Distressed debt Citigroup $1,500 Held final close with $2.75 billion. 09/10/08
Stonebridge Partners,
White Plains, N.Y.
Stonebridge Partners Equity Fund 4,
Mike Bruno
Buyout   $300 Held final close with $325 million. 09/10/08
SVG Advisers,
Singapore
SVG Asia Fund of Funds,
Simon Lund
Buyout: Asia   $200 Held final close with $200 million. 09/10/08
TPG,
Fort Worth, Texas
TPG Partners 6,
Jim Coulter
Buyout   $18,000 Held final close with $19.8 billion. 09/10/08
True Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.
True Ventures 2,
Phil Black, John Burke and Jon Callaghan
Venture capital: early-stage technology     Held first close with $165.5 million. 09/10/08
Water Street Healthcare Partners, Chicago Water Street Capital Partners 2,
Tim Dugan
Buyout: healthcare Credit Suisse $600 Held final close with $650 million. 09/10/08
Wolfensohn & Co.,
New York
Wolfensohn Clean Technology Fund, James Wolfensohn Venture capital: clean technology   $350 Just began marketing. 09/10/08
Apollo Management,
New York
Apollo Investment Fund 7,
Leon Black
Buyout   $15,000 Held second close with $14 billion. 08/20/08
Earlybird Venture Capital,
Munich
Earlybird 4,
Hendrik Brandis and Roland Manger
Venture capital: Western Europe   €150 Held final close with €127 million. 08/20/08
Eqvitec Partners,
Helsinki
Eqvitec Mezzanine Fund 3,
Pertti Nurnio
Mezzanine: Europe   €100 Held first close with €64 million. 08/20/08
HSBC Specialist Fund
Management,
London
HSBC Environment Infrastructure Fund,
James Hall-Smith
Buyout: renewable energy, U.S and Europe   €500 Just began marketing. 08/20/08
Pinnacle Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Pinnacle Venture Debt 3,
Ken Pelowski
Venture debt   $300 Just began marketing. 08/20/08
Primus Capital Partners,
Cleveland
Primus Capital Fund 6,
Loyal Wilson and William Mulligan
Buyout: business services, healthcare and education William Blair & Co. $250 Held final close with $275 million. 08/20/08
Sankaty Advisors,
Boston
Sankaty Credit Opportunities 4,
Jonathan Lavine
Distressed debt   $4,000 Held first close with $3.5 billion. 08/20/08
TPG Ventures,
San Francisco
TPG Biotechnology Partners 3,
Fred Cohen, Jeffrey Duyk and Heather Preston
Venture capital: biotechnology   $550 Just began marketing. 08/20/08
Abenex Capital,
Paris
Abenex 2008,
Herve Claquin and Olivier Moatti
Buyout: France Lazard Freres €400 Just began marketing. 08/13/08
Energy Capital,
New York
(See article)
Energy Capital Partners 2,
Doug Kimmelman
Buyout: energy Park Hill $3,500 About to begin marketing. 08/13/08
First Reserve Corp.,
Greenwich, Conn.
First Reserve Fund 12,
William McCaulay
Buyout: energy infrastructure   $12,000 Held first close with $4.5 billion. 08/13/08
Fortress Investment,
New York
Fortress Investment Fund 6,
Wes Edens
Distressed debt   $6,000 Held close with $500 million. 08/13/08
InterWest Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.
InterWest Partners 10,
Berry Cash and Philip Gianos
Venture capital: technology and life sciences   $650 Held final close with $650 million. 08/13/08
LODH Private Equity,
Geneva
LODH Euro Choice 4,
Pierre Darier and Thierry Lombard
Fund of funds: Europe Mallory Capital €600 Held first close with €300 million. 08/13/08
Maranon Capital, Chicago
(See article)
Maranon Mezzanine Fund 1,
Ian Larkin and Tom Gregory
Mezzanine Mallory Capital $250 Held first close with $92 million. 08/13/08
Markstone Capital, Tel Aviv
(See article)
Markstone Capital Partners 2,
Elliott Broidy
Buyout: Israel   $1,000 Just began marketing. 08/13/08
Norvestor Equity, Oslo, Norway Norvestor 5,
Trond Bjornoy and Jarle Gundersen
Buyout: Skandinavia Campbell Lutyens €200 Held final close with €236 million. 08/13/08
TrueBridge Capital Partners,
Chapel Hill, N.C.
(See article)
CVE-Kauffman Fellows Endowment Fund 1,
Edwin Poston and Mel Williams
Fund of funds: venture capital   $250 Held final close with $310 million. 08/13/08
Ampersand Ventures,
Wellesley, Mass.
Ampersand 7,
Richard Charpie and Herbert Hooper
Venture capital: healthcare, industrial   $400 Just began marketing. 08/06/08
Element Partners,
Radnor, Pa.
Element Partners 2,
David Lincoln
Venture capital: clean technology Lehman Brothers $400 Held second close with $400 million. 08/06/08
Evergreen Pacific Partners,
Seattle
(See article)
Evergreen Pacific Partners 2,
T.J. McGill, Michael Nibarger and Timothy Bernardez
Buyout and growth capital: U.S.   $400 Held final close with $425 million. 08/06/08
Friedman Fleischer & Lowe,
San Francisco
Friedman Fleischer & Lowe Capital Partners 3,
Tully Friedman, Spencer Fleischer and David Lowe
Buyout: U.S. Lazard $1,500 Held final close with $1.5 billion. 08/06/08
LODH Private Equity,
Zurich
LODH Euro Choice 4,
Thomas Frei
Fund of funds: Europe   €600 Held first close with €300 million. 08/06/08
LLR Partners,
Philadelphia
LLR Equity Partners 3,
Ira Lubert and Seth Lehr
Buyout   $600 Held final close with $800 million. 08/06/08
Unigestion,
Geneva
Distressed Hybrid Fund of Funds,
Bernard Sabrier
Fund of funds: distressed debt   $750 Just began marketing. 08/06/08
Versant Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Versant Ventures 4,
Ross Jaffe
Venture capital: healthcare   $500 Held final close with $500 million. 08/06/08
Abraaj Capital,
Dubai
Abraaj Buyout Fund 3,
Arif Naqvi
Buyout: Middle East and North Africa   $4,000 Just began marketing. 07/30/08
Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners,
Stamford, Conn.
Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners,
Gregory Brown, Todd Davis and Clarke Futch
Royalty rights: healthcare and pharmaceuticals   $350 Held final close with $500 million. 07/30/08
DLJ Merchant Banking,
New York
(See article)
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners 5,
Steven Rattner
Buyout   $3,500 Just began marketing. 07/30/08
Kennet Partners,
London
Kennet 3,
Javier Rojas
Growth capital: technology   €200 Held final close with €200 million. 07/30/08
OrbiMed Advisors,
New York
Caduceus Asia Partners,
Nancy Chang and Jonathan Wang
Venture capital: Asia healthcare   $150 Held final close with $150 million. 07/30/08
Merus Capital,
Palo Alto, Calif.
(See article)
Merus Capital Fund 1,
Salman Ullah, Sean Dempsey and Peter Hsing
Venture capital: early stage   $125 Held first close with $37 million. 07/30/08
Prism VentureWorks,
Needham, Mass.
(See article)
Prism Venture Partners 6,
John Brooks
Venture capital   $275 Just began marketing. 07/30/08
Quantum Energy Partners,
Houston
Quantum Energy Partners 5,
Toby Neugubauer and Wil VanLoh
Buyout: energy Champlain Advisors $2,750 Just began marketing. 07/30/08
U.S. Renewables,
Santa Monica, Calif.
(See article)
USRG Power and Biofuels Fund 3,
Lee Bailey and Jim McDermott
Venture capital: late-stage power   $1,000 Just began marketing. 07/30/08
U.S. Venture Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.
U.S. Venture Partners 10,
Irwin Federman and David Liddle
Venture capital: early stage     Held final close with $625 million. 07/30/08
Accretive Exit Capital,
Boston
Accretive Exit Capital Partners 1,
Drew Reilly and Edwin Wang
Secondary market     Held final close with $125 million. 07/23/08
Credit Suisse,
New York
Credit Suisse Private Equity Opportunities 2,
Kelly Williams
Fund of funds   $250 Just began marketing. 07/23/08
Egeria Capital Management,
Amsterdam
Egeria Private Equity Fund 3,
Peter Visser and Jan Niessen
Buyout Acanthus Advisers €500 Held final close with €500 million. 07/23/08
Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management,
New York
Pan-African Investment Partners 2,
Thomas Barry and William Garrett
Buyout: Africa   $500 Held first close with $325 million. 07/23/08
Kinderhook Industries,
New York
Kinderhook Capital Fund 3, Christian Michalik, Robert Michalik and Tom Tuttle Buyout   $400 Just began marketing. 07/23/08
Physic Ventures,
San Francisco
Physic Ventures,
William Rosenzweig
Venture capital: consumer and healthcare products   $150 Held final close with $159 million. 07/23/08
Riverside Co.,
New York
Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund 2008,
Stewart Kohl and Bela Szigethy
Buyout   $900 Held first close with $550 million. 07/23/08
Rabo Equity Advisors,
Mauritius
(See article)
Rabo Equity Advisors,
Rajesh Srivastava
Buyout: food and agriculture   $125 Held first close with $85 million. 07/23/08
Adams Street Partners,
Chicago
(See article)
Adams Street U.S. Partnership 2009,
Bon French and Kevin Callaghan
Fund of funds: U.S.   $1,260 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
Adams Street Partners,
Chicago
(See article)
Adams Street Non-U.S. Partnership 2009,
Arnaud de Cremiers and Hanneke Smits
Fund of funds: non-U.S.   $840 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
Arborview Capital,
Chevy Chase, Md.
(See article)
Arborview Capital 1,
Karl Khoury and Joseph Lipscomb
Venture capital: clean technology   $175 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
DFJ Athena,
Singapore
DFJ Athena Fund 1,
Henry Chung and Perry Ha
Venture capital: South Korea   $100 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
DFJ Esprit Capital,
London
DFJ Esprit Fund 3,
Simon Cook and Russell Haggar
Early stage telecommunications and software   $300 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
DFJ Portage,
Chicago
DFJ Portage 2,
Ed Chandler, Matt McCall and Judy Meyer
Venture capital: Midwest U.S.   $100 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
FIR Capital,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
DFJ FIR Brazil Fund 2,
David Travesso Neto
Venture capital: Brazil   $150 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
Hopu Fund,
Hong Kong
(See article)
Hopu Fund,
Richard Ong and Fang Fenglei
Buyout: China   $2,000 Held final close with $2.5 billion. 07/16/08
Pittsford Ventures,
Pittsford, N.Y.
(See article)
Pittsford Ventures 5,
Logan Cheek and Jussi Laurimaa
Venture capital: BRIC countries   $400 Just began marketing. 07/16/08
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe,
New York
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe 11,
Bruce Anderson and Russell Carson
Buyout: healthcare and technology   $4,000 Held first close with $2.5 billion. 07/16/08
Actis Capital,
London
Actis Latin American Private Equity Fund 3,
Chu Kong and Patrick Ledoux
Buyout: Latin America Helix Associates $250 Just began marketing. 07/09/08
Battery Ventures,
Boston
(See article)
Battery Ventures 8 Side Fund,
Tom Crotty
Venture capital   $250 Just began marketing. 07/09/08
Camelot Group,
New York
Camelot Direct Secondaries,
Lawrence Penn
Secondary direct   $200 Just began marketing. 07/09/08
CIVC Partners,
Chicago
(See article)
CIVC Partners Fund 4,
Daniel Helle
Buyout UBS $700 Just began marketing. 07/09/08
F&C Asset Management,
London
F&C European Capital Partners,
Hamish Mair
Fund of funds: buyout and mezzanine finance   €200 Held final close with €173 million. 07/09/08
Longitude Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Longitude Venture Partners,
Juliet Tammenoms Bakker and Patrick Enright
Venture capital: life science   $250 Held final close with $325 million. 07/09/08
Longroad Asset Management,
Stamford, Conn.
Longroad Capital Partners 3,
Paul Coughlin
Distressed debt   $400 Just began marketing. 07/09/08
Mesirow Financial,
Chicago
Mesirow Partnership Fund
 
Fund of funds: U.S. and Western Europe   $1,000 Just began marketing. 07/09/08
Topspin Partners,
Roslyn Heights, N.Y.
Topspin Partners,
Steve Lebowitz
Buyout   $100 Held final close with $132 million. 07/09/08
Avenue Capital,
New York
Avenue Capital Special Situations 5,
Marc Lasry
Distressed debt   $6,000 Held final close with $6 billion. 07/02/08
CI Capital Partners,
New York
CI Capital Investors 2,
Frederick Iseman
Buyout   $750 Just began marketing. 07/02/08
Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison,
Minneapolis
Marathon Fund 6,
Michael Sweeney
Buyout   $350 Just began marketing. 07/02/08
Horsley Bridge Partners,
San Francisco
Horsley Bridge 9,
Kathryn Abbott
Fund of funds: venture and growth capital   $1,750 Held final close with $1.76 billion. 07/02/08
Northstar Capital,
Minneapolis
Northstar Mezzanine Partners 5,
Scott Becker
Mezzanine finance   $350 Held final close with $500 million. 07/02/08
Smith Whiley & Co.,
Hartford
SW Pelham 3 Fund,
Colette Nakhoul
Mezzanine finance   $250 Held fist close with $90 million. 07/02/08
Spur Capital Partners,
Bartlesville, Okla.
(See article)
Spur Ventures 3,
Paul Gompers and Brad Kenny
Fund of funds: early-stage technology     Held first close with $75 million. 07/02/08
Wynnchurch Capital,
Lake Forest, Ill.
Wynnchurch Capital Partners 3,
John Hatherly and Richard Renaud
Buyout   $450 Just began marketing. 07/02/08
Accel-KKR,
Menlo Park, Calif.
(See article)
Accel-KKR Capital Partners 3,
Tom Barnds, Ben Bisconti and Rob Palumbo
Buyout: technology   $500 Held first close with about $450 million. 06/25/08
Levine Leichtman Capital,
Beverly Hills
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners 4,
Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine
Buyout   $1,000 Held close with $425 million. 06/25/08
Lindsay Goldberg,
New York
Lindsay Goldberg 3,
Robert Lindsay and Alan Goldberg
Buyout   $4,000 Held first close with $2.7 billion. 06/25/08
Longitude Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Longitude Venture Partners,
Juliet Tammenoms Bakker, Patrick Enright and Marc-Henri Galletti
Venture capital: life science UBS $250 Held final close with $325 million. 06/25/08
MK Capital,
Northbrook, Ill.
(See article)
MK Capital 2,
Mark Koulogeorge and Bret Maxwell
Venture capital, growth capital   $150 Just began marketing. 06/25/08
Spur Capital,
Bartlesville, Okla.
  Fund of funds: venture capital     Held first close with $75 million. 06/25/08
Starwood Capital,
Greenwich, Conn.
Starwood Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Brad Nordholm
Infrastructure: energy   $400 Held final close with $433 million. 06/25/08
SunTx Capital,
Dallas
SunTx Fulcrum Fund 2,
Ned Fleming 3d
Buyout: middle market in southern states   $350 Held close with $100 million. 06/25/08
TowerBrook Capital Partners,
New York
TowerBrook Investors 3,
Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou
Buyout   $2,500 Held close with $1.7 billion. 06/25/08
Avenue Capital,
New York
(See article)
Avenue Europe Special Situations Fund,
Richard Furst
Distressed debt: Europe   €1,500 Held first close with €563 million. 06/18/08
Capital Innovations,
Zurich
Capital Innovations 1,
Michael Underhill
Fund of funds: infrastructure   $250 Just began marketing. 06/18/08
DBL Investors,
San Francisco
(See article)
California Equity Fund/BAEF 2,
Nancy Pfund
Venture capital   $150 Just began marketing. 06/18/08
Delphi Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Delphi Ventures 7,
Jim Bochnowski
Venture capital: healthcare   $300 Held final close with $300 million. 06/18/08
Hudson Ventures,
New York
Hudson Venture Partners 3,
Kim Goh and Jay Goldberg
Venture capital: early stage   $200 Just began marketing. 06/18/08
Intervale Capital,
Cambridge, Mass.
(See article)
Intervale Capital Fund 1,
Charles Cherington and Curtis Huff
Buyout: oil and gas Champlain Advisors $200 Held final close with $280 million. 06/18/08
L Capital Partners,
New York
L Capital 3,
Jonathan Leitersdorf
Venture capital: healthcare and technology   $300 Just began marketing. 06/18/08
Madrona Venture Group,
Seattle
Madrona Venture Fund 4,
Tom Alberg
Venture capital: early stage   $225 Held final close with $250 million. 06/18/08
Rho Ventures,
New York
Rho Venture 6,
Joshua Ruch
Venture capital   $500 Just began marketing. 06/18/08
Solamere Capital,
Boston
Solamere Capital 1, Tagg Romney,
Eric Scheuermann, and Spencer Zwick
Buyout   $200 Just began marketing. 06/18/08
Ventures West,
Vancouver, Canada
Ventures West 9,
Kenneth Galbraith
Venture capital: U.S. healthcare and technology   $200 Just began marketing. 06/18/08
Waterland Private Equity Investments,
Bussum, Netherlands
Waterland Private Equity Fund 4,
Rob Thielen
Buyout: Western Europe MVision   Held final close with €800 million. 06/18/08
Adveq Management,
Zurich
Adveq Opportunity 2,
Bruno Raschle
Fund of funds: distressed, turnaround   $350 Held final close with $458 million. 06/11/08
AXA Private Equity,
Paris
AXA LBO Fund 4,
Philippe Poletti
Buyout: Western Europe   €1,500 Held final close with €1.6 billion. 06/11/08
Centre Partners,
New York
Centre Investors 5 & Affiliates,
Lester Pollack
Buyout     Held final close with $880 million. 06/11/08
Danske Private Equity,
Copenhagen
Danske Private Equity Partners 4 K/S,
Dan Kjerulf
Fund of funds: Europe, North America middle market   €600 Held first close with €521 million. 06/11/08
NGN Capital,
New York
(See article)
NGN BioMed Opportunity 2,
Kenneth Abramowitz and Georg Nebgen
Venture capital: life science   $500 Just began marketing. 06/11/08
Rockport Capital Partners,
Boston
Rockport Capital Partners 3,
Wilber James
Venture capital: clean technology   $400 Held final close with $450 million. 06/11/08
Barclays Structured Principal Investing,
New York
Barclays Structured Principal Investing Fund,
Brent Humphries
Mezzanine   $1,500 Held first close with $1 billion. 06/04/08
Bayside Capital,
Miami
H.I.G. Bayside Debt and LBO Fund 2,
John Bolduc
Distressed debt   $2,000 Held final close with $3 billion. 06/04/08
Denham Capital,
Boston
Denham Commodity Partners Fund 5,
Stuart Porter
Buyout: energy and commodities   $1,750 Held final close with $2 billion. 06/04/08
EarthRise Capital,
New York
EarthRise Capital 1,
Jim LoGerfo and Ann Parlow
Venture capital: early-stage clean technology   $100 Just began marketing. 06/04/08
Electra Partners,
London
Electra Partners Fund,
David Symondson
Co-investments: U.K. and Europe   £100 Held final close with £100 million. 06/04/08
Hunt Ventures,
Dallas
Hunt Ventures Fund 1,
Steve Coffey and Jeff Williams
Venture capital: technology (None)   Held final close with $140 million. 06/04/08
Onex Corp.,
Toronto
Onex Partners 3,
Andrew Scheiner
Buyout Credit Suisse $4,500 Held first close with $2.4 billion. 06/04/08
Qiming Venture Partners,
Shanghai
Qiming Venture Partners 2,
Duane Kuang, Richard Tong and John Zagula
Venture capital: China   $300 Held final close with $320 million. 06/04/08
Thoma Bravo,
Chicago
Thoma Bravo Fund 9,
Carl Thoma and Orlando Bravo
Buyout: technology   $800 Held second close with $600 million. 06/04/08
TPG Capital,
Fort Worth, Texas
TPG Financial Partners,
David Bonderman
Buyout: financial services   $7,000 Just began marketing. 06/04/08
Accel-KKR,
Menlo Park, Calif.
(See article)
Accel-KKR Capital Partners 3,
Tom Barnds, Ben Bisconti and Rob Palumbo
Buyout: technology   $500 Just began marketing. 05/28/08
Apex Venture Partners,
Chicago
Apex Investment Fund 6,
Jim Johnson
Venture capital   $250 Held final close with $140 million. 05/28/08
Ascent Venture Partners,
Boston
(See article)
Ascent Venture Partners 5,
Walter Dick and Chris Lynch
Venture capital   $150 Just began marketing. 05/28/08
Caltius,
Los Angeles
Caltius Partners Fund 4,
Jim Upchurch
Mezzanine finance Credit Suisse $400 Held final close with $500 million. 05/28/08
Castle Creek Capital,
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Castle Creek Capital Partners 4,
John Eggemeyer 3d
Buyout: banking   $500 Just began marketing. 05/28/08
Charter Life Sciences,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Charter Life Sciences 2,
Barr Dolan and Donald Harrison
Venture capital: healthcare technology   $200 Held first close with $56 million. 05/28/08
Council Ventures,
Nashville
Council Ventures 2,
Dennis Bottorff, Katie Gambill and Gary Peat
Venture capital: early-stage healthcare and financial services   $225 Held first close with about $50 million. 05/28/08
Craton Equity Partners,
Los Angeles
Craton Equity Partners 1,
Bob MacDonald and Tom Soto
Venture capital: clean technology   $200 Held final close with $191.5 million. 05/28/08
Drum Capital,
South Norwalk, Conn.
Special Situations Partners 3,
Scott Vollmer
Fund of funds: distressed asset and turnaround   $500 Just began marketing. 05/28/08
Element Partners,
Radnor, Pa.
Element Partners 2,
David Lincoln
Venture capital: clean technology Lehman Brothers $400 Held first close with $262 million. 05/28/08
Lexington Partners,
New York
(See article)
Lexington Capital Partners 7,
Brent Nicklas
Secondary market Park Hill $5,000 Just began marketing. 05/28/08
Lexington Partners,
New York
Lexington Middle Market Investors 2,
Brent Nicklas
Secondary market   $750 Held first close with about $500 million. 05/28/08
Mayfield Fund,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Mayfield India,
Navin Chaddha
Venture capital: India   $150 Just began marketing. 05/28/08
Sentinel Capital,
New York
(See article)
Sentinel Capital Partners 4,
David Lobel and John McCormack
Buyout   $600 Held final close with $750 million. 05/28/08
Water Street Healthcare Partners,
Chicago
Water Street Capital Partners 2,
Tim Dugan
Buyout: healthcare Credit Suisse $600 Held first close with about  $600 million. 05/28/08
Weston Presidio,
San Francisco
Weston Presidio Capital 6,
Michael Cronin and Michael Lazarus
Growth capital   $1,000 Just began marketing. 05/28/08
Adams Street Partners,
Chicago
Adams Street Direct Co-Investment Fund 2, Bondurant French Co-investment   $500 Held first close with $200 million. 05/21/08
Baring Private Equity Asia, Hong Kong Baring Asia Private Equity Fund 4,
Jean Eric Salata
Buyout and growth capital: Asia   $1,000 Held final close with $1.52 billion. 05/21/08
Canopy Ventures,
Lindon, Utah
Canopy Ventures 2,
Ron Heinz and Brian Tidwell
Venture capital: information technology   $100 Held final close with $100 million. 05/21/08
Capital International,
Los Angeles
Capital International Private Equity Fund 5,
Koenraad Foulon and Lam Nguyen-Phuong.
Buyout: emerging market MVision   Held final close with $2.25 billion. 05/21/08
Fortress Investment,
New York
Fortress Investment Fund 6,
Wesly Edens
Distressed debt   $6,000 Just began marketing. 05/21/08
Goldman Sachs,
New York
Goldman Sachs Distressed Opportunities Fund 4 Fund of funds: distressed debt   $1,750 Just began marketing. 05/21/08
Leveraged Green Energy, McLean, Va. Leveraged Green Energy 1,
Roland Oliver
Buyout: renewable energy   $250 Just began marketing. 05/21/08
Lionhart,
Wimbledon, U.K.
Lionhart Talon,
Terrence Duffy
Buyout   $500 Just began marketing. 05/21/08
Marshall Fund Capital Management,
Cayman Islands
Marshall Fund,
Dan Rice
Buyout: Iraq   $100 Just began marketing. 05/21/08
Mithras Capital,
London
(See article)
Mithras Capital Fund,
Bernie Boylan
Fund of funds: Europe   $250 Held final close with $120 million. 05/21/08
Oaktree Capital Management,
Los Angeles
OCM Opportunities Fund 7b,
Howard Marks
Distressed debt     Held final close with $10.6 billion. 05/21/08
Performance Equity Management,
Greenwich, Conn.
Performance Venture Capital 2,
Charles Froland
Fund of funds: venture capital Bear Stearns $700 Just began marketing. 05/21/08
Altor Equity Partners,
Stockholm
Altor Fund 3,
Harald Mix
Buyout: Scandinavia Monument Group €2,000 Just began marketing. 05/14/08
Clean Wave Ventures,
Indianapolis
Clean Wave Fund 1,
Rick Kieser and Scott Prince
Venture capital: Midwest U.S. clean technology   $100 Just began marketing. 05/14/08
Evergreen Pacific Partners,
Seattle
Evergreen Pacific Partners 2,
Timothy Bernardez, Thomas McGill and Michael Nibarger
Buyout and growth equity: Western North America   $400 Just began marketing. 05/14/08
Global Infrastructure Partners,
New York
Global Infrastructure Partners,
Adebayo Ogunlesi
Infrastructure (None)   Held final close with $5.64 billion. 05/14/08
GSO Capital Partners,
New York
GSO Capital Opportunities Fund,
Bennett Goodman
Buyout (None) $750 Just began marketing. 05/14/08
Lightspeed Venture Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Lightspeed Venture Partners 8,
Barry Eggers, Ravi Mhatre, Peter Nieh and Chris Schaepe
Venture capital (None) $675 Held final close with $800 million. 05/14/08
Lime Rock Partners,
Westport, Conn.
Lime Rock Partners 5,
Jonathan Farber and John Reynolds
Buyout: energy (None) $1,400 Held final close with $1.4 billion. 05/14/08
Merlin Nexus,
New York
Merlin Nexus Fund 3,
Dominique Semon
Growth equity and PIPEs: life science   $125 Held first close with $40 million. 05/14/08
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure,
New York
(See article)
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Sadek Wahba Infrastructure   $2,500 Held final close with $4 billion. 05/14/08
Northern Trust Global Advisors,
Chicago
Northern Trust Private Equity Fund 3,
Bob Morgan
Fund of funds   $300 Held final close with $350 million. 05/14/08
Pappas Ventures,
Durham, N.C.
AM Pappas Life Science Ventures 4,
Art Pappas
Venture capital: life science   $200 Just began marketing. 05/14/08
Pfingsten Partners,
Chicago
Pfingsten Executive Fund 4,
Thomas Bagley
Buyout: manufacturing, distribution and business service (None) $400 Held final close with $525 million. 05/14/08
Split Rock Partners,
Minneapolis
Split Rock Partners 2,
Michael Gorman and Allan Will
Venture capital (None) $275 Held final close with $300 million. 05/14/08
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 4,
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 Schwarzman
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