Fund-Raising Action 2009

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2009 Activity

Manager Fund, Key Executive Type: Focus Placement Agent Target
Amount
(Mil.)
Action Private
Equity
Insider
Issue
Azure Capital Partners,
San Francisco
Azure Capital Partners 3,
Paul Ferris and Mike Kwatinetz
Venture capital: early-stage technology   $250 Just began marketing. 12/16/09
Fondinvest Capital,
Paris
Fondinvest 8,
Charles Soulignac
Secondary market (None) €400 Held final close with €360 million. 12/16/09
Marlin Equity Partners,
El Segundo, Calif.
(See article)
Marlin Equity 3,
David McGovern
Buyout: distressed company Probitas Partners $450 Held final close with $650 million. 12/16/09
Pantheon Ventures,
London
Pantheon Global Secondary Fund 4,
Andrew Lebus, Elly Livingstone and Jay Pierrepont
Secondary market   $4,750 Held interim close with $950 million. 12/16/09
Partners Group,
Baar-Zug, Switzerland
Partners Group Secondary 2008,
Eric Kaas and Stefan Naf
Secondary market   €2,000 Held final close with €2.5 billion. 12/16/09
Syntaxis Capital,
London
Syntaxis Mezzanine Fund 2,
Ben Edwards
Mezzanine finance: Central Europe   €250 Held first close with €140 million. 12/16/09
Veritas Capital,
New York
Veritas Capital Fund 4,
Robert McKeon
Buyout UBS $950 Held first close with $300 million. 12/16/09
5AM Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
5AM Ventures 3,
John Diekman, Scott Rocklage and Andrew Schwab
Venture capital: healthcare and biotechnology   $150 Held final close with $200 million. 12/09/09
Alpine Investors,
San Francisco
Alpine Investors 4,
Graham Weaver
Buyout   $175 Held third close with $86 million. 12/09/09
Hamilton Lane,
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
International SMID Fund,
Mario Giannini
Fund of funds   $300 Held final close with $300 million. 12/09/09
Huckleberry Ventures,
Minneapolis
(See article)
Huckleberry Ventures 1,
Matthew Crowe
Venture capital   $100 Just began marketing. 12/09/09
Hudson Clean Energy Partners,
Teaneck, N.J.
Hudson Clean Energy Partners,
Neil Auerbach and John Cavalier
Energy C.P. Eaton,

Credit Suisse and Poalim Ventures

$1,000 Held final close with $1.02 billion. 12/09/09
Alpine Investors,
San Francisco
Alpine Investors 4,
Graham Weaver
Buyout (None) $175 Held third close with $86 million. 12/02/09
Alterna Capital Partners,
Wilton, Conn.
Alterna Core Capital Assets Fund,
James Furnivall and Roger Miller
Infrastructure assets C.P. Eaton, Pinnacle Trust $1,000 Held final close with $428 million. 12/02/09
Arcano Capital,
Madrid
(See article)
Arcano Global Opportunities 2,
Ignacio Sarria and Yuliya Kaspler
Fund of funds None €250 Held final close with €150 million. 12/02/09
Stripes Group,
New York
(See article)
SG Growth Partners 1,
Ken Fox and Dan Marriott
Buyout and growth equity (None) $250 Held second close with $135 million. 12/02/09
Triton Partners,
Frankfurt
Triton Fund 3,
David Graus
Buyout: Europe Lazard $3,000 Held first close with $472 million. 12/02/09
White Deer Energy,
Houston
(See article)
White Deer Energy,
Tom Edelman and Ben Guill
Buyout: oil and gas Credit Suisse $750 Held interim close with $505 million. 12/02/09
Birch Hill Equity Partners,
Toronto
Birch Hill Equity Partners 4,
Stephen Dent and Joseph Wiley
Buyout Shannon Advisors C$850 Held first close with C$425 million. 11/18/09
DAG Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.
DAG Ventures 4,
John Duff and Tom Goodrich
Venture capital   $700 Held first close with $415 million. 11/18/09
Garrison Investment,
New York
(See article)
Garrison Opportunity Fund,
Steve Stuart and Joe Tansey
Distressed debt (None) $500 Held first close with $341 million. 11/18/09
Highland Capital Partners,
Lexington, Mass.
Highland Capital Partners 8,
Bob Higgins and Paul Maeder
Venture capital   $400 Held final close with $400 million. 11/18/09
Kensington Capital Partners,
Toronto
(See article)
Kensington Private Equity Fund 5,
Tom Kennedy
Fund of funds (None) C$300 Just began marketing. 11/18/09
Greylock Partners,
San Mateo, Calif.
Greylock 13,
Dan Gregory
Venture capital   $500 Held final close with $575 million. 11/11/09
Portfolio Advisors,
Darien, Conn.
Portfolio Advisors Secondary Fund,
Hugh Perloff
Secondary market Fortress Group $1,000 Held final close with $1.1 billion. 11/11/09
Tennenbaum Capital Partners,
Santa Monica, Calif.
Tennenbaum DIP Opportunity Fund,
David Hollander
Debtor-in-possession financing Greenhill & Co.   Held final close with $330 million. 11/11/09
WestView Capital Partners,
Boston
WestView Capital Partners 2,
Carlo von Schroeter and Richard Williams
Buyout and growth equity Probitas Partners $300 Held final close with $325 million. 11/11/09
Accel-KKR,
Menlo Park, Calif.
(See article)
Accel-KKR Mezzanine 1,
Greg Williams
Mezzanine finance (None) $150 Just began marketing. 11/04/09
Capital Dynamics,
Zug, Switzerland
(See article)
Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries 3,
Martha Cassidy, Marco Wulff
Secondary market   $250 Held interim close with more than $100 million. 11/04/09
Columbia Capital,
Alexandria, Va.
Columbia Capital Equity Partners 5,
Jim Fleming
Venture capital   $650 Held second close with $370 million. 11/04/09
Greylock Partners,
San Mateo, Calif.
Greylock 13, Bill Helman Venture capital   $500 Held final close with $575 million. 11/04/09
Newbury Partners,
Stamford, Conn.
Newbury Equity Partners 2,
Richard Lichter
Secondary market Credit Suisse $800 Held first close with $300 million. 11/04/09
Raven Capital Management,
New York
(See article)
Raven Credit Opportunity Fund 1,
Josh Green
Mezzanine finance (None) $250 Just began marketing. 11/04/09
Sterling Group,
Houston
(See article)
Sterling Group Partners 3,
Frank Hevrdejs
Buyout Lazard $600 Held first close with $300 million. 11/04/09
First Reserve Corp.,
Greenwich, Conn.
(See article)
First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Mark Florian
Infrastructure: Energy   $1,500 Just began marketing. 10/28/09
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors,
Los Angeles
(See article)
Kayne Anderson Mezzanine Partners,
Ed Cerny and David Petrucco
Mezzanine finance Guggenheim Partners $500 Held second close with $110 million. 10/28/09
Akeida Capital Management,
New York
(See article)
Akeida Renewable Loan Portfolio,
Harvey Abrahams and David Kandolha
Debt: energy (None) $250 Just began marketing. 10/21/09
Merit Capital,
Chicago
Merit Mezzanine Fund 5,
Terrance Shipp and Marc Walfish
Mezzanine finance   $588 Just began marketing. 10/21/09
Permal Capital,
Boston
(See article)
Permal Private Equity Opportunities 4,
Redington Barrett
Secondary market Fairview Securities $350 Just began marketing. 10/21/09
Snow Phipps Group,
New York
Snow Phipps Fund 2,
Ian Snow and Ogden Phipps
Buyout Credit Suisse $700 Just began marketing. 10/21/09
Ambienta SGR Ambienta 1,
Rolando Polli and Guido Rivolta
Buyout: energy and infrastructure Credit Suisse, Matrix Group €250 Held final close with €217.5 million. 10/14/09
Black Diamond Capital,
Greenwich, Conn.
(See article)
BDCM Opportunity Fund 3,
Stephen Deckoff
Distressed debt C.P. Eaton $1,000 Just began marketing. 10/14/09
GI Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.
GI Partners Fund 3,
Rick Magnuson
Buyout Lazard $2,250 Held final close with $1.9 billion. 10/14/09
J.P. Morgan,
New York
J.P. Morgan Secondary Private Equity Investors,
Lawrence Unrein
Secondary market     Held final close with just over $780 million. 10/14/09
Marlin Equity Partners,
Los Angeles
Marlin Equity Partners 3,
David McGovern
Buyout: distressed asset Probitas $450 Just began marketing. 10/14/09
Mason Wells,
Milwaukee
Mason Wells Buyout Fund 3,
John Byrnes and Tom Smith
Buyout: Midwest U.S.   $250 Just began marketing. 10/14/09
Actis Capital,
London
Actis Infrastructure Fund 2,
Michael Till and Torbjorn Caesar
Infrastructure: emerging markets   $1,000 Held final close with $750 million. 10/07/09
Hellman & Friedman,
San Francisco
Hellman & Friedman 7,
Brian Powers
Buyout   $10,000 Held final close with $8.8 billion. 10/07/09
Investindustrial Holdings,
Milan
Investindustrial 3 Build-Up Fund,
Andrea Bonomi
Buyout: Southern Europe MVision €100 Held final close with €100 million. 10/07/09
Oakley Capital Investments,
Bermuda
Oakley Capital Investment,
James Keyes
Turnaround   €350 Held final close with €300 million. 10/07/09
Atlas Holdings,
Greenwich, Conn.
(See article)
Atlas Holdings 1,
Andrew Bursky and Timothy Fazio
Turnaround Capstone Partners $250 Just began marketing. 09/30/09
Highstar Capital,
New York
(See article)
Highstar Capital 4,
Christopher Lee and Michael Miller
Infrastructure   $4,000 Just began marketing. 09/30/09
Pantheon Ventures,
London
Pantheon Infrastructure Fund 1,
Colin Wimsett
Fund of funds: infrastructure   $300 Held first close with $154 million. 09/30/09
Pegasus Capital Advisors,
Cos Cobb, Conn.
(See article)
Pegasus Partners 5,
Craig Cogut and Rodney Cohen
Buyout   $2,000 Just started marketing. 09/30/09
Private Equity Investors,
New York
Private Equity Investment Fund 5,
David Parshall, Chuck Stetson and Gunnar Fremuth
Secondary market   $250 Held first close with $148 million. 09/30/09
Quantum Energy Partners,
Houston
(See article)
Quantum Energy Partners 5,
A.V. Jones, Toby Neugebauer and S. Wil VanLoh Jr.
Buyout: energy Champlain Advisors $2,750 Held final close with more than $2.5 billion. 09/30/09
RCP Advisors, Chicago
(See article)
RCP Fund 7,
Tim Danis and Jeff Gehl
Fund of funds: buyout   $300 Just began marketing. 09/30/09
SSM Partners,
Memphis, Tenn.
SSM Partners 4,
Wilson Orr and Jim Witherington
Venture capital Stanford Group $125 Held first close with $56.8 million. 09/30/09
CarVal Investors,
Minnetonka, Minn.
(See article)
CVI Credit Value Fund,
John Brice
Distressed debt Park Hill $2,000 Just began marketing. 09/23/09
Golub Capital,
New York
GC 2009 Mezzanine Partners,
Lawrence Golub
Mezzanine finance   $350 Held first close with $58 million. 09/23/09
Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners,
Stamford, Conn.
(See article)
Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners 3,
Scott Oakford, Owen Crihfield and Mark Riser
Buyout Griffin Financial $125 Held first close with $50 million. 09/23/09
Littlejohn & Co.,
Greenwich, Conn.
Littlejohn Fund 4,
Angus Littlejohn Jr.
Buyout Park Hill $1,250 Held interim close with $398 million. 09/23/09
Oak Hill Advisors,
New York
OHA Strategic Credit Fund,
Glenn August
Distressed debt   $750 Held final close with $1.1 billion. 09/23/09
Sankaty Advisors,
Boston
Sankaty DIP Opportunities Fund,
Jonathan Lavine
Debtor-in-possession financing J.P. Morgan $400 Held first close with $182 million. 09/23/09
Westly Group,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Westly Clean Technology Fund,
Steve Westly
Venture capital   $125 Held final close with $120 million. 09/23/09
Alpine Investors,
San Francisco
Alpine Investors 4,
Graham Weaver
Buyout (None) $175 Held second close with $45 million. 09/16/09
Angelo, Gordon & Co.,
New York
AG Capital Recovery Partners 7,
John Angelo and Michael Gordon
Distressed debt (None) $3,000 Held interim close with $258 million. 09/16/09
Arx Equity Partners,
Warsaw
Arx CEE 3,
Jaroslav Horak
Buyout: Central and Eastern Europe (None) €125 Held second close with €102 million. 09/16/09
Aureos Capital,
London
Aureos Latin America Fund,
Erik Peterson
Growth capital: Latin America   $200 Held final close with $184 million. 09/16/09
Brookfield Asset Management,
Toronto
Brookfield Colombia Infrastructure Fund,
Fernando Garcia-Rossel and Thomas Keller
Infrastructure: Colombia   $400 Held first close with $320 million. 09/16/09
Camelot Group,
New York
(See article)
Camelot Direct Secondaries,
Lawrence Penn
Secondary direct   $300 Held first close with $65 million. 09/16/09
Champ Private Equity,
Sydney
Champ Buyout 3,
Bill Ferris and Joseph Skrzynski
Buyout: Australia, New Zealand and Asia MVision A$1,500 Held first close with A$400 million. 09/16/09
Charlesbank Capital Partners,
Boston
Charlesbank Equity Partners 7,
Kim Davis and Michael Eisenson
Buyout (None) $1,250 Held final close with $1.5 billion. 09/16/09
DFJ Esprit,
London
DFJ Esprit Fund 3,
Robert Hook
Venture capital: Europe technology (None) $215 Held first close with $100 million. 09/16/09
Domain Associates,
Princeton, N.J.
Domain Partners 8,
James Blair and Jesse Treu
Venture capital: life science   $700 Held final close with $500 million. 09/16/09
Freeman Spogli & Co.,
Los Angeles
FS Equity Partners 6,
Bradford Freeman
Buyout: distribution, marketing and retail   $1,000 Reduced target and held interim close with $400 million. 09/16/09
Graham Partners,
Newton Square, Pa.
Graham Partners 3,
Steven Graham
Buyout   $650 Held final close with $515 million. 09/16/09
Helix Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Helix Ventures 1,
Graham Cooke, Philip Sawyer and Evgeny Zaytsev
Venture capital: healthcare   $150 Just began marketing. 09/16/09
HLM Venture Partners,
Boston
HLM Venture Partners 3,
Edward Cahill and Peter Grua
Venture capital: healthcare   $200 Just began marketing. 09/16/09
Khosla Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Khosla Ventures 3,
Vinod Khosla
Venture capital: clean technology and information technology   $750 Held final close with $750 million. 09/16/09
Khosla Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Khosla Ventures Seed Fund,
Vinod Khosla
Venture capital: seed capital   $250 Held final close with $250 million. 09/16/09
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,
New York
KKR E2 Investors Annex Fund,
Henry Kravis and George Roberts
Buyout: Europe   €400 Held final close with €400 million. 09/16/09
KPS Capital Partners,
New York
KPS Special Situations Fund 3,
Michael Psaros and David Shapiro
Turnaround   $2,000 Held final close with $2 billion after re-opening for $800 million add-on. 09/16/09
Lexington Partners,
New York
Lexington Capital Partners 7,
Brent Nicklas
Secondary market Park Hill $5,000 Held first close with $2 billion. 09/16/09
Lovell Minnick,
Los Angeles
Lovell Minnick Equity Partners 3,
Jeffrey Lovell and James Minnick
Buyout Credit Suisse $350 Held interim close with $375 million. 09/16/09
Oaktree Capital,
Los Angeles
(See article)
OCM Opportunities Fund 8,
Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh and John Frank
Distressed debt (None) $5,000 Held first close with $1 billion. 09/16/09
Prairie Capital,
Chicago
(See article)
Prairie Capital 5,
C. Bryan Daniels and Stephen King
Buyout   $275 Held first close with $150 million. 09/16/09
Oak Hill Advisors,
New York
OHA Strategic Credit Fund,
Glenn August
Distressed debt   $750 Held final close with $1.1 billion. 09/16/09
RREEF, New York
(See article)
RREEF Pan-European Infrastructure Fund 2,
John McCarthy
Buyout: infrastructure   €3,000 Just began marketing. 09/16/09
Strategic Value Partners,
Greenwich, Conn.
(See article)
Strategic Global Opportunities Fund 2,
Victor Khosla
Distressed debt NovaFund Advisors $750 Just began marketing. 09/16/09
WestView Capital,
Boston
WestView Capital Partners 2,
Carlo von Schroeter
Buyout Probitas Partners $300 Held interim close with $290 million. 09/16/09
Avante Mezzanine Partners,
Los Angeles
(See article)
Avante Mezzanine Partners 1,
Stephen Adamson and Jeri Harman
Mezzanine finance   $200 Just began marketing. 08/19/09
Macquarie Funds Management,
Sydney
Renaissance Capital,
Moscow
(See article)
Macquarie Renaissance Infrastructure Fund Infrastructure: former Soviet states   $1,500 Held first close with $530 million. 08/19/09
Meidlinger Partners,
Philadelphia
(See article)
Meidlinger Partners 1,
Kevin Brophy and Karen Meidlinger
Venture capital: clean technology   $100 Just began marketing. 08/19/09
Rockland Capital,
Houston
(See article)
Rockland Power Partners,
Scott Harlan
Buyout: energy   $350 Held first close with $95 million. 08/19/09
Wynnchurch Capital,
Rosemont, Ill.
(See article)
Wynnchurch Capital Partners 3,
John Hatherly and Richard Renaud
Buyout Credit Suisse $500 Held first close with more than $255 million. 08/19/09
LGT Capital Partners,
Pfaffikon, Switzerland
Crown Global Secondaries 2,
Hans Markvoort
Secondary market   $750 Held first close with $268 million. 08/12/09
Longworth Venture Partners,
Waltham, Mass.
Longworth Venture Partners 3,
Nilanjana Bhowmik, Paul Margolis and Jim Savage
Venture capital   $160 Held interim close with $122 million. 08/12/09
Opus Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Opus Capital Venture Partners 6,
Gill Cogan, Ken Elefant and Carl Showalter
Venture capital   $300 Just began marketing. 08/12/09
Staley Capital,
Waltham, Mass.
(See article)
Staley Capital 1,
Renny Smith and Amit Basak
Growth equity   $100 Just began marketing. 08/12/09
Veritas Capital,
New York
(See article)
Veritas Capital Fund 4,
Robert McKeon
Buyout: defense and aerospace   $950 Just began marketing. 08/12/09
Adams Street Partners,
Chicago
Adams Street Global Opportunities Secondary Fund 2,
Bon French
Secondary market   $600 Held first close with $235 million. 08/05/09
Corsair Capital,
New York
(See article)
Corsair 4 Financial Service Partners,
Nicholas Paumgarten
Buyout: financial services Atlantic-Pacific Capital $2,000 Just began marketing. 08/05/09
Birch Hill Equity Partners,
Toronto
Birch Hill Equity Partners 4,
Stephen Dent and Joseph Wiley
Buyout   C$850 Just began marketing. 07/29/09
Imperial Capital,
Toronto
Imperial Capital Acquisition Fund 4,
Stephen Lister and Jeffrey Rosenthal
Buyout   C$300 Held final close with C$126 million. 07/29/09
Marwit Capital,
Los Angeles
Marwit Capital 3,
Chris Britt and Matthew Witte
Buyout: U.S.   $225 Just began marketing. 07/29/09
Matrix Partners,
Waltham, Mass.
Matrix Partners Special Opportunities Fund,
Paul Ferri
Venture capital   $150 Held final close with $150 million. 07/29/09
MBK Partners,
Seoul
MBK Partners 2,
Jay Bu and Kuo-Chuan Kung
Buyout: Asia Citigroup $2,500 Held final close with $1.6 billion. 07/29/09
21 Partners,
Paris
21 Centrale Partners 4,
Alessandro Benetton and Gerard Pluvinet
Buyout: France and Italy   €500 Held first close with €200 million. 07/22/09
Crossbow Ventures,
West Palm Beach, Fla.
(See article)
Crossbow Ventures 3,
Stephen Warner
Venture capital: Southeast U.S.   $125 Just began marketing. 07/22/09
Draper Fisher Jurvetson,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson 10,
Tim Draper
Venture capital   $400 Held first close with $196 million. 07/22/09
Huntsman Gay Global Capital,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Huntsman Gay Capital Partners,
Jon Huntsman and Bob Gay
Buyout   $1,000 Held final close with $1.25 billion. 07/22/09
Matrix Partners,
Waltham, Mass.
Matrix Partners Fund 9,
Paul Ferri
Venture capital   $450 Held final close with $450 million. 07/22/09
TA Associates,
Boston
(See article)
TA Fund 11,
C. Kevin Landry
Buyout and growth equity   $3,500 Held final close with $4 billion. 07/22/09
BlackRock,
New York
BlackRock Diversified Private Equity Program 4,
Russell Steenberg
Fund of funds (None) $1,000 Held final close with $790 million. 07/15/09
Catalyst Capital,
Toronto
(See article)
Catalyst Fund 3,
Newton Glassman
Distressed debt Credit Suisse $1,000 Just began marketing. 07/15/09
Jarvinian Venture Fund,
Boston
Jarvinian Venture Fund 1,
Chris Carter, John Dooley and Tom Eddy
Venture capital: wireless information technology (None) $150 Just began marketing. 07/15/09
Keytone Ventures,
Beijing
Keytone Ventures,
Joe Zhou and Stella Jin
Venture capital: China MVision $250 Held final close with $200 million. 07/15/09
Multiples,
Mumbai, India
Multiples 1,
Renuka Ramnath
Venture capital: India   $450 Just began marketing. 07/15/09
Riverlake Equity Partners,
Portland, Ore.
Riverlake Equity Partners Fund 2,
Erik Krieger
Buyout and growth equity: manufacturing and services in northwest U.S. E.L.K. Capital $150 Suspended marketing. 07/15/09
Sovereign Capital,
London
(See article)
Sovereign Capital 3,
Andrew Hayden and Ryan Robson
Buyout   £350 Held first close with £140 million. 07/15/09
Carlyle Group,
Washington
Carlyle Asia Growth Partners 4,
Wayne Tsou
Buyout: China and India     Held final close with $1.04 billion. 07/08/09
Excel Venture Management,
Boston
(See article)
Excel Medical Fund,
Rick Blume, Steven Gullans, Juan Enriquez and Enrico Petrillo
Venture capital: life science   $250 Held final close with $125 million. 07/08/09
Pomona Capital,
New York
Pomona Capital 7,
Michael Granoff
Secondary market   $1,000 Held final close with $1.3 billion. 07/08/09
RCP Advisors,
Chicago
RCP Secondary Opportunity Fund,
Jon Madorsky
Secondary market   $200 Held first close with $100 million. 07/08/09
WHEB Ventures,
London
WHEB Ventures Private Equity 2,
James McNaught-Davis
Venture capital: clean technology   £150 Held interim close with £90 million. 07/08/09
DBL Investors,
San Francisco
California Equity Fund/BAEF 2,
Nancy Pfund
Venture capital   $150 Held first close with $44 million. 07/01/09
Driscoll Investments,
Stony Brook, N.Y.
Driscoll Partners,
Christopher Driscoll
Buyout   $100 Held interim close with $30 million. 07/01/09
EnCap Investments,
Houston
EnCap Energy Infrastructure Fund,
David Miller, Gary Petersen, Martin Philips and Robert Zorich
Infrastructure: energy companies   $750 Held fourth close with $396 million. 07/01/09
Mount Kellett Capital,
New York
Mount Kellett Fund 1,
Mark McGoldrick
Buyout and distressed debt Goldman Sachs $5,000 Held final close with $2.5 billion. 07/01/09
Oaktree Capital,
Los Angeles
(See article)
OCM Opportunities Fund 8,
Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh and John Frank
Distressed debt   $5,000 Just began marketing. 07/01/09
Providence Equity Partners,
Providence, R.I.
Providence TMT Special Situations Fund 2,
Jonathan Nelson, Glenn Creamer and Paul Salem
Distressed debt   $1,000 Just began marketing. 07/01/09
ABS Capital Partners,
Baltimore
ABS Capital 6,
Don Hebb
Growth equity   $400 Held final close with $420 million. 06/24/09
Goldman Sachs,
New York
(See article)
Goldman Sachs Early Secondaries Fund,
Michael Brandmeyer and Harold Hope
Secondary market: early stage   $300 Just started raising. 06/24/09
Insight Equity,
Southlake, Texas
Insight Equity Mezzanine 1,
Ted Beneski
Mezzanine finance UBS $200 Held first close with $99 million. 06/24/09
KPS Capital Partners,
New York
(See article)
KPS Special Situations Fund 3,
Michael Psaros and David Shapiro
Turnaround   $2,000 Re-opened $1.2 billion fund to seek $800 million of new commitments. 06/24/09
Oak Hill Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Oak Hill Capital Partners 3,
Taylor Crandall and Mark Wolfson
Buyout   $4,500 Held final close with $3.8 billion. 06/24/09
Andreessen Horowitz,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Andreessen Horowitz Fund 1,
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
Venture capital: early-stage technology   $250 Held final close with $300 million. 06/17/09
Cipio Partners,
Munich
Cipio Partners Fund 6,
Tom Anthofer and Werner Dreesbach
Secondary direct   €200 Held first close with €61 million. 06/17/09
Natixis Caspian Private Equity,
New York
(See article)
NPE Caspian 1 A,
Nader Motamedy and Satyan Malhotra
Fund of funds   $250 Just began marketing. 06/17/09
Natixis Caspian Private Equity,
New York
(See article)
NPE Caspian 1 B,
Nader Motamedy and Satyan Malhotra
Co-investment   $250 Just began marketing. 06/17/09
Acon Investments,
Washington
(See article)
Acon Latin America Opportunities Fund,
Bernard Aronson
Buyout: Latin America Cygnus Capital $500 Held first close of over $100 million. 06/10/09
Clearwater Capital,
New York
Clearwater Capital Partners 4,
Robert Petty
Distressed debt: Asia Greenhill & Co. $1,000 Just began marketing. 06/10/09
DRI Capital,
Toronto
(See article)
Drug Royalty 2 Fund,
Joshua Salisbury
Buyout: pharmaceutical royalties   $500 Just began marketing. 06/10/09
LODH Private Equity,
Zurich
LODH Euro Choice 4,
Thomas Frei
Fund of funds: buyout, turnaround, growth equity Mallory Capital (U.S.) €600 Held final close with €512 million. 06/10/09
Noble Group,
Edinburgh, Scotland
(See article)
Noble Minority Capital Partners,
Bruce McLaren
Mezzanine: UK Cygnus Capital £150 Just began marketing. 06/10/09
Riverside Co.,
New York
Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund 5,
David Gordon and Suzy Kriscunas
Buyout: mid-size U.S. companies   $900 Held final close with $1.17 billion. 06/10/09
Tennenbaum Capital,
Santa Monica, Calif.
(See article)
Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund 6,
Michael Tennenbaum, Mark Holdsworth, Howard Levkowitz
Distressed debt Greenhill & Co. $1,000 Just started marketing. 06/10/09
Tennenbaum Capital,
Santa Monica, Calif.
(See article)
(Unnamed debtor-in-possession fund),
Michael Tennenbaum, Mark Holdsworth, Howard Levkowitz
Debtor in possession Greenhill & Co. $300 Just began marketing. 06/10/09
AnaCap Financial Partners,
London
AnaCap Financial Partners Fund 2,
Joe Giannamore
Buyout: Europe financial services   €600 Held final close with €575 million. 06/03/09
Black Diamond Capital,
Greenwich, Conn.
(See article)
BDCM Opportunity Fund 2B,
Stephen Deckoff
Distressed debt C.P. Eaton $500 Just began marketing. 06/03/09
J.P. Morgan,
New York
(See article)
J.P. Morgan Secondary Opportunities Fund,
Lawrence Unrein
Secondary market   $500 Just began marketing. 06/03/09
Unigestion,
Geneva
Unigestion Secondary Opportunity Fund 2,
Hanspeter Bader
Secondary market   €150 Held first close with €75 million. 06/03/09
UBS Global Asset Management,
Zurich, Switzerland
(See article)
AFA Global Infrastructure Multi-Manager Fund,
Ulrich Keller
Fund of funds: Infrastructure (None) €200 Just began marketing. 06/03/09
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe,
New York
(See article)
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe 11,
Bruce Anderson and Russell Carson
Buyout: healthcare and technology (None) $3,500 Held final close with $3.7 billion. 06/03/09
Kayne Anderson Capital,
Los Angeles
(See article)
Kayne Anderson Energy Fund 5 Partners,
John Anderson, Richard Kayne and Robert Sinnott
Buyout: energy   $1,600 Held final close with $830 million. 05/2709
Rho Fund Investors,
New York
(See article)
RFI Venture Secondaries,
Gordon Hargraves
Secondary market: venture capital Ariane Capital and Elm Capital $200 Just began marketing. 05/2709
Riverside Partners,
Boston
(See article)
Riverside Partners 4,
David Belluck
Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $325 Just began marketing. 05/2709
Versa Capital,
Philadelphia
Versa Capital Partners 2,
Ira Lubert and Gregory Segall
Turnaround   $600 Held final close with $650 million. 05/2709
Adams Street Partners,
Chicago
Adams Street 2009 Global Opportunities Portfolio,
Bon French
Fund of funds   $2,000 Held final close with $1.95 billion. 05/20/09
Clayton Dubilier & Rice,
New York
(See article)
Clayton Dubilier & Rice Fund 8,
Joseph Rice and Donald Gogel
Buyout   $6,000 Held third close with $4.3 billion. 05/20/09
EIF Management,
Boston
United States Power Fund 4,
John Buehler Jr., Terence Darby and Herbert Magid
Buyout: energy   $2,000 Just began marketing. 05/20/09
Neuberger Berman,
New York
NB Crossroads 19,
John Buser
Fund of funds   $1,250 Just began marketing. 05/20/09
Prism VentureWorks,
Needham, Mass.
Prism Venture Partners 6,
John Brooks
Venture capital   $275 Suspended marketing. 05/20/09
Aquiline Capital Partners,
New York
(See article)
Aquiline Financial Services Fund 2,
Matthew Grayson and Jeffrey Greenberg
Buyout: financial services MVision $2,000 Just began marketing. 05/13/09
Constellation Growth Capital,
New York
Constellation Ventures 3,
Clifford Friedman
Venture capital: technology   $250 Held final close with $200 million. 05/13/09
Gen Cap America,
Nashville, Tenn.
Southvest Fund 6,
Barney Byrd
Buyout     Held final close with $165 million. 05/13/09
StarVest Partners,
New York
StarVest Partners 2, Deborah Farrington,
Laura Sachar and Jeanne Sullivan
Venture capital: business services   $200 Held final close with $244 million. 05/13/09
Stone Arch Capital,
Minneapolis
Stone Arch Capital 2,
Peter Grant, Charles Lannin and Clayton Miller
Buyout: Midwest   $200 Held final close with $175 million. 05/13/09
Stone Point Capital,
Greenwich, Conn.
(See article)
Trident Fund 5,
Charles Davis and Stephen Friedman
Buyout: financial services   $2,250 Just began marketing. 05/13/09
MK Capital,
Northbrook, Ill.
MK Capital 2,
Mark Koulogeorge and Bret Maxwell
Venture capital and growth capital E.L.K. Capital $150 Held first close with $42 million. 05/06/09
Wilshire Associates,
Santa Monica, Calif.
Wilshire Private Markets Fund 8,
Daniel Allen and Jeff Ennis
Fund of funds   $600 Held final close with $615 million. 05/06/09
BlueRun Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
BlueRun Ventures 4,
John Malloy
Venture capital: early stage   $300 Held final close with $240 million. 04/29/09
HarbourVest Partners,
Boston
Dover Street 7,
Frederick Maynard
Secondary market   $2,000 Held final close with $2.9 billion. 04/29/09
New Enterprise Associates,
Menlo Park, Calif.
(See article)
New Enterprise Associates 13,
Dick Kramlich
Venture capital and growth equity   $2,500 Held second close with $2.2 billion. 04/29/09
Target Partners,
Munich
Target Partners Fund 2,
Berthold von Freyberg and Waldemar Jantz
Venture capital: Europe   €120 Held final close with €113 million. 04/29/09
Trinity Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Trinity Ventures 10,
Noel Fenton
Venture capital   $300 Held final close with $300 million. 04/29/09
Abbott Capital,
New York
Abbott Capital Private Equity Fund 6,
Jonathan Roth
Fund of funds   $1,000 Held final close with more than $1 billion. 04/22/09
Charlesbank Capital,
Boston
Charlesbank Equity Partners 7,
Michael Eisenson
Buyout   $1,250 Just began marketing. 04/22/09
First Reserve,
Greenwich, Conn.
First Reserve Fund 12,
William McCaulay
Buyout: energy   $12,000 Held final close with $9 billion. 04/22/09
Flag Capital,
Stamford, Conn.
(See article)
Flag Private Equity 4,
Diana Frazier and Peter Lawrence
Fund of funds: U.S.   $300 Held interim close with $147 million. 04/22/09
Great Hill Partners,
Boston
Great Hill Equity Partners 4, Christopher Gaffney, John Hayes and Stephen Gormley Buyout   $1,000 Held final close with $1.1 billion. 04/22/09
Hamilton Lane,
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
(See article)
Hamilton Lane Private Equity Fund 7,
Mario Gianini and Erik Hirsch
Fund of funds   $500 Just began marketing. 04/22/09
Lone Star Partners,
Dallas
(See article)
Lone Star Fund 7,
John Grayken and Louis Paletta
Distressed debt   $10,000 Just began marketing. 04/22/09
Morgan Stanley Investment Management,
West Conshohocken, Pa.
Morgan Stanley Private Markets Fund 4,
Stu Bohart
Fund of funds     Held final close with $1.14 billion. 04/22/09
New Atlantic Venture Partners,
Reston, Va.
New Atlantic Venture Fund 3,
John Backus and Thanasis Delistathis
Venture capital: information technology Prevail Capital $175 Held final close with $115 million. 04/22/09
Sanderling Ventures,
San Mateo, Calif.
Sanderling Venture Partners 7,
Robert McNeil
Venture capital: biomedicine   $200 Just began marketing. 04/22/09
Sanderling Ventures,
San Mateo, Calif.
Sanderling Venture Partners 7 Co-Investment Fund,
Robert McNeil
Venture capital: biomedicine
co-investment
  $200 Just began marketing. 04/22/09
Southlake Equity,
Southlake, Texas

 
Southlake Equity Fund,
Doug Wheat
Buyout Neuberger Berman $250 Just began marketing. 04/22/09
Dominus Capital,
New York
Dominus Capital 1,
Gary Binning
Buyout Probitas Partners $375 Held first close with $103 million. 04/15/09
Highland Capital,
Lexington, Mass.
Highland Capital Partners 8,
Bob Higgins and Paul Maeder
Venture capital   $400 Just began marketing. 04/15/09
Pine Brook Road Partners,
New York
Pine Brook Road Partners 1,
Howard Newman
Buyout Lazard $1,500 Held final close with $1.4 billion. 04/15/09
Platte River Ventures,
Denver
Platte River Ventures 2,
J. Landis Martin
Buyout: mid-size companies   $200 Held final close with $235 million. 04/15/09
Wynnchurch Capital,
Rosemont, Ill.
(See article)
Wynnchurch Capital Partners 3,
John Hatherly and Richard Renaud
Buyout Credit Suisse $500 Just began marketing. 04/15/09
Charterhouse Capital Partners,
London
Charterhouse Capital Partners 9,
Gordon Bonnyman
Buyout: Europe   €6,000 Held final close with €4 billion. 04/08/09
Siguler Guff & Co.,
New York
(See article)
Siguler Guff Distressed Opportunities Fund 3,
Drew Guff and George Siguler
Distressed debt   $1,500 Held final close with $2.4 billion. 04/08/09
ATA Ventures,
Redwood City, Calif.
ATA Ventures 3,
Hatch Graham
Venture capital: information technology     Held first close with $86 million. 04/01/09
Carlyle Group, Washington
Riverstone Holdings, New York
Riverstone/Carlyle Global Energy & Power Fund 4,
Pierre Lapeyre Jr. and David Leuschen
Buyout: energy   $6,000 Held interim close with $6 billion. 04/01/09
Charles River Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Charles River 14,
Bruce Sachs
Venture capital     Held final close with $320 million. 04/01/09
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures 8,
James Currie and Martin Sutter
Venture capital: life science Denning & Co. $1,000 Held final close with $900 million. 04/01/09
New Capital Partners,
Birmingham, Ala.
NCP Private Equity Fund 2,
Jim Little and James Outland
Venture capital and small buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital   Held final close with $140 million. 04/01/09
Portfolio Advisors,
Darien, Conn.
Portfolio Advisors Private Equity Fund 5,
Paul Crotty and Bill Indelicato
Fund of funds: buyout, venture capital and special situations   $1,000 Held final close with $1.045 billion. 04/01/09
Russia Partners,
Moscow
Russia Partners 3,
Vladimir Andrienko
Buyout: former Soviet Union   $750 Held final close with $800 million. 04/01/09
5AM Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
5AM Venture Fund 3,
John Diekman, Scott Rocklage and Andrew Schwab
Venture capital: healthcare and biotechnology   $150 Held interim close with $119 million. 03/25/09
August Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
August 5,
John Johnston and Dave Marquardt
Venture capital     Held final close with $650 million. 03/25/09
Industry Ventures,
San Francisco
(See article)
Industry Ventures Fund 5,
Hans Swildens
Secondary direct: venture capital   $200 Held final close with $265 million. 03/25/09
Vicente Capital,
Los Angeles
(See article)
Vicente Growth Equity Fund,
Jay Ferguson, Klaus Koch and Nicholas Memmo
Growth capital   $150 Held final close with $165 million. 03/25/09
Gores Group,
Los Angeles
Gores Capital Partners 3,
Alec Gores
Buyout   $1,500 Just began marketing. 03/18/09
Pappas Ventures,
Durham, N.C.
Pappas Ventures 4,
Arthur Pappas
Venture capital: life science     Held final close with $102 million. 03/18/09
Thoma Bravo,
Chicago
Thoma Bravo Fund 9,
Carl Thoma and Orlando Bravo
Buyout: technology   $800 Held final close with $822.5 million. 03/18/09
ArcLight Capital,
Boston
(See article)
ArcLight Energy Partners 5,
Daniel Revers, Robb Turner
Buyout: energy companies MVision $3,000 Just began marketing. 03/11/09
Alsis Funds,
Miami
(See article)
Alsis Latin America Fund,
Alfonso Montiel
Consumer debt: Latin America   $252 Just began add-on round for $100 million. 03/11/09
Butler Capital,
Paris
(See article)
France Private Equity 4,
Walter Butler
Turnaround: France   €500 Just began marketing. 03/11/09
Butler Capital,
Paris
(See article)
WB Debt Partners,
Walter Butler
Distressed debt: Europe   €250 Just began marketing. 03/11/09
Carlyle Group,
Washington
Carlyle MENA Partners,
Walid Musallam
Buyout and growth equity: Middle East and North Africa   $750 Held final close with $500 million. 03/11/09
Element Partners,
Radnor, Pa.
Element Partners 2,
David Lincoln
Buyout: clean technology Greenhill $400 Held final close with $486 million. 03/11/09
Francisco Partners,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Francisco Partners 3,
Benjamin Ball and David Stanton
Buyout: technology   $2,500 Just began marketing. 03/11/09
LBO France,
Paris
White Knight 8,
Gilles Cahen-Salvador
Buyout: France   €1,000 Held final close with €1 billion. 03/11/09
Odyssey Investment Partners,
Woodland Hills, Calif.
Odyssey Investment Partners Fund 4,
Stephen Berger
Buyout Credit Suisse $1,000 Held final close with $1.5 billion. 03/11/09
Venrock Associates,
New York
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners,
Bryan Roberts
Venture capital: public and late-stage healthcare   $200 Held final close with $194 million. 03/11/09
Alterna Capital Partners,
Wilton, Conn.
Alterna Core Capital Assets Fund,
James Furnivall and Roger Miller
Infrastructure assets   $1,000 Held first close with $229 million. 03/04/09
Carlyle Group,
Washington
Carlyle Mezzanine Partners 2,
Leo Helmers and James Shevlet
Mezzanine finance   $600 Held final close with $553 million. 03/04/09
Energy Capital Partners,
Short Hills, N.J.
Energy Capital Partners 2,
Doug Kimmelman
Buyout: energy   $3,500 Just began marketing. 03/04/09
Hellman & Friedman,
San Francisco
(See article)
Hellman & Friedman 7,
F. Warren Hellman and Brian Powers
Buyout   $10,000 Held first close with $6 billion. 03/04/09
Index Ventures,
Geneva
Index Ventures 5,
Bernard Dalle, Danny Rimer and Neil Rimer
Venture capital: Europe, Israel and North America   €350 Held final close with €350 million. 03/04/09
Rockley Group,
Oxford, England
Rockley Follow-On Fund,
Andrew Rickman and Robert Rickman
Venture capital: technology   €100 Just began marketing. 03/04/09
Trinity Ventures,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Trinity Ventures 10,
Noel Fenton
Venture capital   $300 Held interim close with $276 million. 03/04/09
Blackstone Group,
New York
(See article)
Blackstone Cleantech Partners,
James Kiggen
Venture capital: clean technology Park Hill $500 Just began marketing. 02/25/09
Centerbridge Partners,
New York
(See article)
Centerbridge Credit Opportunities Fund,
Jeffrey Aronson
Distressed debt Park Hill   Just began marketing. 02/25/09
Hamilton Lane,
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund 2,
Erik Hirsch
Secondary market   $400 Held third close with $400 million. 02/25/09
Advent International,
London
Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund 5,
Ernest Bachrach
Buyout and growth equity: Latin America   $2,000 Just began marketing. 02/18/09
Bain Capital Ventures,
Boston
Bain Capital Venture Partners 2008,
Michael Krupka
Venture capital   $500 Held first close with $475 million. 02/18/09
Calvert BioCapital,
Cary, N.C.
(See article)
Calvert BioCapital Fund 1,
Michael Recny, Sam Tetlow and Russell McLauchlan
Venture capital   $75 Just began marketing. 02/18/09
Frontenac Co.,
Chicago
Frontenac 9 Private Capital,
Paul Carbery, James Cowie and Rodney Goldstein
Buyout   $450 Held final close with $315 million. 02/18/09
WI Harper,
San Francisco
(See article)
WI Harper Fund 8,
Peter Liu and Eric Chen
Venture capital   $200 Holding first close with $75 million. 02/18/09
Alinda Capital Partners,
New York
Alinda Infrastructure Fund 2,
Christopher Beale
Infrastructure Citigroup,

PTP Securities

$3,000 Held interim close with $3 billion. 02/11/09
Gemini Israel Funds,
Herzliya, Israel
Gemini Israel 5,
Ed Mlavsky
Venture capital   $150 Held final close with $150 million. 02/11/09
Milestone Partners,
Saint Davids, Pa.
Milestone Partners 3,
Robert Levine and W. Scott Warren
Buyout   $200 Held final close with $230 million. 02/11/09
Pinova Capital,
Munich
Pinova Capital Fund 1,
Katrin Brokelmann, Marko Maschek, Martin Olbort and Joern Pelzer
Buyout: Europe engineering, services   €150 Held first close with €50 million. 02/11/09
Seidler Equity Partners,
Marina Del Rey, Calif.
Seidler Equity Partners 4,
Eric Kutsenda, Peter Seidler and Robert Seidler
Buyout, growth equity   $400 Just began marketing. 02/11/09
TPG Capital,
Fort Worth, Texas
 
TPG Financial Partners,
David Bonderman
Buyout: financial services   $7,000 Closed on $6 billion, but is returning 25% of pledges. 02/11/09
Turtle Bay Capital,
New York
(See article)
Turtle Bay EMII Fund,
David Kang
Infrastructure: emerging market   $300 Will start marketing in late February. 02/11/09
Turtle Bay Capital,
New York
(See article)
(joint venture),
David Kang
Infrastructure: emerging market   $500 Will start raising in late February. 02/11/09
Veronis Suhler Stevenson,
New York
VSS Structured Capital 2,
John Veronis, John Suhler and Jeffrey Stevenson
Mezzanine   $300 Held third close with $350 million. 02/11/09
Yucaipa Cos.,
Los Angeles
Yucaipa American Alliance Fund 2,
Ronald Burkle
Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $2,500 Held interim close with $1.5 billion. 02/11/09
Yucaipa Cos.,
Los Angeles
Yucaipa American Alliance Parallel Fund 2,
Ronald Burkle
Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital   Held interim close with $463 million. 02/11/09
Atlas Venture,
Waltham, Mass.
Atlas Venture 8,
Gerard Montanus and Christopher Spray
Venture capital   $500 Held final close with $283 million. 02/04/09
Blackstreet Capital,
Bethesda, Md.
Blackstreet Capital Partners 2,
Murry Gunty
Turnaround and distressed asset   $125 Held first close with $91 million. 02/04/09
Kinetic Ventures,
Chevy Chase, Md.
(See article)
Kinetic Ventures 8,
Nelson Chu, William Heflin and Jake Tarr
Venture capital   $150 Held first close with $60 million. 02/04/09
Kilmer Capital,
Toronto
Kilmer Capital Fund 2,
Larry Tanenbaum
Buyout   C$250 Held final close with C$250 million. 02/04/09
Littlejohn & Co.,
Greenwich, Conn.
(See article)
Littlejohn Fund 4,
Angus Littlejohn Jr.
Buyout Park Hill $1,250 Just began marketing. 02/04/09
TA Associates,
Boston
(See article)
TA Fund 11,
C. Kevin Landry
Buyout and growth equity   $3,500 Just began marketing. 02/04/09
Vision Capital,
London
Vision Capital 7,
Julian Mash
Secondary direct Lazard €1,000 Held final close with €680 million. 02/04/09
Z Capital,
Lake Forest, Ill.
Z Capital Special Situation Fund,
James Zenni
Distressed asset   $500 Held first close with $100 million. 02/04/09
Angelo Gordon & Co.,
New York
(See article)
AG Capital Recovery Partners 7,
John Angelo and Michael Gordon
Distressed debt   $3,000 Just began marketing. 01/28/09
Apollo Management,
New York
Apollo Investment Fund 7,
Leon Black
Buyout and distressed debt   $15,000 Held final close with $14.9 billion. 01/28/09
De Novo Ventures,
Palo Alto, Calif.
(See article)
De Novo Ventures 4,
Frederick Dotzler, Richard Ferrari and David Mauney
Venture capital: life science   $300 Just began marketing. 01/28/09
LGT Capital Partners,
Pfaffikon, Switzerland
Crown Asia-Pacific Private Equity,
Hans Markvoort
Fund of funds: Asia   $400 Held final close with $373 million. 01/28/09
Prime Technology Ventures,
Amsterdam
Prime Technology Ventures 3,
Sake Bosch
Venture capital: Europe technology   €150 Held interim close with €150 million. 01/28/09
Yukon Partners,
Minneapolis
Yukon Partners Fund 1,
Michael Hall and William Dietz
Mezzanine finance   $300 Just began marketing. 01/28/09
Allegis Capital,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Allegis Capital 6,
Robert Ackerman and Barry Weinman
Venture capital: technology   $150 Just began marketing. 01/21/09
Calera Capital,
San Francisco
Calera Capital 4,
James Farrell
Buyout MVision $1,250 Held final close with $700 million. 01/21/09
CVC Capital Partners,
London
CVC European Equity Partners  5,
Michael Smith
Buyout: Europe   €11,000 Held final close with €11 billion. 01/21/09
Mount Kellett Capital,
New York
Mount Kellett Fund 1,
Mark McGoldrick
Buyout and distressed debt Goldman Sachs $5,000 Held interim close with $1.5 billion. 01/21/09
Onex Corp.,
Toronto
Onex Partners 3,
Andrew Sheiner
Buyout Credit Suisse $3,500 Held interim close with $3 billion. 01/21/09
Spectrum Equity Investors,
Boston
Spectrum Equity Investors 6, Brion Applegate and William Collatos Buyout   $1,250 Held first close with $600 million. 01/21/09
Aisling Capital,
New York
Aisling Capital 3,
Dennis Purcell
Venture capital: life science   $650 Held final close with $650 million. 01/14/09
Arlington Capital,
Washington
(See article)
Arlington Capital Partners 3,
Jeffrey Freed and Robert Knibb
Buyout   $750 Just began marketing. 01/14/09
Balderton Capital,
London
Benchmark Capital European Fund 4,
Barry Maloney
Venture capital   $500 Held first close with $430 million. 01/14/09
CapitalSouth Partners,
Charlotte
CapitalSouth Partners Fund 3,
Joseph Alala 3d
Buyout and mezzanine finance: U.S.   $350 Raised target from $300 million and held interim close with $300 million. 01/14/09
Carlyle Group,
Washington
Carlyle Partners 5,
David Rubenstein
Buyout   $15,000 Held final close with $13.7 billion. 01/14/09
Epic Ventures,
Salt Lake City
(See article)
Epic Ventures,
Todd Stephens
Venture capital   $100 Held second close with $80 million. 01/14/09
GSR Ventures,
Beijing
GSR Ventures 3,
Kevin Fong and Sonny Wu
Venture capital: China     Held final close with $383 million. 01/14/09
Hispania Capital,
Chicago
Hispania Private Equity Fund 2,
Victor Maruri and Carlos Signoret
Buyout and growth equity: Hispanic demographic   $150 Held first close with about $105 million. 01/14/09
Kayne Anderson Capital,
Los Angeles
(See article)
Kayne Anderson Capital Partners,
Edward Cerny and David Petrucco
Mezzanine finance Guggenheim Partners $500 Just began marketing. 01/14/09
Monitor Clipper Partners,
Cambridge, Mass.
Monitor Clipper Equity Partners 3,
Michael Bell, Robert Calhoun and Kevin Macdonald
Buyout Monument Group $800 Held final close with $500 million. 01/14/09
Tailwind Capital,
New York
Tailwind Capital Partners 1,
Lawrence Sorrel, Douglas Karp and Frank Sica
Buyout Atlantic-Pacific Capital $750 Held final close with $775 million. 01/14/09
Danske Private Equity,
Copenhagen
Danske Private Equity 4,
John Danielsen
Fund of funds: Western Europe, U.S.   €600 Held third close with €600 million. 01/07/09
Draper Fisher Jurvetson,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson 10,
Tim Draper
Venture capital   $600 Just began marketing. 01/07/09
EnCap Investments,
Houston
EnCap Energy Infrastructure Fund,
David Miller, Gary Petersen, Martin Phillips and Robert Zorich
Infrastructure: energy   $750 Held first close with $254 million. 01/07/09
Fletcher Spaght Ventures,
Boston
(See article)
Fletcher Spaght Ventures 2,
John Fletcher and Pearson Spaght
Venture capital   $100 Held final close with $100.6 million. 01/07/09
Freeman Spogli & Co.,
Los Angeles
FS Equity Partners 6,
Bradford Freeman
Buyout: distribution, marketing and retail   $1,500 Just began marketing. 01/07/09
Huntington Capital,
San Diego
Huntington Capital 2,
Morgan Miller and Barry Wilson
Mezzanine finance   $100 Held second close with $78 million. 01/07/09
Pantheon Ventures,
London
Pantheon Global Secondary Fund 4,
Andrew Lebus, Elly Livingstone and Jay Pierrepont
Secondary market   $4,750 Just began marketing. 01/07/09
Riverside Co.,
New York
Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund 2008,

Stewart Kohl and Bela Szigethy

Buyout   $900 Held third close with $900 million. 01/07/09
Riverside Co.,
New York
Riverside Europe Fund 4,
Stewart Kohl and Bela Szigethy
Buyout: Europe   €650 Held first close with €100 million. 01/07/09
Sequoia Capital,
Menlo Park, Calif.
Sequoia Capital Israel 4,
Haim Sadger
Venture capital: Israel     Held interim close with $201 million. 01/07/09