Elevar Equity fund III raises $74 mln

Elevar Equity said Wednesday that its third venture capital fund closed at $74 million. Elevar Equity III L. P. will focus on commercial investments in early stage companies providing financial services, education, housing and healthcare to low-income communities primarily in India and Latin America. Investors of Fund III include the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Oblate International Pastoral Investment Trust, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Omidyar Network, Prudential Financial Inc., the Rockefeller Foundation, Blue Haven Initiative, Treehouse Investments as well as family offices, private foundations and a university endowment.

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