Private Equity Fundraising Reports

Private Equity International's Fundraising Reports analyse the current state of the private equity fundraising market and detail the significant trends affecting the market in each quarter.

Fundraising Report Q1 2021

Fundraising in the first quarter of the year was the biggest haul since the global financial crisis.

Between January and March, some 277 funds gathered at least $180.2 billion – a 10 percent increase from the equivalent period last year. Fundraising volume also increased across strategies, and buyouts and growth equity funds made up almost 70 percent of capital raised.

Access Private Equity International’s interactive and downloadable fundraising report to find out more.

This report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2008-Q1 2021
  • Q1 fundraising strategy breakdown
  • Average fund size in Q1, 2015-2021
  • Largest funds closed, Q1 2021
  • Regional focus of capital in Q1
  • Funds in market, 1 April, 2021
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Fundraising Reports Archive

2020 Fundraising Reports

H1 Fundraising Report 2020

The report includes:

  • Half-year fundraising
  • Largest funds closed in H1 2020
  • Average time on the road for funds closed
  • H1 fundraising strategy breakdown
  • Regional focus of capital
  • Funds in market, 1 July 2020

Q1 Fundraising Report 2020

Q1 2020 Fundraising Report - Infogram

The report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2015-2020
  • Q1 2020 fundraising strategy breakdown
  • Largest fund closes, Q1 2020
  • Regional focus of capital raised in Q1
  • Regional focus of funds in market, 1 April 2020
  • Funds in market, 1 April 2020

Q3 Fundraising Report 2020

The report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2015-2020
  • Quarter-on-quarter fundraising
  • Largest fund closes, Q1-Q3 2020
  • Q1-Q3 fundraising strategy breakdown
  • Regional focus of capital, Q1-Q3

Fundraising Report 2020

2020 Full-year Fundraising Report

The report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2015-2020
  • Largest fund closes in 2020
  • Year-on-year fundraising by strategy, 2015-2020
  • FY 2020 fundraising strategy breakdown
  • Regional focus of capital in 2020

2019 Fundraising Reports

Fundraising Report 2019

PEI 2019 annual fundraising report

This report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2008-2019
  • Average fund size, 2008-2019
  • 2019 fundraising strategy breakdown
  • Year-on-year fundraising by strategy excluding buyouts, 2014-2019
  • Regional focus of capital, 2019
  • Largest funds in market, 31 Dec 2019

H1 Fundraising Report 2019

Private Equity International Fundraising Report H1 2019

The report includes:

  • Half-year fundraising slump
  • Largest funds closed in H1 2019
  • Year-on-year fundraising by strategy, H1 2014 – H1 2019
  • Regional focus of capital
  • Strategy reviews: Growth and Co-investments

Q3 Fundraising Report 2019

Private Equity International Fundraising report Q3 2019

The report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2014-2019
  • Q3 fundraising, 2014-2019
  • Q1-Q3 2019 fundraising strategy breakdown
  • Largest funds closed in Q3
  • Regional focus of capital, Q1-Q3 2019

Q1 Fundraising Report 2019

PEI Fundraising report Q1 2019

The report includes:

  • Private equity fundraising since 2015
  • Q1 fundraising strategies since 2015 (excluding buyouts)
  • Largest funds closed in Q1 2019 by region focus
  • Regional focus of Q1 2019 fundraising
  • Strategy review: technology

2018 Fundraising Reports

Q1 Fundraising Report 2018

PEI Q1 Fundraising report 2018

The report includes:

  • Analysis of private equity fundraising from 2008-Q1 2018
  • The largest fund closes in Q1 2018
  • A review of capital raised by strategy
  • A review of capital raised by geography
  • An interview with Richard Clarke-Jervois, Head of Private Capital at Stonehage Fleming

H1 2018 Fundraising Report

PEI H1 Fundraising report 2018

The report includes:

  • Private equity fundraising, 2012-H1 2018
  • Capital raised by strategy, 2012-H1 2018
  • Largest fund closes, H1 2018
  • Strategy review: Growth
  • Strategy review: Secondaries

Q3 2018 Fundraising Report

PEI Q3 Fundraising report 2018

The report includes:

  • Largest fund closes Q1-Q3 2018
  • Regional focus of capital raised in Q1-Q3 2018
  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2012-18
  • Strategy review: Technology
  • Largest funds in market as of 1 October 2018

Annual Fundraising Report 2018

PEI Annual Fundraising report 2018

The report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2008-18
  • Strategy breakdown for 2018 fundraising
  • 10 largest fund closed in 2018, by region
  • Emerging market fundraising breakdown
  • Secondaries fundraising 2012-18

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Our methodology

Our unique market access means LPs and GPs take our calls and answer our questions. So our investor and fund data is constantly maintained and kept fresh. We constantly monitor multiple news sources and regulatory filings to ensure that our LP profiles and GP profiles database are up to date with current events.

Also, interviews, insight and analysis from Private Equity International’s journalists are delivered alongside the raw facts and figures giving you the full picture on LPs and GPs.

Our R&A team

Private Equity International has teams of researchers and analysts based in London, New York and Hong Kong, who are in constant contact with investors and fund managers across the world.

Our researchers are also on hand to conduct bespoke research requests and respond to client queries. So, if you need an update on a particular LP or GP profile, you can contact us by phone or ask a question online and we’ll get back to you from one of our three offices.

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