OPENED & CLOSED
FUNDS OPENED | |||||
FUND | FIRM | FUND | LAUNCHED | TYPE OF FUND | GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS |
NO. | |||||
Park Square Capital Partners I | Park Square Capital Partners | 1 | Oct-04 | Mezzanine | Europe |
FSN Capital II | &pipe; FSN Capital | 2 | Sep-04 | Private equity | Scandinavia |
TCG Financial Partners I | TCG Financial Partners | 1 | Sep-04 | Private equity | US |
MPC Global Equity VI | MPC Capital | 6 | Sep-04 | Fund of funds | Germany |
FUNDS CLOSED | |||||
name of fund | name of firm | fund no. | launched | type of fund | geographic focus |
Patron Capital LP II | &pipe; Patron Capital Limited | 2 | Jan-04 | Private equity | Europe |
Segulah III LP | AB Segulah | 3 | Sep-04 | Buyout | Nordic region |
Greenpark International | Greenpark Capital | 2 | Aug-04 | Secondaries | Europe, US |
Investors II LP | |||||
Edmond de Rothschild LBO Fund | Edmond de Rothschild | 1 | Oct-02 | Buyout | France |
Capital Partners | |||||
Kohlberg Investors V | Kohlberg & Company | 5 | Private equity | US | |
EdgeStone Capital Venture Fund II LP | EdgeStone Capital Partners | 2 | Venture capital | Canada | |
DW Healthcare Partners I | DW Healthcare Partners | 1 | Private equity | US | |
Battery Ventures Fund VII | &pipe; Battery Ventures | 7 | Jun–04 | Venture capital | US |
SVG Diamond | &pipe; SVG Advisers | Collaterised debt | Europe, US | ||
Western Technology Investment XI | Western Technology Investment | 11 | Jan-04 | Venture debt | US |
Providence Equity Partners V | Providence Equity Partners | 5 | Buyout | Global | |
Molins Capital Inversion | Active Capital Partners | 1 | Dec-03 | Venture capital | Spain, Europe |
CMEA Ventures VI | CMEA Ventures | 6 | Venture capital | US | |
Special Value Opportunities Fund | Tennenbaum | 4 | Special situations | US | |
Ventures West Fund 8 | Ventures West | 8 | Venture capital | Canada |
SECTOR FOCUSTARGET FINALCONTACTTOTALAll sectors€1 billionRobin DoumarAll sectorsNOK200 millionJorgen KjaernesDefence$300 millionWilliam CohenAll sectors€25 millionEach month Private Equity International, and its sister onlinepublication PrivateEquityOnline.com, monitor private equity firms that areraising new funds. Here we track those funds that have recentlylaunched their most recent fund(s) as well as those firms that haveannounced a recent close for a fund they have been raising.SECTOR FOCUS1ST/2ND/FINALTARGET FINALAMOUNT CLOSEDCLOSEDLPS COMMITTEDCLOSETOTALPropertyFinal€303 million€303 millionOct-04Not disclosedAll sectorsFinal€250 million€250 millionOct-04Access Capital Partners, AdamsStreet Partners, Adveq, AlpInvest,BP Pension Fund, Horsley Bridge,JP Morgan Fleming AssetManagement, MIT, partnersGroup, Wilshire & othersAll sectorsFinal€350 million€350 millionOct-04Not disclosedAll sectorsFinal€200 million€210 millionOct-04Adveq Management, DanskePrivate Equity, KredietbankLuxembourg, Mederic & othersAll sectorsFinal$650 million$800 millionOct-04Not disclosedAll sectorsFirstC$200 millionC$102 millionOct-04Not disclosedHealthcareFinal$88.3 millionOct-04The Wellcome Trust, SK Capital,JB Capital, Cheyne Walk Trust &othersAll sectorsFinal$450 million$450 millionOct-04GIC Special Investments & othersAll sectorsFinal€400 millionOct-04Not disclosedAll sectorsFinal$500 million$500 millionSep-04Not disclosedMedia, communicationsFinal$4.25 billionSep-04Not disclosedAll sectorsFirst€20 million€11 millionSep-04Not disclosedHigh technology, life sciencesFinal$250 million$300 millionSep-04Dow Employees Pension Plan,IMS Health, Ohio PublicEmployees Retirement System,Public Employees’ RetirementAssociation of Colorado, State ofMichigan Retirement Systems,ChevronTexaco, IBM & othersTurnarounds, restructuringFinal$2 billionSep-04Not disclosedBiotech, communicationsFinalC$250 millionSep-04OMERS; University of Torontoand ITAsset Management; Teachers’Private Capital, Caisse de depot etplacement du Québec & others.