Private Equity Funds Raised in New England—The Third Quarter List

Robert Buderi10/7/08Leave a CommentFollow @bbuderi

Earlier today, we reported on national private equity fundraising trends through the year’s first three quarters—trends that put the U.S. on a pace to surpass last year’s record total of $313 billion raised.

We were finally able to track down the list of New England funds raised (some are still open, so the figures could change) during the third quarter. Here they are, courtesy of Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst:

Fund Name                                                        Amount Raised

First Reserve Corp. (Greenwich, CT)                       $4.5 billion
Category: Buyouts/Corporate Finance

Sankaty Advisors LLC (Boston)                               $3.5 billion
Category: Buyouts/Corporate Finance

HarbourVest Partners LLC (Boston)                        $960 million
Category: Fund of Funds

ABRY Partners LLC (Boston)                                    $670 million
Category: Buyouts/Corporate Finance

Portfolio Advisors LLC (Darien, CT)                        $500 million
Category: Secondary direct/Other Private Equity

KarpReilly LLC (Greenwich, CT)                         $200 million
Category: Buyouts/Corporate Finance

Accretive Exit Capital Partners Fund LP (Boston)   $125 million
Category: Secondary direct/Other Private Equity

HarbourVest Partners LLC (Boston)                          $65 million
Category: Fund of Funds

Ascent Venture Partners (Boston)                             $47 million
Category: Multi-stage venture capital

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