Minimizing The Pain Of Raising Capital For Private Equity Firms
ByThe three critical success factors for private equity funds are doing deals, building portfolio companies, and raising capital. And, for the most part, this list is in order of preference. That is, based on research with general partners, private equity firms tend to find raising capital the least appealing function.
Most private equity firms raise monies for a fund and then stop making efforts to connect with potential investors until they decide to start another fund. In general, especially for mid-sized and smaller private equity firms, raising capital is a start-and-stop process where each start is a sprint from a dead stop…
Minimizing The Pain Of Raising Capital For Private Equity Firms