Chelsea Stevenson
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System is also a limited partner in Coller’s sixth secondaries fund.
Coller International Partners VII has not yet held a first close toward its $5.5bn target and a $6bn hard-cap.
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System will sell the interests for at least 80 percent of their 30 September net asset value.
Most of the secondaries opportunities in Israel are in venture funds that have invested in hard core technology assets, but evaluating the underlying portfolio companies is a challenge for most buyers, says Alan Feld, co-founder and managing partner of Vintage Investment Partners.
The listed private equity arm of JPMorgan focuses on investing in medium-sized businesses in the US and Europe through the secondaries market.
Amadeus II is a 2000-vintage fund which still owns home screen marketing company Celltick and imaging equipment company Teraview.
The New Hampshire Retirement System previously committed $20m to Coller Capital VI.
Assets under management declined year-on-year for Carlyle’s solutions group, which includes Metropolitan Real Estate Asset Management and AlpInvest Partners.
The fund will give high net worth individuals and family offices access to KKR private equity funds via primaries, secondaries and co-investments.
The Antoine Drean-led fund of funds manager is based in Paris, New York and Luxembourg.