The funds will seek opportunities in the business services, consumer and energy sectors

The Trilantic Capital Partners VI (North America) and its parallel fund named Fund VI North America announced they raised $2.75 billion for the latter. The fund closed at its  hard cap limit.

The positive response can be gauged from the fact that over 75% of the capital commitments came from existing investors. These comprise a host of entities such as pensions, insurance companies, corporates, family offices, endowments and HNIs. There were also new investors, located both in the US and overseas.

Fund VI North America also overtook in size its $2.25 billion predecessor fund.

Trilantic Capital Partners and entrepreneurialism

“We will continue into the next decade investing in entrepreneurial and family- and founder-owned businesses, supporting exceptional management teams that offer products and services with high potential for growth,” said Charlie Ayres, Chairman, Trilantic.

Fund VI North America has invested in Sunbelt Transformer, Planet Fitness franchisor Taymax and DJR Energy.

Earlier this month, Trilantic North America sold its majority stake in Home Franchise Concepts, a leading franchising system in the home improvement goods and services space, to JM Family Enterprises, Inc.

Of course, Trilantic Capital Partners will have a hard time keeping up with groups like Blackstone. The largest private equity manager in the world will likely raise $100 billion in 2019.