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PREQIN QUARTERLY UPDATE:PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITALQ1 2018Insight on the quarter from the leading provider of alternative assets data

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PREQIN QUARTERLY UPDATE: PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL, Q1 2018

FOREWORD - Christopher Elvin, Preqin

In Q1 2018, 180 private equity funds reached a fi nal close raising an aggregate $80bn, the fi rst quarter since Q3 2016 in which capital commitments totalled less than $100bn. The fi rst quarter of each year typically sees a slowdown in fundraising activity following a fl urry of fund closures at the end of the year; however, Q1 2018 saw the lowest number of funds closed in a fi ve-year period. Capital remains concentrated among the top managers: over half (59%) of capital raised in Q1 was secured by the 10 largest funds.

At the start of Q2 2018, there are a record 2,575 funds in market collectively targeting $844bn in capital commitments. Despite the variety of investment opportunities, fund manager and fund selection remains critical, and from a GP perspective, competition for investor capital remains fi erce. Fundraising has become even more competitive at the top end of the industry with the launch of two mega funds in Q1 2018: Sino-Singapore Connectivity Private Equity Fund, targeting $15.8bn, and Asian Institutional Investor Joint Overseas Investment Fund, targeting $15bn.

Strong fundraising and a challenging deal environment has resulted in dry powder levels reaching $1.09tn. Although private equity-backed buyout deal activity in Q1 was 6% lower in comparison to Q1 2017, deal value was 90% higher. No doubt deal value was buoyed by the merger of Keurig and Dr Pepper, valued at $21bn, and the takeover of the Financial and Risk Business of Thomson Reuters Corporation led by Blackstone Group, with participation from CPP Investment Board and GIC, valued at $17bn. Encouragingly, Q1 2018 marked an 11% increase in the number of venture capital-backed fi nancings compared to Q1 2017, and a 57% increase in deal value.

Buyout exit activity fell for the fi fth consecutive quarter, with 354 exits valued at an aggregate $52bn, representing the lowest quarterly number of exits since 2010. Despite this, investor appetite for private equity is still strong: with nearly $2.0tn in capital distributed since 2013, investors have more liquidity in their portfolios and the majority (59%) of those interviewed by Preqin at the end of 2017 planned to commit to four or more funds in the next 12 months.

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p6 Funds in Market

p7 Institutional Investors

p8 Buyout Deals and Exits

p9 Venture Capital Deals

p10 Fund Performance and Dry Powder

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FUNDRAISING

In Q1 2018, 180 private equity funds reached a fi nal close, collectively securing $80bn in capital commitments (Fig. 1). Fundraising has slowed in comparison to the previous quarter, when 252 funds raised $102bn. In fact, Q1 2018 saw the smallest amount of capital raised in the fi rst quarter of any year since 2015, when $74bn in aggregate capital was secured by 279 vehicles.

Both buyout and venture capital totals have experienced similar declines when looking at Q1 fundraising over the past six years: 39 buyout funds reached a fi nal close in Q1 2018, representing a fi ve-year low (Fig. 2). Yet the $52bn in buyout capital is on par with both Q1 2017 and Q1 2016 levels and well above the $39bn fi ve-year historical average (2013-2017).

As in Q1 2017, venture capital fundraising in Q1 2018 accounted for 14% of aggregate private equity capital raised, although this marked a signifi cant decline in the amount of capital raised and number of funds closed compared to prior years. Similar Q1 totals to the $11bn raised across 92 venture capital vehicles in Q1 2018 have not been seen since Q1 2013, when $7.0bn was raised across 83 venture capital funds (Fig. 3).

Growth funds and funds of funds in Q1 2018 also saw a drop in fundraising activity: there was a six-percentage-point decline in the proportion of aggregate capital secured by growth funds in Q1 2017 (14%) to Q1 2018 (8%). Funds of funds experienced an even greater slowdown compared to Q1 2017: aggregate capital raised dropped 66% from $13bn in Q1 2017 to $4.6bn in Q1 2018 (Fig. 4).

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Thirty percent fewer North America-focused funds closed in Q1 2018 than in Q1 2017, and raised less than half ($32bn) the $67bn total secured in Q1 2017. Asia-focused funds experienced a 59% decrease in the number of funds closed in Q1 2018 compared to Q1 2017, and raised 83% less capital in total, securing just $4.8bn. Only Europe-focused funds raised more capital ($43bn) in Q1 2018, up 111% from Q1 2017 (Fig. 5).

Although fewer funds are closing, fundraising trends in Q1 2018 are still positive: of the 180 funds closed in Q1 2018, 82% achieved or exceeded their target size (Fig. 6), while time spent on the road has continuously decreased (Fig. 7). In fact, the largest fund closed in Q1 2018 EQT VIII raised 10.8bn in less than six months, exceeding its target of 8.0bn by 34% (Fig. 8).

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