Emerging Markets PE Fundraising Tops $33b

Optimisim about emerging markets private equity appears to be continuing. EMPEAlast weekreleased its data tracking fundraising for emerging markets-dedicated private equity.

2006 saw 162 PE funds raise over $33 billion foremerging market regions, a 29% growth from 2005 levels of $26 billion and 5x the $6.5 billion raised in 2005.All regions witnessed at least double digit year-on-year growth.For more data and analysis, read the both the press release: Release.pdf, and some underlying data: EMPEA_data.xls

The data also shows the emergence of funds that includeas a focus”frontier” PE markets, such as Jordan, Libya, Pakistan and Nigeria.