Nexa collects over $180m for inaugural fund

Nexa raised an additional $150 million through deal-specific co-investment vehicles, bringing the firm’s total private equity capital under management to over $330 million.

  • Nexa Equity Fund I’s limited partners include university endowments, foundations, investment advisers, fund-of-funds, family offices, entrepreneurs, private equity leaders and other financial institutions
  • Nexa Equity was founded in 2021 by Vlad Besprozvany
  • FirstPoint Equity served as placement agent

Nexa Equity has closed its debut fund at more than $180 million. Also, Nexa raised an additional $150 million through deal-specific co-investment vehicles, bringing the firm’s total private equity capital under management to over $330 million.

Nexa Equity Fund I’s limited partners include university endowments, foundations, investment advisers, fund-of-funds, family offices, entrepreneurs, private equity leaders and other financial institutions.

Nexa Equity was founded in 2021 by Vlad Besprozvany, a software and fintech investor who previously led a number of high-profile buyout investments and exits at Insight Partners and Thoma Bravo.

On the fundraising, Besprozvany said in a statement, “We are thrilled that Nexa Equity’s inaugural fund has received the support of a distinguished group of investors. We thank them for their confidence in our team and strategy and look forward to many years of continued partnership. We have built a firm dedicated to collaborating closely with founders and management teams of high-growth lower-middle market software and FinTech companies. We are excited about the many opportunities ahead and look forward to empowering additional visionary management teams as they build transformative software companies.”

Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Nexa Equity, and FirstPoint Equity served as placement agent.

Based in San Francisco, Nexa Equity invests in SaaS and fintech companies.