Whitehorse holds 1st close for Fund III, total cap reaching US $3B

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By Ted Liu

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners Inc. has held an initial close for its third fund with US $[mepr-active rule=”374″ ifallowed=”hide”]#Premium Subscribers ONLY Content – research and intelligence – know others don’t, be informed.#[/mepr-active][mepr-active rule=”374″]1.2 billion in capital commitment.[/mepr-active]

With the first close of Fund III, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners’ total capital under management is slightly below US $3 billion (Fund I – US $[mepr-active rule=”374″ ifallowed=”hide”]#Premium Subscribers ONLY Content – research and intelligence – know others don’t, be informed.#[/mepr-active][mepr-active rule=”374″]402M; Fund II – US $1,286M; Fund III – US $1,202M (initial close)[/mepr-active]).

Toronto based Whitehorse Liquidity Partners is a private equity firm focused on making preferred equity investments in private equity portfolios.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners is founded and led by General Partner, Yann Robard who has spent 13 years with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), most recently as Managing Director, Head of Secondaries and Co-Investments.

Whitehorse senior team includes Partners, Michael Gubbels (formerly Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) – Teachers’ Private Capital and OMERS Private Equity) , Giorgio Riva (formerly CPPIB Principal with Secondaries & Co-investment group), Rob Gavin (formerly Denham Capital Management), CFO & Partner, Sean Connor (formerly CPPIB and OTPP), General Counsel, Leah Boyd (formerly Goodmans LLP).

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