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Coller Capital
British investor firm in the private equity secondary market From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coller Capital is a privately held investment firm founded in 1990 by Jeremy Coller.[1] It specialises in secondary transactions across private equity and credit markets. As of 2025, the firm manages approximately US$40 billion in assets across multiple fund families.[2][3][4][5]
Coller remains the firm’s Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner. He is also known for his philanthropic work in animal welfare[6][7] and food system sustainability.[8]
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Coller Capital launched its first fund, Coller International Partners I, in 1995, targeting the emerging market for private equity secondaries.
One of its first major transactions came in 1998, when the firm acquired a US$265 million portfolio of limited partnership interests from Shell's US pension trust — then the largest deal of its kind. Coller reportedly committed his entire US$240 million fund to the purchase.[9][10]
In the 2000s and 2010s, Coller Capital expanded its presence in the secondary market, acquiring portfolios from banks, pension funds, and other institutional investors.[11]
In 2021, Coller Capital closed its eighth core fund with US$9 billion in commitments.[12][13][14] The following year, it launched a credit secondaries strategy with Coller Credit Opportunities I, raising US$1.4 billion.[15] In 2025, the firm closed a $6.8 billion funding round for Coller Credit Opportunities II.[16][17]
In August 2025, the firm completed a US$3 billion continuation fund transaction with TPG Twin Brook Capital Partners.[18] In September 2025, the firm led a $2.3 billion secondaries continuation vehicle with Benefit Street Partners.[19]
The firm is now regarded as one of the world’s largest investors in the private equity secondary market.[20][21][22][23]
In 2024, the company launched the Secondaries Institute to support research and education in the secondary market.[24]
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Business model
The firm provides liquidity to private equity investors by acquiring interests in private equity funds, portfolios of private companies and other related assets. Sellers include financial institutions, corporations, government bodies, family offices, and charitable foundations. The firm holds interests in more than 850 private equity funds and around 8,000 companies, on behalf of investors.[21] The firm raises closed-end funds and earns revenue through management fees on committed capital and carried interest on realised gains. In 2024 Coller Capital introduced an open-ended secondaries vehicle, CollerEquity.
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Operations
Coller Capital operates from 10 offices, including in London, New York, Hong Kong and Korea. As of 2025, the firm claims to employ 316 people, including 31 partners.[1]
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Publications
The firm publishes research through affiliated institutes and industry journals.[30]
Key publications:
- Global Private Equity Barometer: biannual survey of institutional investors.
- Private Equity Findings: research digest by the Coller Institute of Private Equity (London Business School).[31]
- ESG Report: environmental, social and governance policy reports.
- Coller Venture Review: innovation and venture policy journal (Tel Aviv University).[32]
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Awards
Coller Capital has received various industry awards, including “European Secondaries Firm of the Year” and “Secondaries Deal of the Year”, from organisations such as the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA),[33] Financial News[34] and Private Equity International.[35]
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