Fund raising in private equity refers to the actions of a private equity firm looking for capital from the investors for funds. Investors make investments in specific funds managed by firms, becoming limited partners in the funds, instead of the investors themselves. Therefore, you need to understand how private equity funds are raised and how the equity funds are managed. Basically, the entire process has been divided into 6 stages which are fund raising for the limited partners, portfolio acquisition search, investment, growth, divestment and dispersal of the funds back ...