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Motilal Oswal Alternates said it had raised ₹8,500 crore for 5th backstage equity fund, India Business Excellence Fund V (IBEF V/Fund V), making it the largest successful the firm’s backstage equity history.
“The money witnessed beardown information from some planetary and home investors, importantly surpassing its archetypal fundraising people of Rs 6,500 crore and completing the process successful nether 10 months from the money motorboat successful mid-April 2025. The palmy adjacent reinforces Motilal Oswal Alternates’ continued absorption connected backing high-growth, mid- to late-stage businesses and partnering with visionary entrepreneurs gathering enduring, category-defining companies,” the steadfast said.
IBEF V received commitments from a diversified planetary capitalist basal spanning the US, Europe, Japan, the Middle East, India and the broader Asian region. Investors see Adams Street Partners, Schroders, 1 of the funds managed by Neuberger Berman, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Oman Investment Authority, Axiom Asia, starring Japanese institutions, home fiscal institutions including starring banks and security companies, on with a wide basal of reputed planetary and home household offices.
With the last adjacent of IBEF V (Rs 8,500 crore), the palmy rise of IREF VI (₹2,000 crore) and the motorboat of backstage credit, the firm’s full AUM present exceeds $3.3 billion.
Fund V shall put astir $40–100 cardinal successful mid- to late-stage businesses crossed the fund’s halfway sectors including consumer, fiscal services, niche manufacturing, healthcare and technology-led businesses successful these sectors.
Founded successful 2006 and backed by Motilal Oswal Financial Services and an concern squad that has location grown implicit the past 20 years, Motilal Oswal Alternates is good positioned to execute this strategy with extent and assemblage expertise.
“Despite an situation marked by economical uncertainty and geopolitical volatility, the palmy result of this fundraise reflects the heavy spot placed successful america by starring planetary plus managers and home investors. This assurance has been built done sustained engagement, disciplined concern processes, accordant outcomes crossed anterior money vintages and dependable superior distributions,” said Rohit Mantri, MD & Co-head, Motilal Oswal Alternates (PE).
Vijay Dhanuka, MD & Co-head, Motilal Oswal Alternates (PE) added, “We person been privileged to spouse with an exceptional radical of promoters and companies that are shaping the aboriginal of their respective industries, and we are arrogant to person enabled worth instauration of implicit $40 cardinal crossed these businesses.”
“With the continued enactment of our LPs, including sponsor Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited and a doctrine centred connected long-term, partnership-led growth, we stay focused connected deploying this superior into high-quality, differentiated businesses with beardown fundamentals and sustainable maturation playbook,” helium added.
