Wilton firm closes 13th VC fund at $625 million

Wilton”™s Commonfund Capital has closed its 13^th venture capital fund at its hard cap of $625 million.

The oversubscribed fund had strong participation from existing investors, as well as select new institutional limited partners, according to a press release. Investors in the fund include foundations, endowments, pensions, health care systems and family offices.

“We are very appreciative of the continued support from our mission-driven and membership-based investors,” said Aaron Miller, the firm”™s managing director and head of venture capital. “The combination of our industry relationships, dedicated focus and access as well as our information advantages should enable us to support the innovation economy and drive returns for our investors.”

Consistent with its 12 predecessor funds, CVP XIII is expected to deploy the majority of its committed capital to established, early stage global venture capital funds while also directly investing in mid-stage, high growth companies in the information technology, consumer and healthcare sectors.

The fund will opportunistically invest in secondary purchases of funds and companies.