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Case StudiesGoldman’s GS Mezzanine Partners VI Fund raises $8 Billion
According to market research firm Preqin, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) formed the biggest fund of its kind after raising $8 billion in 2015. The fund, GS Mezzanine Partners VI Fund, provides financing for leveraged buyouts. It is unknown how much of this fund was funded through Goldman Sachs or outside investors, such as pension funds and insurers. Goldman has used the fund to finance some of the largest buyouts in the past few months. GS Mezzanine Partners VI Fund used $750 million to finance part of CVC Capital Partners Ltd’s $4.6 billion acquisition of Petco Animal Supplies Inc. It also used $580 million to fund a portion of Silver Lake Partners LP and Thoma Bravo LLC’s purchase of SolarWinds Inc for $4.5 billion.
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