Bezos Explores $100B Manufacturing Fund
Jeff Bezos is exploring the launch of a manufacturing-focused investment platform that could seek up to $100B, according to reports, with early outreach targeting sovereign wealth funds and large asset managers, including JPMorgan. The effort is related to Bezos’ Project Prometheus, an initiative focused on scaling AI-driven manufacturing capacity that has already raised $6.2B and is reportedly seeking up to $6B in additional funding.
Blackstone appears close to finalizing one of the largest active fundraises, reportedly exceeding $12B for Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III and approaching its $12.9B hard cap, with commitments from Minnesota SBI, CPP Investments, CalPERS, and others. Elsewhere, Partners Group is targeting at least $1B for an India-focused buyout fund, its first country vehicle outside Europe.
Allocator activity was notable across real assets and housing. Australian super fund Rest said it will invest up to $250M in Nuveen Real Estate’s US Cities Retail Fund, while San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association is set to consider a $150M commitment to TPG AG Essential Housing Fund IV. Separately, East Bay Municipal Utility District Employees’ Retirement System canceled its planned roughly $140M evergreen private credit search, reallocating that capital elsewhere and highlighting continued adjustments to pacing and structure.
In people news, New Mexico ERB CIO Bob Jacksha plans to retire June 1, and Bowdoin College Endowment has begun a CIO search following K. Niles Bryant’s departure. Meanwhile, Oak HC/FT added former a16z partner Marc Andrusko as it deploys roughly $2B of newly committed capital across B2B AI and financial services.
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