Hedge Fund Firms Plow Into Private Investments

Several firms best known for their hedge funds have made more private investments in the first quarter than any other three-month period.

Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

Forget about SPAC mania.

Investor interest in private companies appears to be at an all-time high. At least eight investment firms best known for their hedge funds have made more investments in private deals in the first quarter than any other three-month period, according to Institutional Investor’s analysis of Crunchbase data.

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