private equity infrastructure real estate hedge funds founded 2001 founder greg hausler michael hoffmann craig marmer headquarters san francisco california united states products fund raising portfolio management secondary advisory research website www.probitaspartners.com probitas partners is a global investment bank focused on raising capital as a placement agent for private equity fund sponsors as well as providing portfolio management and liquidity solutions through the private equity secondary market for investors in private equity . the firm operates through three primary businesses fund placement portfolio management and secondary advisory . the firm was founded in 2001 by three former members of the private funds group of credit suisse first boston formerly donaldson lufkin & jenrette greg hausler michael hoffmann and craig marmer . 1 in 2002 the firm established a european placement business . 2 probitas currently has approximately 50 employees . business lines edit probitas operates through three lines of business probitas funds group identifies and raises capital for a select universe of alternative fund managers across multiple strategies . among the notable private equity firms that probitas has represented in fundraising are alta partners civc partners granite ventures krg capital littlejohn & co. midocean partners and panorama capital . 3 probitas secondaries group serves as advisor to investors who seek liquidity from their alternative assets or to address portfolio construction objectives through secondary market transactions . probitas has advised such notable companies as boeing 4 and bank of america 5 probitas portfolio management provides management services to institutional investors for their alternative investment portfolios . probitas is also well known for publishing surveys and white papers related to the private equity asset class and investors in private equity . 6 7 8 references edit new firm focuses on private equity investments . san francisco business times september 21 2001 probitas to step up european private placement business . dow jones financial news feb 19 2002 only includes firms covered in wikipedia . source probitas fund closings and events company website boeing auctioning off venture holdings . private equity insider march 4 2005 scale venture partners closes 400m fund bofa exits . san francisco business times march 7 2007 . shine is off mega firms lps say in survey . reuters buyouts march 17 2008 lps doubtful about buyouts survey says reuters buyouts april 2 2007 lack of access to top funds is no. 1 lp concern reuters venture capital journal may 1 2007 seconda anyone infrastructure investor may 2009 probitas patents counterparty liquidity product . private equity online march 16 2009 probitas patents counterparty liquidity product private equity real estate march 2009 in a world of reduced appetites distressed debt and secondary funds come to the fore . pe hub january 20 2009 the private equity secondaries market a complete guide to its structure operation and performance the private equity secondaries market pei media 2008 small portions forbes magazine april 2008 a second ary chance for venture capital . businessweek.com 2009 dinapoli s ban a placement agent responds . wsj.com april 22 2009 for real this time transactions in the real estate secondary market set to grow the institutional real estate letter june 2008 former ubs executive joins probitas partners new york times deal book april 9 2007 bank of america to list fund of funds on euronext exchange may 2007 will placement agents push themselves right out of a job . reuters buyouts december 12 2005 external links edit probitas partners company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 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