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Bain Capital to start smaller equity fund

Buyout firm seeks up to $8b for new deals

By Beth Healy

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 10, 2012

Bain Capital is preparing to raise a new private equity fund that will be smaller than its last fund, at $6 billion to $8 billion, according to a person briefed on the plans. Boston-based Bain has been planning for its eleventh fund in the heat of the media spotlight as its founder and former chief executive, Mitt Romney, runs for president. The firm’s last global fund, Fund X, was $10.7 billion, plus $2 billion more in co-investments.

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