Hamilton Lane's First RMB Fund Plans to Raise $220 Million

According to Bloomberg, private market investment management giant Hamilton Lane is preparing its first RMB-denominated fund, targeting to raise approximately 1 billion to 1.5 billion RMB (approximately $150 million to $220 million), with plans to complete by the end of this year; insiders revealed that the fund will raise capital from investors within China. Hamilton Lane previously raised USD funds through the Qualified Foreign Limited Partnership (QFLP) mechanism and converted them into RMB capital to invest in assets within China; its direct equity strategy fund Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund VI (EO VI) has completed fundraising of $3.8 billion. Hamilton Lane has already established a presence in the crypto sector, strategically investing in the on-chain investment platform Republic this March; its tokenized credit fund is already custodied on-chain, and the Senior Credit Opportunities Securitization Fund HLSCOPE has a total asset value of approximately $9 million on the Polygon network, primarily investing in senior secured private credit and senior secured loans in North America and Europe.