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GLS CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND III-A, LP files a $450M private equity / buyout fund
New fund · Private equity / buyout · Raising · Offering $450M · Sold $150K · CHICAGO, IL · filed 2025-08-14
First filing by this entityrepeat_fund_numeral
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GLS Capital Partners closes Fund III-A at $480M for private equity investing
Fund raise update · Private equity / buyout · Raising · CHICAGO, IL · Form D/A filed 2026-10-05 · sponsor: GLS Capital Partners · all Gls Capital vehicles
GLS Capital Partners Fund III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership formed in 2025, is raising $480M for private equity. The fund has received $150K from one investor as of July 31, 2025.
Note: Fund incorporated in 2025 but filing amendment in October 2026; only $150K sold against $480M target suggests early-stage capital raise or extended fundraising period.
Private equity / buyout
How this compares
- $480M is larger than 98% of the 3,018 private equity / buyout fund launches with a stated size in the last two years; the median is $5.1M.
- Among 352 fund launches filed from IL in the same window it is larger than 90%; the IL median is $10.6M.
- Across 493 private equity / buyout sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 5 months.
- This is the sponsor's 3rd fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, GLS CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND III, LP, was filed 14 months earlier at $450M.
Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.
Raise progress
| Filed | Form | Sold | Investors | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-14 | D | $150K | 1 | |
| 2026-10-05 | D/A | $150K | 1 | $0 |
Amount sold and investor count as restated on each of the issuer's Form D filings. A rise since the previous filing is capital closed in between.
GLS Capital Partners on EDGAR
Earlier and related filings by the same issuer and sponsor. All Gls Capital vehicles →
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GLS Capital Partners Fund III raises $358.51M toward $480M private equity close
Fund raise update · Private equity / buyout · Raising · Offering $480M · Sold $358.5M · CHICAGO, IL · filed 2026-10-06
Sold rose to $NaN (+$227.5M, +9 investors) in 418 days since the previous filing.
3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersCapital closing now
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GLS CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND III, LP files a $450M private equity / buyout fund
New fund · Private equity / buyout · Raising · Offering $450M · Sold $131M · CHICAGO, IL · filed 2025-08-14
3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersFirst filing by this entityrepeat_fund_numeral
Registered adviser
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- SEC-registered adviser · since 2019-01-28
- Regulatory AUM
- $925M
- Employees
- 11
- Private funds on Form ADV
- Yes
- Office
- Chicago, IL
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People on the filing
| Adam James Christopher Gill | Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
| Jamison Eric Lynch | Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
| David Joseph Spiegel | Executive Officer, Director, Promoter |
| N/A GLS Capital Partners GP III, LLC | Promoter |
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