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FT Ventures Platform I LLC amends offering after raising $903.56M from 3,884 investors

Fund raise update · Private equity / buyout · Open-ended · CHICAGO, IL · Form D/A filed 2026-10-22 · sponsor: First Trust · all Ft Ventures Platform vehicles

FT Ventures Platform I LLC, a Delaware private equity fund managed by First Trust Capital Management L.P., has amended its Form D filing after selling $903.56M in an indefinite offering to 3,884 investors since October 2025. The fund operates under Regulation D exemptions 3(c)(7) for institutional investors and 6(b).

$100M+ sold3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersCapital closing nowPrivate equity / buyout

How this compares

  • Across 490 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 2nd fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, FT Ventures Platform I LLC, was filed 12 months earlier.

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

Sold rose from $17.7M to $903.6M (+$885.9M, +3708 investors) in 364 days since the previous filing.

FiledFormSoldInvestorsChange
2025-10-23D$17.7M176
2026-10-22D/A$903.6M3884+$885.9M

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.

First Trust on EDGAR

Earlier and related filings by the same issuer and sponsor. All Ft Ventures Platform vehicles →

People on the filing

Michael PeckExecutive Officer
Chad EisenbergExecutive Officer
Thomas ReckleyExecutive Officer

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Signed by Chad Eisenberg, COO of Issuer's Manager.

Placement agents / sales compensation: First Trust Portfolios L.P.

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