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First Trust launches FT Select I, indefinite-size private equity fund in Chicago

New fund · Private equity / buyout · Open-ended · CHICAGO, IL · Form D filed 2026-10-30 · sponsor: First Trust · all Ft Select vehicles · Follow Ft Select →

First Trust Capital Management has filed to raise an indefinite amount for FT Select I LLC, a Delaware-based private equity fund. The fund has already sold $37.31M to 110 investors as of mid-October 2026.

3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersPlacement agent engagedPrivate equity / buyout

How this compares

  • Across 499 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 Select I LLC, was filed 8 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

FiledFormSoldInvestorsChange
2026-03-13D$75.3M101
2026-10-30D$37.3M110−$38M

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 Select 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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