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Wind Point Partners launches Zephyr private equity fund in Chicago

New fund · Private equity / buyout · Pre-first close · CHICAGO, IL · Form D filed 2026-10-16 · sponsor: Wind Point Partners · all Wind Point vehicles · Follow Wind Point →

Wind Point Partners has filed to raise an indefinite amount for Zephyr, L.P., a Delaware-formed private equity fund. The fund is in pre-first-close stage with no investors or capital committed yet.

Pre-first closeFirst filing by this entityPrivate equity / buyout

How this compares

  • 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 4th fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, Wind Point Partners XI-A, L.P., was filed 12 months earlier at $2.5B.

Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.

Wind Point Partners on EDGAR

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Registered adviser

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WIND POINT PARTNERS (WIND POINT ADVISORS LLC)

Registration
SEC-registered adviser · since 2012-03-29
Regulatory AUM
$8.6B
Employees
50
Private funds on Form ADV
15
Office
Chicago, IL

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Other Form D filings by this adviser

4 other filings on EDGAR under this adviser, with size, strategy and date. Subscribe to unlock

People on the filing

NATHAN A. BROWNExecutive Officer, Promoter
PAUL H. PETERSONExecutive Officer, Promoter
ALEX E. WASHINGTON IIIExecutive Officer, Promoter
KONRAD A. SALABERExecutive Officer, Promoter
JOSEPH C. LAWLERExecutive Officer, Promoter
RON LIBERMANExecutive Officer, Promoter

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