New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Motilal Oswal Alternates has raised $800 million for its fifth private equity fund, exceeding its initial target of $750 million, backed by global investors such as the International Finance Corporation and US-based Adams Street Partners.

In a statement, Motilal Oswal said that Japanese investors, family offices, and high net worth individuals also invested in the India Business Excellence Fund V (IBEF V), whose corpus can go up to $950 million. This is the first close of the fund, and the final close is expected by October. The Motilal Oswal Group and team have committed around 11% of the corpus.

With this, Motilal Oswal Alternates' assets under management (AUM) will exceed $3.5 billion across private equity, real...