Morgan Stanley Private Equity

www.morganstanley.com/im/en-us/capital-seeker/capabilities/private-equity.html

Foreign Investment Management Company

Tech Verticals Preferences

Artificial Intelligence, Climate Tech, Communications, Content Management, Data Analytics, DevOps, Digital Media, e-Commerce, Energy Tech, Enterprise Applications, Entertainment, Environment, Industrial Technologies, Infrastructure, Materials, Mobile infrastructure, Optical Networking, Renewable Energy, Software Technologies

General Data

Established	1985
Current Active Portfolio Companies:	7

DESCRIPTION

Morgan Stanley Investment Management seeks to generate outstanding returns for their clients by helping management teams build enduring businesses.

They invest exclusively in segments of the private markets that, in their view, are generally underserved by other providers of capital. Within these areas, Morgan Stanley looks for situations where we believe our expertise and access to the unparalleled resources of Morgan Stanley can make an outsized impact on a company’s growth trajectory.

AFFILIATION

Account ID	Affiliation Type	Name	Parent Name	Status
		Morgan Stanley
	Accelerator	Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab	Morgan Stanley
B7D4D356-207A-E111-AC59-00155D32A403	Division	Morgan Stanley (Israel) Ltd.	Morgan Stanley
	Investment Arm	Morgan Stanley Tactical Value Investing	Morgan Stanley
	Investment Arm	Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley)	Morgan Stanley
D9A4DB50-207A-E111-AC59-00155D32A403	Investment Arm	Morgan Stanley Private Equity	Morgan Stanley
	Subsidiary	Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management	Morgan Stanley

REMARKS

Date	Remark
01/09/2004	Morgan Stanley completed an agreement with Metalmark Capital LLC, an independent private equity firm established by the former principals of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, to manage the existing Morgan Stanley Capital Partners funds on a subadvisory basis. The agreement excludes all of the Asian investments. Morgan Stanley continues as general partner for the Morgan Stanley Capital Partners funds and retains its limited partner interests. Metalmark now manages Morgan Stanley Capital Partners III, L.P., a $1.9 billion private equity investment fund and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Partners IV, L.P., a $3.3 billion private equity investment fund.
	In addition, Metalmark Capital will independently make new private equity investments in a broad range of industries.

CONTACT INFO

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Main Address: New York, United States

Address	1585 Broadway St.
City	New York
State/Province	NY
Country	United States
Zip	10036

Contact Person	abC Defghij
Contact E-Mail	abC Defghij
Company E-mail	abC Defghij
Telephone	abC Defghij
Fax	abC Defghij

	MANAGEMENT

Key Executive

Name	Title
Mr. David Miller	Managing Director

Investment Data

Managed Capital

abCDe

Preferences

Type of Financing	Equity,Investments in Funds
Stage Preferences	Initial Revenues,R&D,Revenue Growth,Seed

SECTOR SEGMENTATION (By Number Of Companies)

Energy

40%

Enterprise Software & Infrastructure

40%

Biomed

20%

	PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

Current Portfolio Companies (7)

Company Name

Sector

Round/Deal Type

Date Announced

Investor Amount

Total Deal Amount

Remarks

Adama Management

N/A

Buyout

11/03/2008

$76.5m

N/A

Holds 6% of the company

BrightSource

Energy

Fifth Round	16/03/2011	N/A	$200m	Holds 10.5% of the company (total of $35.1m invested)
Fourth Round	20/05/2010	N/A	$150m
Third Round	14/05/2008	N/A	$115m
Second Round	01/05/2007	N/A	$35m

Capitolis

NVIDIA Israel is the Israeli subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation and serves as one of the company’s major global research and development centers. Established through NVIDIA’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies in 2020, NVIDIA Israel plays a strategic role in advancing high-performance computing, AI infrastructure, data center networking, and accelerated computing technologies.

The organization focuses on the development of high-speed interconnect solutions (including InfiniBand and Ethernet), data center architectures, AI systems, cybersecurity technologies, and advanced chip design. NVIDIA Israel contributes significantly to innovations powering cloud computing, generative AI, supercomputing, and autonomous systems worldwide.

With multiple R&D centers across Israel, the subsidiary is recognized as one of the country’s leading technology employers and a key contributor to NVIDIA’s global data center and AI leadership.

Ent. SW

Fourth Round - Extended	06/08/2025	N/A	$36m
Fourth Round - Extended	25/11/2024	$5m	$20m

ClickFox

Ent. SW

Fifth Round

28/11/2010

N/A

$17.9m

Through Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (AIP)

NeuroGenesis

Biomed

First Round

11/03/2022

N/A

$6.65m

Ormat Technologies

Energy

PIPE	21/04/2008	N/A	$64m
PIPE	01/06/2007	N/A	$71.8m

Tower Vision

N/A

Buyout

03/02/2008

$30m

N/A

Holds 1.5% of the company

Current VC Fund Portfolio (10)

Fund Name

Fund Type

Date Announced

Amount

Remarks

Cedar Funds I&II

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/1997

$15m

Cedar II

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/2001

$10m

Gemini IV

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/2004

$20m

Pitango II

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/1996

$10m

Pitango III

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/2000

$20m

Pitango IV

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/2004

$15m

Pitango V

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/2007

N/A

Pitango VI

Venture Capital Fund

02/09/2012

N/A

Shalom Fund

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/1999

N/A

Star Israel

Venture Capital Fund

01/01/1992

N/A

Exits (10)

Company Name	Exit Type	Date Announced	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Acquired	15/10/2010	abCDe	In cash.
abC Defghij	Acquired	10/11/2009	abCDe	Stock swap.
abC Defghij	IPO	13/08/2009	abCDe	Raised NIS 28m from the public.
abC Defghij	Acquired	09/11/2003	abCDe
abC Defghij	Acquired	11/06/2017	abCDe
abC Defghij	Acquired	11/08/2014	abCDe
abC Defghij	Acquired	16/07/2008	abCDe
abC Defghij	Acquired	08/10/2007	abCDe	$166m in cash.
abC Defghij	IPO	09/11/2005	abCDe	Including Green Shoe option.
abC Defghij	Acquired	11/04/2019	abCDe	The acquisition is expected to close in Q2/2019.

Historic Portfolio (4)

Company Name

Sector

Round/Deal Type

Date Announced

Investor Amount

Total Deal Amount

Remarks

Better Place

Ceased to Operate

Energy

Third Round	11/11/2011	N/A	$200m
Second Round	24/01/2010	N/A	$350m	Through Morgan Stanley Investment Management for $350m
First Round	01/10/2007	N/A	$200m	Through Morgan Stanley Principal Investments

LaserComm Inc.

Ceased to Operate

Network Infra.

Fourth Round	15/01/2002	$10m	$21m
Third Round	01/06/2000	$15m	$38m

Lynx Photonic

Ceased to Operate

Network Infra.

Third Round

16/01/2001

N/A

$33m

Oberon Media

Ceased to Operate

CO SW

Third Round	31/05/2007	N/A	N/A
Second Round	28/06/2006	N/A	N/A

Last Updated:	abCDe
IVC Number:	abCDe