Aurora Equity Partners VII (AEP VII)

Aurora Equity Partners VII (AEP VII) is a 2023 vintage private equity buyout fund managed by Aurora Capital Partners. The fund, domiciled in the United States (Delaware), is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and raised approximately US$1.37 billion in equity commitments. The fund focuses on middle-market companies across industrial & business services, industrial technologies, and software / tech-enabled services. AEP VII aims to deploy equity investments typically between US$50 million and US$300 million per transaction, targeting businesses with enterprise values in the US$100 million to US$500 million range. Geographically, AEP VII concentrates on North America, leveraging Aurora’s regional presence and experience to source and manage control or majority‐oriented investments. The strategy likely places emphasis on operational improvement and possibly add‑on M&A to build scale. This fund represents Aurora Capital Partners’ ambition to scale further, aiming for a target fund size up to US$2 billion, though the actual raised equity is about US$1.37 billion as of the latest filing. The firm brings the experience of its prior funds and a management team with long tenure in middle‑market private equity.