恩颐投资（New Enterprise Associates）美东时间5月9日在一份向美国证监会（SEC）呈交的报告中透露，该公司已为它的恩颐14号基金（NEA 14）融资超过20亿美元。这支基金于今年年初向市场推广，融资上限为25亿美元。一位了解情况的消息人士指出，恩颐投资计划在两个月内进行第二轮融资，并在七月初进行最后一轮融资，以实现25亿美元的目标。本周，恩颐投资将召开有限合伙人年会，而这只恩颐14号基金很可能获得超额认购。

    恩颐投资2006年曾为恩颐12号基金融资25亿美元，2009年恩颐13号基金的规模下降至22.5亿美元。但这两支基金还是稍逊于橡树投资（Oak Investment Partners）2006年募集的一支25.6亿美元的基金，至今那仍是业界有史以来最大的一只风投基金（不过橡树投资自己后来也未能再次复制自己的成功）。

    去年秋天，我在《财富》杂志上发表了一篇关于恩颐投资的文章，指出在恩颐投资过去的8只基金中，有6只基金都能排进业界前25%。不过其中并不包括2009年的那只，因为当时它上市时间还短，不好评价。

    恩颐投资称按照相关监管政策不能对此事发表评论。

    译者：朴成奎

    The firm today revealed in an SEC filing that it already has secured more than $2 billion for NEA 14, which began being marketed earlier this year with a $2.5 billion cap. A source familiar with the situation says that plans are to hold a second close within the next two months and then a final close in early July on the $2.5 billion figure. NEA is holding its annual limited partner meeting this week, and expects that the fund will end up being oversubscribed.

    NEA previously raised $2.5 billion for its twelfth fund in 2006, before scaling back to $2.25 billion for NEA 13 in 2009. Each was just a shade small than the $2.56 billion raised in 2006 by Oak Investment Partners, which is believed to be the industry's largest-ever investment fund (albeit one it has not been able to replicate).

    In a magazine story I wrote about NEA last fall, we reported that six of NEA's past eight funds were considered top quartile -- excluding the 2009 vehicle, which was considered too new to judge.

    The firm declined to comment, citing regulatory restrictions.