Dahlia is a pan-European fund-of-funds, jointly sponsored by EIF and Natixis Private Equity (NPE).

EIF provided EUR 75m and Natixis EUR 225m to Dahlia on a 25%/75% basis, allowing for a trust close at EUR 300m in mid 2006. Dahlia combines primary and secondary investments, building up on the respective strengths of EIF and Natixis in those two market segments.

At end 2007, Dahlia had committed EUR 120m, of which EUR 38m were through secondary operations (five deals) and EUR 1m co-investments. An additional EUR 25m have been approved by the Investment Committee.