Tiger Global raises $1.5B venture fund

Tiger Global has raised a new $1.5 billion venture capital fund, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The New York-based fund, Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VIII, is slightly smaller than its predecessor.

Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VII received commitments of $1.485 billion in 2012, according to Thomson Reuters, publisher of peHUB. The firm’s previous Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VI from 2010 was $1.25 billion in size.

The filing can be found here.