Overview:

Pantheon International Participations PLC has been investing in private equity since its launch in 1987 as the first private equity fund-of-funds investment trust.

PIP enables investors to gain access to many of the best private equity managers in the USA, Europe and Asia.

Pantheon Ventures Limited, PIP's manager, is one of the world's leading private equity fund investors, with over £6 billion under management (as at 31 March 2006).

PIP is an investment trust company whose shares are listed and traded on the London Stock Exchange.

Objective:

PIP's primary investment objective is to maximise capital growth by investing in private equity funds and, occasionally, directly in private companies.