Form D · Private Equity Fund

Blackstone Capital Partners VII L.P.

New York, NY · CIK 0001640301

Offering snapshot reported Jan 7, 2016 · SEC filing

Reported sold: $17.5B
Investors reported: 310
Minimum accepted: $0
First sale: May 13, 2015

Fundraising history

Reported sold

Dates are filing dates, not cash receipt dates. Decreases are reported revisions, not evidence of withdrawals. Separate offering histories are not added together.

What changed?

Latest filing versus its linked predecessor, where available.

Reported sold$16,944,750,000 → $17,500,000,000
Reported investors308 → 310

Filing history

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Filed	Filing type	Reported sold	Change vs linked filing	Investors	Source
Jan 7, 2016	Amendment	$17,500,000,000	$555,250,000vs Oct 23, 2015	310	SEC filing
Oct 23, 2015	Amendment	$16,944,750,000	No comparison	308	SEC filing
Apr 30, 2015	Initial	Yet to sell	No comparison	0	SEC filing

Offering details

Securities: Pooled investment fund
Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.7
Duration over one year: No
Business combination: No

Sales commissions: $10.1M
Finders' fees: $0
Form D file number: 021-238921

The Total Amount Sold includes $200 million sold in a parallel fund.

Sales compensation recipients

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Recipient	CRD	Associated broker-dealer
NH Investment & Securities	None
Compass Group Global Advisors	None
Bank Julius Baer & Co., Ltd.	None
Bethmann Bank AG	None
Morgan Stanley Asia International Limited	None
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC	149777	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC · CRD 149777
UBS Financial Services Inc.	8174	UBS Financial Services Inc. · CRD 8174

Source: Form D, filed Jan 7, 2016. Minimum accepted may differ from a standard advertised minimum.

Fund connections

The linked fund shows its most recently reported ADV details.

Matched by reported Form D file number

BLACKSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS VII L.P.

Investment adviser: BLACKSTONE MANAGEMENT PARTNERS L.L.C.

Gross asset value: $16.3B
Beneficial owners: 341
ADV minimum commitment: $0

Reported in Form ADV on Mar 30, 2026. Fund assets and beneficial owners measure different things from Form D sales and investors.

Service providers

Auditor DELOITTE & TOUCHE NEW YORK, New York, United States

Custodian CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. NEW YORK, New York, United States Related to adviser: No

Custodian CITI PRIVATE BANK NEW YORK, New York, United States Related to adviser: No

Custodian DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON, United Kingdom Related to adviser: No

Custodian DEUTSCHE BANK INDIA AG MUMBAI, India Related to adviser: No

Custodian DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS NEW YORK, New York, United States Related to adviser: No

Custodian MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States Related to adviser: No

Custodian STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED ST. LOUIS, Missouri, United States Related to adviser: No

Custodian WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, United States Related to adviser: No

Provider details

Annual audit: Yes
Prime brokers: No
Custodians: Yes
Administrator other than the adviser: No
External marketing: No

DELOITTE & TOUCHE
PCAOB 34

CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.
SEC 8-201

DEUTSCHE BANK AG
LEI 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
LEI 8EWQ2UQKS07AKK8ANH81

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
SEC 8-7221 · LEI 8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81

STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
SEC 8-1447

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
LEI KB1H1DSPRFMYMCUFXT09

Filing source

Form ADV 2031099 · Mar 30, 2026 · Schedule D 7.B.(1), fund 805-3982631910

Official IAPD profile (latest public filing). Values are the most recently reported in our imported data; the public profile may show a newer filing.

Related funds

Funds whose names form a numbered series with this one and that share its city or the name of a related person. Form D does not state how these funds are related.

Fund	Latest Form D	Reported sold	Investors
Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P.	Jan 6, 2012	$10,598,265,000	223
Blackstone Capital Partners VII L.P. (this fund)	Jan 7, 2016	$17,500,000,000	310
Blackstone Capital Partners VIII L.P.	Dec 13, 2019	$24,500,000,000	230
Blackstone Capital Partners IX L.P.	Nov 15, 2024	$20,406,006,803	170

People & organizations

Current and past Form D appearances. These existing records do not establish a person's current role or uniquely identify them across issuers.

People and organizations reported in Form D filings
Name	Reported role
Joseph Baratta	Executive
N/A Blackstone Management Associates Vii L.L.C.	Promoter
N/A Bma Vii L.L.C	Promoter
Michael S. Chae	Executive
John G. Finley	Executive
J. Tomilson Hill	Executive
Hamilton E. James	Executive
Christopher J. James	Executive
John A. Magliano	Executive
Prakash A. Melwani	Executive
Omar Rehman	Executive
Vikrant Sawhney	Executive
Stephen A. Schwarzman	Executive
Kathleen Skero	Executive
Matthew Skurbe	Executive
Laurence A. Tosi	Executive

Issuer details

Industry: Pooled Investment Fund (See others in industry)

Address:

345 Park Avenue
New York, NY, 10154