Coller Capital completed its first notable deal in 1998, when it acquired a $265-m portfolio of limited partnership interests from Shell's US Pensions Trust.

[5][6] Some of its transactions are among the largest in the private equity secondary market, including deals of $1-billion without the need for syndication.

As a secondary investor, Coller Capital acquires original investors’ stakes in private equity funds, such as venture capital, buyout and mezzanine funds, together with portfolios of companies or stakes in companies, from financial institutions, corporates, government bodies, family offices or charitable foundations.

It holds interests in over 850 private equity funds and around 8,000 companies on behalf of investors.

[5] Coller Capital operates from offices in London, New York, Hong Kong and Korea.