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# Bono Joins New $3 Billion TPG Investment Fund As Special Advisor
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/bono-joins-new-3-billion-tpg-investment-fund-as-special-advisor/
- Published: 2015-04-10T11:36:38.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-10T11:36:38.000Z
- Description: Just as U2 heads out on a major tour, frontman Bono is adding to his resume as special advisor to a major new tech investment fund; and this isn't the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/bono-joins-new-3-billion-tpg-investment-fund-as-special-advisor.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Tech, Startups & Funding, Adam Levine, Andrew Bowden, Damages, David Bonderman, Fort Worth, George H. W. Bush, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Texas, TPG Capital, United States district court, White House Press Secretary, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Bono](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb081a752e970d-150wi "Bono")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb081a752e970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Just as **U2** heads out on a major tour, frontman **Bono** is adding to his resume as **special advisor** to a major new tech investment fund; and this isn't the first time he's dabbled at tech.

U2 frontman Bono has accepted the role of special adviser to a new $3 billion growth fund currently raised by equity fund investor David Bonderman's TPG Capital, according to the NY The Post. Bono has

[![image from images.vcpost.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb081a75ad970d-200wi "image from images.vcpost.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb081a75ad970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

also reportedly invested $3 million of his own money in TPG owned carpooling service Ride.

Actor and tech investor Ashton Kusher will also take on a similar role at TPG's new fund.

In 2005, Bono was a co-founder of investment fund Elevation Partners. That firm appears to be winding down. “For Bono, TPG is the replacement of Elevation Partners,” a source told [The Post.](http://nypost.com/2015/04/09/tpg-nabs-bono-and-ashton-kutcher-as-special-advisers/?ref=hypebot.com) Bono is also on the board of Fender Musical Instruments, which is owned by TPG.