DMC Partners, the private equity firm set up by senior Goldman Sachs executives last year, is poised to raise one of the largest developing market-focused funds currently on offer to investors, according to three people familiar with the situation.

The London-based firm, which was co-founded last year by Edward Eisler, the former co-head of global securities at Goldman Sachs, is expected to seek about $2bn for its first fund, although a final target is yet to be agreed, two of the people said.