Private Equity

Over

25 years

investing in
private equity

Through our diversified private equity platform, we partner with clients to pursue opportunities across private markets, spanning buyout, growth, mezzanine, and special situations. Leveraging over 25 years of experience and longstanding industry relationships, our platform offers access to direct investments, co-investments, primary funds, and secondaries.  

$33B

AUM

1,300+

Private Equity Investments1

575+

Manager
Relationships

Implementation Options2

Primaries

~$29B
Total Commitments

We are a leading private equity primaries investor, deploying significant capital with a highly selective approach that delivers meaningful influence, deep manager relationships, and durable access across the market.

Co-Investments

~$10B
Total Commitments

Built on scalability, responsiveness, and trusted sponsor partnerships, our co-investments platform seeks to provide access to differentiated middle-market opportunities with compelling alignment and economics. 

Secondaries

~$3B
Commitments Acquired3

As the secondaries market continues to evolve, our platform combines sponsor relationships, market insight, and disciplined selectivity to pursue attractive opportunities across both LP- and GP-led secondary transactions. 

Why GCM Grosvenor For Private Equity?

Middle Market Expertise

We are a leading middle market buyout (“MMBO”) investor, and have deep relationships with premier MMBO managers across the globe.

Emerging Manager Specialty

We have a longstanding track record of investing with emerging managers, building relationships that enhance the breadth and depth of our entire private equity platform.

Sourcing Advantages

Our early backing of managers and deep, long-standing relationships position us as a partner of choice and unlock hard-to-access sourcing opportunities.

Experienced, Dedicated Team

Our team of 55+ investment professionals brings decades of collective experience investing across strategies, geographies, and market cycles.

Small and Emerging Manager Investing

Longstanding engagement with small and emerging managers has been central to how we identify talent, build conviction, and form durable partnerships.

Sponsor Solutions

Our seeding platform supports next-generation sponsors through early capital and long-term partnerships, creating aligned economics and durable access across private equity.

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Data as of December 31, 2025 unless otherwise noted.

1 Data as of December 31, 2024, updated yearly.

2 Data as of September 30, 2025. 

3 Includes private equity secondaries since 2003.

 

Investments in alternatives are speculative and involve substantial risk, including market risks, credit risks, macroeconomic risks, liquidity risks, manager risks, counterparty risks, interest rate risks, and operational risks, and may result in the possible loss of your entire investment. No assurance can be given that any investment will achieve its objectives or avoid losses. The views expressed are for informational purposes only and are not intended to serve as a forecast, a guarantee of future results, investment recommendations, or an offer to buy or sell securities by GCM Grosvenor. The investment strategies mentioned are not personalized to your financial circumstances or investment objectives, and differences in account size, the timing of transactions and market conditions prevailing at the time of investment may lead to different results. 

Unless apparent from context, all statements herein represent GCM Grosvenor’s opinion.

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Absolute Return Strategies

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