Sponsor Solutions
We provide catalytic seed investments to small, emerging, and diverse private equity firm founders to help launch and scale their investment firms. Our Sponsor Solutions strategy leverages the firm’s overall breadth and experience, including our $76 billion investment platform, multiple decades of experience investing in small, emerging, and diverse managers, and position as a leading private equity investor in the small- and middle-market.
The Firm Founders' Handbook
Created in partnership between GCM Grosvenor and CalPERS, the Firm Founders’ Handbook seeks to lower barriers to entry for investor entrepreneurs by providing them with access to a suite of non-investment infrastructure support resources, key questions, and considerations required for successfully launching a firm.
Demonstrated Experience
We have developed specific expertise in funding and supporting small, emerging, and diverse managers as part of our broad investment activity across alternative investments.
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of experience investing with small, emerging, and diverse managers
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small and emerging managers assets under management
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diverse managers assets under management**
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private equity manager relationships*
The GCM Grosvenor Elevate Strategy
In January 2023, we launched the GCM Grosvenor Elevate strategy with the goal of empowering investor entrepreneurs to successfully launch and scale their firms and build a more innovative and inclusive investment ecosystem.
Built on experience
The strategy will leverage GCM Grosvenor’s $73 billion investment platform, multi-decade track record of investing in small, emerging and diverse managers and position as a leading private equity investor in the small- and middle-market.
Created in partnership with CalPERS
The strategy is being launched with a $500 million investment from CalPERS, a long-standing partner to GCM Grosvenor, and will raise additional capital from global allocators over the next several months.
Non-investment infrastructure support
As part of the Elevate strategy, GCM Grosvenor will provide broad support to firm founders through consultative resources across key non-investment functions including:
- Operational Due Diligence
- Legal
- Compliance
- Finance
- Capital Formation
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
Seed investments for investor entrepreneurs
The Elevate strategy will target meaningful seed investments in small, emerging, and diverse private equity managers focused on lower- and middle-market buyout strategies across industries.
Seed | Joint Venture | Acceleration Investments
Investments in early stage managers or first funds in return for preferential terms and a share of manager economics.
By providing access to scale capital, support for non-investment infrastructure needs, and an opportunity to harness the networks and experience required to invest appropriately in emerging firms, we hope to generate attractive returns and catalyze meaningful opportunities for the next generation of small, emerging, and diverse firm founders in our industry."
- Michael Sacks, Chairman and CEO, GCM Grosvenor
Senior Leadership
If you are interested in speaking to a member of the team, please email [email protected]
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Data as of March 31, 2023 unless otherwise noted.
* Data as of December 31, 2022.
** Data as of June 30, 2023.
Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. No assurance can be given that any investment will achieve its objectives or avoid losses. Unless apparent from context, all statements herein represent GCM Grosvenor’s opinion