Sponsor Solutions
We provide catalytic seed investments to small and emerging 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 $82 billion investment platform, multiple decades of experience investing in small and emerging managers, and position as a leading private equity investor in the small- and middle-market. Â
GCM Grosvenor
Elevate Strategy
In January 2023, we launched the GCM Grosvenor Elevate Strategy with the goal of empowering firm founders to successfully launch and scale their firms and build a more innovative and inclusive investment ecosystem.
Sponsor Resources
The Sponsor Solutions Group seeks to lower barriers to entry for firm founders by providing them access to a suite of non-investment infrastructure support resources, key questions, and considerations required for successfully launching a firm.Â
DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
We have developed specific expertise in funding and supporting small and emerging managers as part of our broad investment activity across alternative investments.
20+ yrs
OF EXPERIENCE INVESTING WITH SMALL AND EMERGING MANAGERS
$20B
SMALL AND EMERGING MANAGERS AUM
530+
PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGER RELATIONSHIPS
MILESTONE UPDATE
GCM Grosvenor’s Elevate Strategy and Excolere Equity Partners Celebrate 1-Year of Partnership ​
Tony Miller, Founder and Managing Partner of Excolere Equity Partners, marks the first anniversary of the firm’s strategic partnership with GCM Grosvenor’s Elevate Strategy by reflecting on a transformative year of progress. In this milestone update, he delves into Excolere’s mission to revolutionize the education and human capital sectors and highlights the pivotal role the Elevate Strategy partnership plays in helping them achieve meaningful impact.Â
Seed Investments for Firm Founders
The Elevate Strategy will target meaningful seed investments in small and emerging private equity managers focused on lower- and middle-market buyout strategies across industries. Â
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:Â
- Operational Due DiligenceÂ
- LegalÂ
- ComplianceÂ
- FinanceÂ
- Capital FormationÂ
- Human ResourcesÂ
- Information Technology Â
"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."
– Michael Sacks, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GCM Grosvenor
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
If you are interested in speaking to a member of the team, please email [email protected]. ​
Elizabeth Browne
Kevin Nickelberry
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Data as of March 31, 2025, unless otherwise noted.
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