Articles from Adams Street Partners, LLC

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment firm with more than $62 billion in assets under management, today released its inaugural Advisor Outlook.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment management firm, today released its 2025 Global Investor Survey, highlighting optimism among institutional investors and financial advisors regarding private markets. The report captures key insights from global investors, revealing expectations for increased dealmaking, liquidity, and capital deployment in the coming year.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment management firm with more than $62 billion in assets under management, today announced the launch of the Adams Street Advisor Academy, a private markets educational resource for wealth advisors. The library provides diverse content, including a guide to navigating private investing and access to our thought leadership across strategies equipping financial advisors with useful and timely information for their clients.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment management firm with more than US $62 billion in assets under management (“Adams Street”), today announced the opening of its Toronto office, the firm’s first in Canada. The new Toronto office is Adams Street’s sixth in North America and 13th worldwide.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment firm with over $60 billion in assets under management, has held the final closing of the Adams Street 2024 Global Fund Program with $1.1 billion in committed capital. The Global Fund Program is designed to provide access to some of the world’s best small- to mid-growth private companies through a targeted, global private equity portfolio. It provides exposure to all of Adams Street’s investment strategies, including primaries, secondaries, co-investments, growth equity and private credit, across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment firm with over $60 billion in assets under management, today announced the successful close of its oversubscribed Venture Innovation Fund IV Program (which is comprised of Venture Innovation Fund IV, Leaders Fund II and Adams Street Venture Select Fund 2023, collectively, "VIF IV" or the “Fund”), securing more than $1.2 billion in capital commitments. VIF IV encompasses a diverse portfolio of venture fund investments, secondaries, and direct investments, which will seek to strategically target exposure to some of the world’s most innovative and disruptive companies.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment firm with more than $59 billion in assets under management (“Adams Street”), today announced the appointment of Jim Walker as Partner & Global Head of Wealth. Walker, who has served as Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Adams Street, will focus on leading Adams Street’s growth in the wealth management space, with an emphasis on developing and scaling of products and services designed to service financial advisors and their clients. Adams Street also launched a new website – pws.adamsstreetpartners.com – dedicated to sharing insights, news, and resources for financial advisors and wealth platforms.

The Private Credit team of Adams Street Partners, LLC (“Adams Street”), a private markets investment firm with more than $58 billion in assets under management, today announced the final closing of a $1 billion middle market collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”), ASP Summa. The CLO is a first for Adams Street and was structured in partnership with American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company (“American Equity Life”) (NYSE: AEL), a leading issuer of fixed index annuities.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment firm with over $58 billion of assets under management, today released its fourth annual Global Investor Survey for 2024. For the fourth consecutive year, respondents believe that private markets’ superior ability to navigate short-term volatility and economic uncertainty make them more resilient than their public market counterparts.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment firm with more than $58 billion in assets under management (“Adams Street”), today announced that Michael Kurlander has been named Partner and Chief Financial Officer. Effective January 3, 2024, Kurlander will sit on the firm’s Executive Committee and report to Jeff Diehl, Managing Partner and Head of Investments.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment firm with more than $58 billion in assets under management, has held the final closing of the Adams Street 2023 Global Fund Program with $820 million in committed capital. The Global Fund Program is a private markets portfolio designed to provide comprehensive exposure by spanning all of Adams Street’s investment strategies, including primaries, secondaries, co-investments, growth equity, and private credit, across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment management firm with more than $54 billion of assets under management globally, announced today it has secured more than $3.2 billion in capital commitments for its Secondaries Investment Program,* including the successful close of Global Secondary Fund 7.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with more than $52 billion of assets under management, announced today it has opened an office in Sydney, Australia. The office, located in Quay Quarter Tower, will be managed by Shaun Thomas, newly appointed Principal, Investor Relations, who joined Adams Street in November.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment firm with more than $52 billion in assets under management, has held the final closing of the Adams Street 2022 Global Fund Program with approximately $1.1 billion in committed capital. The Global Fund Program is a private markets portfolio spanning all of Adams Street’s investment strategies, including primaries, secondaries, co-investments, growth equity, and private credit, across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with more than $52 billion of assets under management, announced today it has successfully completed fundraising for its Co-Investment Fund V, closing the oversubscribed program with more than $1.3 billion of committed capital.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment firm with $50 billion in assets under management, announced the launch of its Private Credit platform in Europe with the appointment of James Charalambides as Partner & Head of the European Private Credit team. Mr. Charalambides will be responsible for leading and managing the firm’s private credit-related efforts in Europe and supporting all aspects of the decision-making process – including sourcing, structuring, reviewing, and negotiating deal opportunities in this space. Mr. Charalambides will report to Bill Sacher, Partner & Head of Private Credit at Adams Street.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment firm with $50 billion of assets under management, announced today that Alicia Pando, a Partner and the firm’s Chief Technology Officer, has been appointed to the firm’s Executive Committee.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with more than $51 billion of assets under management, announced today it has successfully completed fundraising for its second Private Credit program (PC II), closing the oversubscribed program with more than $2.1 billion of committed capital and over $3.0 billion, including leverage.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investing firm with over $51 billion of assets under management, released its 2022 Global Investor Survey which reports that 86% of respondents believe private markets will outperform their public market equivalents over the long term. The risks identified by respondents, including inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical conflict, weren’t enough to upend their overall optimism in the innovation supercycle that is driving a decades-long digital transformation of the global economy.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with $49 billion in assets under management, today announced that Lou Holland Jr. has joined the firm’s Board of Directors as its fifth member. Mr. Holland’s addition to the Board of Directors concludes an extensive search within the asset management industry of executives with deep investment management backgrounds and a wide range of diverse perspectives.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with $45 billion of assets under management, announced today that Jennifer Brown joined the firm as Partner and Global Head of Consultant Relations. Ms. Brown will manage consultant activities worldwide and will strengthen relationships with consultant partners who are seeking to provide clients globally with top tier private equity and private credit solutions.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with approximately $45 billion of assets under management, announced today that Yohan Hill joined the firm as Director of ESG and Responsible Investing. Adams Street is a long-time practitioner of responsible investing. The firm has been a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2010, supports the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and actively integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into its investment process.

Adams Street Partners, LLC, a private markets investment management firm with $45 billion of assets under management, announced today that Leland Richards joined the firm as a Partner on the Private Credit Team on April 30, 2021. Mr. Richards will support all aspects of the decision-making process of the Private Credit Team, including sourcing, structuring, performing due diligence, and negotiating investment opportunities as well as helping shape the strategic direction of the business.