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Placement · Emerging Managers

New Guard Partners — a more personal approach to capital formation.

New Guard Partners is a placement advisory firm for emerging private markets managers. We work with a small roster, screen each mandate like an allocator, and stay economically aligned to the close.

Our Approach

A focused roster. A disciplined process.

Built so your raise is our whole job

Five-client cap. Senior focus and day-to-day immersion on every mandate. Owner's mindset — we don't win on retainers or volume, only when your fund closes. KPIs tied to capital raised, quality of LP engagement, and progress to close.

Every mandate passes an allocator's screen first

If your fund does not pass, we tell you why, specifically, with a path to fixing it.

The process, stage by stage

Five stages, with two partners in the room for every one of them: Kickoff, Agreement, Deep Dive Week, Soft Launch, and Full Go-To-Market.

Who We Work With

A focused roster, matched to the raise in front of it.

First-Time Funds

Funds II & III

Emerging Managers

Independent Sponsors

Institutional Network

A direct line to the allocators who matter — roughly 3,500 active LPs covered, with domestic depth and global reach. $500M+ closed since 2024 across all 50 U.S. states.

For Limited Partners

When we call, the screen has already run.

New Guard exists to raise capital for emerging managers. It also exists to protect the attention of the allocators we call. Our process is built around the way LPs actually evaluate new managers.

The first screen is allocator-shaped

An external LP investment committee pressure-tests the managers we represent.

How we protect LP attention

We do not send everything we see. We do not run directly competing mandates. We do not manufacture urgency, and we do not treat a polite meeting as progress.

Our Team

Built around partner attention. New Guard is intentionally small — the model only works if the people making the judgment are also doing the work.

Matt Zuckerman

Vanya Kovacheva, CFA, CAIA

Madeline Miller

Ethan Stuart

Investment Committee

New Guard uses an external LP investment committee of senior allocators to pressure-test the mandates it represents.

Contact

Request a conversation — a 25-minute call, and a straight answer on fit, including no. We take five clients at a time, so the first conversation is about fit in both directions.

matt@newguardpartners.com

vanya@newguardpartners.com

Regulatory disclosures

Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck »

All members of New Guard Partners, LLC are registered representatives and securities offered through Stonehaven, LLC - Member FINRA/SIPC. Regulatory disclosures: Disclaimers & Risks, Privacy Policy and Form CRS.

Investments in private placements involve a high degree of risk and may result in a partial or total loss of your investment. Private placements are generally illiquid investments. Investors should consult with their investment, legal, and tax advisors regarding any private placement investment.

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