The New Guard Of Fundraising
Fundraising for private markets strategies is more competitive than ever. New Guard Partners has built a direct line to the LP community to serve and win in today’s fundraising environment.
The New Guard Of Fundraising
Who We Are
New Guard Partners is a boutique private markets placement and advisory firm, focused on serving two core groups:
1) sector specialists that are raising their first, second or third fund vehicles
2) institutional allocators, without whom this industry wouldn’t exist.
The firm was built on a vision developed by Matt Zuckerman, who has over 13 years of private markets / fundraising experience, and Vanya Kovacheva CFA, CAIA, who has invested in private markets for over 15 years, most recently for 10 years at a large US public pension fund.
New Guard is built on the successes, trials and tribulations that Vanya and Matt experienced through working together.
The firm has created a unique sourcing and deal evaluation structure through its independent investment committee to serve the needs of LPs and, by extension, the GPs that we work with.
We know from experience that it is going to take more work and more focus to compete in the new environment.
New Guard’s Approach
Our process is designed to leverage an independent IC of LPs to stress test all opportunities we consider
We will always maintain a client roster of no greater than 5
We aren't afraid to constrain our mandate to exclusively serving emerging managers
We build custom strategies through a labor-intensive process for each of our clients
We consider the motivations and incentives of all stakeholders in everything we do
We bring both urgency and tranquility to what is by definition a chaotic process
We always listen intently
We realize how lucky we are to work in this industry, and always operate with gratitude
Who We serve
Private equity funds i-iii
spinouts / teams that are considering spinning out
Independent Sponsors
Our Team
Matt Zuckerman
Rede Partners
Goldman Sachs
Education
Georgetown University
University of Oxford
Vanya Kovacheva, CFA, CAIA
Partner, Head of Manager Research and Due Diligence
Otto von Guericke University – Magdeburg
Rochester Institute of Technology
Christian Mortensen
Georgetown University
University of Manchester (UK)
Angela Enzo
European Coverage
Keel Harbour
Naren Rajani
Georgetown University
Ethan Stuart
Georgetown University
Naren Rajani
Georgetown University
Investment Committee
Vanya Kovacheva CFA, CAIA
Otto von Guericke University – Magdeburg
Rochester Institute of Technology
David Chiang
Pritzker Family Foundations – Chief Investment Officer
Soros Fund Management – Head of External Funds
Brown University
UCLA
Sean McKeon
Cambridge Associates
Cloverlay
Boston College
University of Oxford
Lela Prodani CFA, CIPM
Granger Management Holdings
Mercy Health
Mercer
Ron Heinz
Stepstone Group
Ron Heinz
Stepstone Group
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