The Alternative Investments team is focused on direct investments in four key asset classes.
Each vertical has a dedicated team, but leverages expertise across the entire organization and the firm’s broader network to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns with differentiated value-add strategies.
The Private Equity team is focused on active value-add investing in attractive lower middle market businesses that are led by exceptional management teams and undergoing a strategic inflection point that will drive exponential growth.
This strategy is unrivaled amongst its peers as Manhattan West leverages the firm’s rolodex of executives (typically only seen at mega-funds) to conduct value-add & control investing in the lower middle market.
Active, operational approach with management teams
creating value through network of strategic partners & industry executives
Value-add sectors
including media, entertainment, consumer, sports, and tech-enabled services
Target ~25-100% ownership
with mix of primary and secondary capital
Focus on businesses with strong cash flow
and unique growth in defensive industries
$2-25mm equity check sizes
enterprise values of <$100mm
Venture Capital
The Venture Capital team takes a pragmatic approach to late-stage, direct investing in addition to identifying and investing in the next great early-stage fund managers where there is a strategic fit.
Strategically invest in early stage funds with unique access
that can also support direct investment deal flow
Direct late stage venture investments
in consumer, enterprise software, and technology verticals
Co-invest
with Tier 1 venture capital firms
Strong focus on companies with appropriate valuations
and prospects for near term liquidity
In-depth network of relationships
with operating companies and VC funds
$1-10mm equity check sizes
enterprise values of >$100mm
Portfolio Investments
Real Estate
The Real Estate team is uniquely positioned as an owner, operator, and manager with a primary focus on multi-family and industrial properties.
Invest in all major markets in Western US
with a particular focus on Southern California
Target value-add and core plus assets
but will consider opportunistic investments as well
Invest exclusively as a sponsor
with hands-on, design-driven execution
Take an institutional approach
to acquiring and managing sub-institutional real estate
Extensive operating experience
$5 – 15 million equity check sizes
Private Debt
The Private Debt team seeks to generate income and capital gains through direct and indirect investments in commercial loans to businesses located in the United States. Such investments may include, among other things, loan participations, asset-based loans, and individual or syndicated loans.
Geographic loan dispersion across the U.S.
Diversity in small business enterprise types
Loans underwritten to institutional standards
Act as a partner to understand each borrower’s set of working capital needs
Our Edge
Our Edge comes from a hands-on and value-add approach to how capital is deployed within each of the core verticals.
Nimble and flexible approach
“Consulting Bench” of operating partners
unrivaled amongst our peers
