Opened Sydney Office

Sydney is Adams Street’s first location in Australia and fifth in the Asia Pacific region. “Institutional investors in Australia are increasingly focused on allocating to private markets,” said Ben Hart, Partner & Head of Investor Relations (Asia) at Adams Street. “We are seeing considerable demand from the Australian private markets community for solutions, including custom accounts and evergreen structured products.”

Opened Austin Office

“Austin has become a vibrant entrepreneurial hub and it serves as a base-camp for many of America’s fastest-growing companies. Austin also possesses a deep and growing pool of skilled technology, venture capital, and private equity talent. We are excited about our new office bringing us closer to this innovative and dynamic ecosystem.” — Jeff Diehl, Managing Partner & Head of Investments

Opened New York and Boston Offices; Established Dedicated Private Credit Team

The same year that New York and Boston offices opened their doors, Adams Street launched a Private Credit Strategy.

“As we develop the private credit practice, we plan to build on the firm’s pre-existing deep relationships with private equity sponsors and provide the industry with a fully integrated ‘one stop’ credit solution.” — Bill Sacher, Partner & Head of Private Credit

See our latest Private Credit transactions

Opened Beijing Office

Opening an office in Beijing in 2011 was vital to Adams Street’s long-term commitment to the region. Adams Street believes in investing locally, thinking globally, and having boots on the ground.

Menlo Park and Singapore Offices Opened

Adams Street Partners opened an office in Menlo Park with investment staff from both our direct and primary investment teams. We opened a Singapore office as private equity investment opportunities increased in Asia.

First Commitment to India

Inducted into Private Equity Hall of Fame

“We are deeply honored to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. It has been a great privilege for us to play a part in the private equity industry’s growth and maturation over the last 28 years. We are deeply appreciative of our clients and consultants who believed in the concept of the private equity asset class, particularly in the early days; and, of course, are deeply appreciative of the general partners and portfolio company management teams who have worked so hard, so creatively, and so successfully over the last 28 years delivering outstanding investment performance for us as investors.” — T. Bondurant French, CFA, Chairman, Board of Directors

London Office Opened and International Investing Program

In 1997 we opened our London office to launch our international investing program. Today, Adams Street Partners has 11 locations around the world, with investments across more than 30 nations.

AIMR/CFA Performance Guidelines

Helped establish AIMR/CFA performance guidelines for the industry

Industry’s First Dedicated Secondary Funds; Development of Private Equity Industry Valuation Guidelines

Adams Street established one of the industry’s first dedicated secondary funds.

Additionally, Adams Street played an integral role in the creation of valuation guidelines for the private equity industry.

First Industry Benchmarks

Established the first industry benchmarks with Thomson Reuters

Industry’s First Fund of Funds

The same advisor team that founded Adams Street formed the industry’s first venture capital fund-of-funds.