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An Experienced Secondary Investment Partner

Adams Street Partners is an experienced secondary investor that has built a wealth of strategy-specific knowledge and expertise with a track record spanning more than three decades.

Our integrated global platform enables us to operate as a cohesive, connected team by sharing relationships and insights – both elements that can lead to better decisions for our partners. Our deep market knowledge combined with our decades of experience give us the conviction to lead and execute opportunities not visible to most.

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Adams Street Partners Named as Secondary Investor of the Year by Real Deals

We are honored to be named the Secondary Investor of the Year in the 2025 Real Deals Private Equity Awards. The award helps emphasize Adams Street’s commitment to excellence in Secondaries and underscores the firm’s deep expertise and consistent approach to delivering superior results through disciplined investment in middle-market, private equity-backed transactions.

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Award issued April 3, 2025.Awards conducted by Real Deals. Self-nominations are received online for all categories, entrants are initially assessed by the Real Deals editorial team to identify a shortlist for each category which are then shared with a panel of judges comprised of senior representatives from leading LPs and PE firms who base their decisions on several factors, including factors such as exit multiples (for exits), growth (by revenue, headcount and geographical expansion), as well as a firm’s ability to respond to challenges. Adams Street did not directly or indirectly provide compensation for inclusion in this ranking. The description and the selection methodologies of rankings and awards can be subjective and will often vary; additional information on the ranking or award methodologies is generally available from the sponsor, and the sponsor is linked above. These rankings or awards may not represent investor experience with Adams Street or Adams Street’s Funds or services, nor do they constitute a recommendation of Adams Street or its services. Such ranking or award is not necessarily indicative of Adams Street’s past or future performance.

Providing Liquidity Solutions to Private Market Investors

Highly integrated across all areas of our investment strategies and solutions, we believe that our dedicated Secondary Investment Team is uniquely positioned to provide liquidity solutions to prospective sellers and general partners through:

Traditional acquisitions of limited partner interests from other fund investors

Complex, structured acquisitions of portfolios of direct company interests

Creative fund and company liquidity solutions for general partners

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Years of Secondary Investment Experience

Since 1986 Adams Street has been a successful, discreet, and respected secondary investor, adhering to a philosophy of disciplined portfolio construction and selective investment decisions.

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Secondary Transactions

Our Secondary Investment Team has completed more than 290 secondary deals since the beginning of the investment strategy with a focus on quality, not quantity.

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Secondary Assets Under Management

Adams Street manages $8.5 billion in secondary investments.

Adams Street’s Distinctive Secondary Approach

Selective & Thematic

We proactively identify and target market dislocations, specific investment themes, interests, and portfolios for purchase. Our investments are thoughtful, strategic, and highly due diligence.

Relationship-Focused

We leverage the significant depth and breadth of our network of global relationships to gain information.

Successfully Balanced

We balance our conviction in our investment themes with diversification to control risk.

 

Selected Case Studies

A Proactive and Targeted Approach

Asset targeting and general partner alignment leading to a high-conviction acquisition of growth assets

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Unique Access through Strong Partnerships

Partnering with a longstanding general partner relationship to provide a liquidity solution for limited partners

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High-Quality, Growth-Oriented Assets

Selectively targeting high-growth assets within a less efficient process

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We continue to leverage our network and breadth of global relationships to gain access to unique and hard to access deal flow, while tapping our collective expertise to choose specific deals and assets where we have conviction.

— Jeffrey Akers,  Partner & Head of Secondary Investments

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