Gatewood Capital Partners

What is Gatewood Capital Partners?

Gatewood Capital Partners, established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, New York, is a private equity firm that specializes in seeding and anchoring emerging managers. They focus on small to medium-sized businesses across a variety of sectors such as Software, BioTech, Hardware and Manufacturing, IoT and Wearables, A.I. and Big Data, and Real Estate and Construction.

Their funding strategies encompass buyouts, growth equity, debt financing including mezzanine and direct lending, distressed investments, secondary transactions, and real estate investments. Gatewood's geographic focus extends to North America and Western Europe.

The firm's partnership model extends beyond traditional fund-level investments by providing significant 'first close' LP capital along with continuous strategic support to help emerging managers launch institutional-grade funds. Additionally, they selectively support established managers looking for institutional capital and a lasting partnership. Gatewood's investment approach includes various private market strategies such as buyout, growth, credit, real estate, and infrastructure.

They take pride in the success of their underlying managers and offer multiple ways to support them, including developing a tailored fundraising and marketing strategy, facilitating introductions and term guidance with leading service providers, assisting with the fund formation process, and providing operational support to implement and improve reporting, monitoring, and valuations practices.

Their team, built on 'partnership culture,' emphasizes strong alignment of interests, transparency, and a value-add approach.

The team is dedicated to maintaining a disciplined approach with fund managers while pursuing strong risk-adjusted returns.