Strategic advisory
Threadmark has been at the forefront of innovation in private market transactions, with more than 15 years’ experience of executing on creative capital solutions beyond conventional blind pool fund raises.
Continuation Vehicles
We were one of the first groups after the global financial crisis to successfully raise continuation vehicles, in the process creating new business lines for our clients. Unlike some of our competitors who approach such situations as a pure “secondary” transaction, we put the client’s interests at the heart of our offering and try to deliver the optimal outcome for them. As a result, we have successfully raised substantial fresh capital alongside continuation vehicles, allowing the client to continue investing and evolve their business.
Secondaries
Like many of our competitors we participate in secondaries. However, unlike many of our competitors we treat secondaries as part of a broader capital raising strategy. As with continuation vehicles, the aim is to deliver the optimal outcome for the client, rather than simply transacting. This could mean using a secondary situation to help raise capital for a different vehicle, or to evolve an investor base ahead of future fund raising.
Programmatic JVs and SMAs
We have deep expertise in creating programmatic joint ventures and separate managed accounts across a broad range of sectors and situations. In some cases, we have created these vehicles to sit alongside a manager’s other activities, enabling them to invest in a broader range of opportunities, and in other cases we have implemented them as a stepping stone to establishing a fully-fledged fund management business in the future.
Direct Investments
We have successfully executed on a broad range of capital raises for direct investments, both in the form of co-investments made alongside the fund raises we are involved in, and discrete capital raisings around a standalone situation. Our detailed knowledge of private market transactions means that we are better equipped to tap into institutional investor capital than more traditional corporate finance houses that tend to focus more on strategic buyers and fund managers. We are well-equipped to lead transactions but are equally comfortable working alongside a conventional corporate finance advisor if the situation requires.
