Flexstone Partners

Flexstone Partners is a global asset management and advisory firm offering bespoke investment solutions across all private markets with a focus on the lower, middle market buyouts in the US, Europe and Asia.

An experienced, diverse, and global team underpins¹ the firm's operations, with the senior team boasting 25+ years of private market experience. Flexstone aims to deliver attractive investment returns through risk-adjusted investment portfolios, and clients benefit from the firm's access to the small- and mid-cap markets and its approach to investment selection.

In this video, Eric Deram, CEO of Flexstone Partners, explain who Flexstone are and why investors should consider them for their private equity investments.

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At Flexstone Partners, we’re obsessed with excellent performance. That means striving for investment performance but, more importantly, putting our clients first in everything that we do."

– Eric Deram, CEO, Flexstone Partners

Founded

2005*

Headquartered

New York, Paris, Geneva, Singapore

Expertise

Private equity, real estate, private debt and infrastructure

AUM

£ 5.20 Billion as of 31 December 2024

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Investment philosophy

Focus on small and middle-market

An attractive and replicable source of value creation

Larger universe of investment opportunities
Operational value creation
Lower financial leverage
Stronger alignment of interest between investors and fund managers
Broader exit channels
Less correlation with major public equity markets
Advisory Board seats accessible to active board members

Deep, global network¹

Long term relationships drive deal flow across strategies

510+ Funds in portfolio
310+ General Partner relationships
100+ Advisory board seats

Access to attractive investment opportunities

Manager selection is critical given dispersion of returns

Seek to select top quartile fund managers
Aim to deliver compelling risk adjusted returns
Diversified across managers and industries

Firm at a glance

60+

Professionals

43% of whom are women

25+

Years experience

Senior investment team

Nationalities

Source: Flexstone Partners, as of March 31, 2025

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Assets under management (AUM) as of March 31, 2025. AUM, as reported, may include notional assets, assets serviced, gross assets, assets of minority-owned affiliated entities and other types of nonregulatory AUM managed or serviced by firms affiliated with Natixis Investment Managers.

¹Source: Flexstone Partners, as of March 31, 2025

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