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Dawn: Traditional buyout managers are launching single-asset continuation secondary funds

Nigel Dawn · Nigel Dawn - Secondaries in Private Markets (EP.378) · Apr 8, 2024 · at 21:41

Nigel Dawn, Global Head of Private Capital Advisory at Evercore, discusses the evolving buyer base in the private equity secondary market.

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“What we're seeing right now, I would say a fairly new development is traditional buyout managers actually looking to set up their own secondary funds, just focused on investing in single asset continuation funds.”

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The claim, plainly

Traditional buyout managers are setting up their own secondary funds focused specifically on investing in single-asset continuation funds.

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Assessment

The research notes fully corroborate Nigel Dawn's April 2024 observation. Multiple traditional private equity buyout firms have established, raised, and closed dedicated secondary funds and platforms specifically targeting GP-led single-asset continuation vehicles. For example, Leonard Green & Partners closed its dedicated single-asset continuation vehicle fund, Sage Equity Investors, at over $3.6 billion in January 2026. TPG closed TPG GP Solutions I at $1.86 billion in October 2024 focused on GP-led secondaries, and other prominent buyout sponsors (including Warburg Pincus, New Mountain Capital, and HgCapital) have formally launched dedicated continuation vehicle strategies.

Leonard Green & Partners raised and closed Sage Equity Investors (Sage I) at $3.6 billion in January 2026, dedicated specifically to backing third-party GP single-asset continuation vehicles.
TPG closed its debut GP-led secondaries fund, TPG GP Solutions I, at $1.86 billion in October 2024, utilizing buyout sector teams to underwrite single-asset continuation funds.
Industry reports from PitchBook, Buyouts, and Schroders Capital document a broader structural shift of traditional buyout managers (e.g., Warburg Pincus, New Mountain Capital, Accel-KKR, HgCapital) establishing dedicated secondary vehicles targeting continuation assets.

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[1] gcmgrosvenor.com [2] pitchbook.com [3] prnewswire.com [4] leonardgreen.com [5] secondariesinvestor.com [6] privateequityinternational.com [7] secondarylink.com [8] privateequityinternational.com

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