Atlantic-Pacific Capital is one of the largest global, privately owned placement and advisory firms dedicated to raising capital for alternative investments.
Atlantic-Pacific Capital is one of the largest global, privately owned placement and advisory firms dedicated to raising capital for alternative investments.
Founded in 1995, the firm has organically grown into a global organization with a premier brand in the private equity community.
Over the last 30 years, Atlantic-Pacific has executed more than 170 capital raising assignments aggregating over $115 billion for an extraordinary group of alternative asset managers.
The firm has demonstrated remarkable consistency across market cycles, having raised $30 billion since 2021 alone, positioning it among the leading placement agents in the industry.
The firm operates with a distinctive focus on quality over quantity, evaluating 500+ funds annually but representing only 10 to 12 non-competing mandates at any given time.
This selective approach ensures that each client receives ample attention and highly customized strategic advice throughout the capital raising process.
Atlantic-Pacific's commitment to delivering faster, better outcomes is supported by a global network of 38 professionals across nine cities who maintain deep, long-standing relationships with a diverse mix of institutional investors.
As an employee-owned and controlled firm, Atlantic-Pacific ensures 100% of employees share directly in the profits of the firm to maximize alignment with client interests.
Decisions to onboard new mandates are made by the entire team, ensuring full buy-in and collaboration across all fundraising efforts.
Atlantic-Pacific Capital provides customized and comprehensive fundraising solutions leveraging a primary fund placement team with fully integrated capital solutions capabilities.
The firm's service offerings span the full spectrum of private markets capital formation.
Fund Placement
The firm's core fund placement practice covers:
Through comprehensive preparation and a well-coordinated distribution process, Atlantic-Pacific's team of 15 distribution professionals (averaging 17 years of industry experience) adds significant value at each stage of the fundraising process.
The firm's careful selection process and customized fundraising approach has resulted in a proven track record of achieving and exceeding fundraising targets across market cycles since 1995.
Capital Solutions
Atlantic-Pacific's fully integrated Capital Solutions team complements traditional fund placement capabilities to craft optimal solutions across primary, direct, and secondary structures.
This 19-person project management and advisory team (averaging 14 years of industry experience) possesses deep skill-sets combining both principal investing and advisory experience spanning a diverse set of private equity transactions.
The Capital Solutions group specializes in:
This integrated approach allows Atlantic-Pacific to develop highly customized and innovative solutions that address the full spectrum of client capital raising goals, from traditional commingled funds to bespoke structured transactions.
Atlantic-Pacific Capital maintains a truly global footprint with 38 professionals across nine strategic cities around the world.
This extensive geographic coverage ensures deep and local coverage across all major institutional investor markets.
Office Locations:
James's Street), Barcelona
This global network enables the firm to maintain deep, long-standing relationships with a diverse mix of institutional investors across regions, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, family offices, and fund of funds.
The firm's team members leverage their local market expertise and relationships to provide clients with comprehensive global distribution capabilities while maintaining the personalized service of a privately owned firm.
Since its founding in 1995, Atlantic-Pacific Capital has established an exceptional track record of capital raising success across market cycles, strategies, geographies, and transaction structures.
Key Metrics:
The firm's integrated approach to capital solutions and primary funds has resulted in wide-ranging experience and proven success across industry, strategy, and geography in both traditional commingled blind pool funds and bespoke capital solutions transactions including direct investments and secondaries.
Atlantic-Pacific's client roster includes an extraordinary group of alternative asset managers spanning emerging and established firms across private equity, private credit, real estate, and real assets strategies.
The firm's relentless pursuit of faster, better outcomes has made it a trusted advisor to some of the most respected names in the alternative investment industry.
Atlantic-Pacific Capital distinguishes itself through several key characteristics that set it apart among leading placement agents:
Focused: The firm deliberately limits itself to marketing only 10 to 12 non-conflicting offerings simultaneously across private equity, private credit, real estate, and real assets, along with select capital solutions transactions.
This focused approach ensures each client receives dedicated senior-level attention and customized strategic advice.
Independent: As an employee-owned and controlled firm, Atlantic-Pacific operates without conflicts inherent in larger financial institutions. 100% of employees share directly in the profits of the firm, maximizing alignment with client outcomes and long-term relationship building.
Collaborative: Decisions to onboard new mandates are made by the entire team, ensuring complete buy-in and full team collaboration on every engagement.
This collaborative culture extends to the firm's integrated structure, where the Capital Solutions team works seamlessly with the fund placement group.
Global: With 38 professionals across nine cities worldwide, Atlantic-Pacific combines global reach with local market expertise, enabling the firm to access institutional capital across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East.
Experienced: The firm's 11 partners average 15 years with Atlantic-Pacific, while distribution professionals average 17 years of industry experience and project management/advisory team members average 14 years of experience.
This deep experience base provides clients with seasoned guidance through complex fundraising processes.
Integrated: Unlike many competitors, Atlantic-Pacific maintains a fully integrated Capital Solutions team that complements traditional fund placement capabilities, allowing the firm to craft optimal solutions across primary, direct, and secondary structures within a single platform.
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