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Adams Street Partners, LLC

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Total assets under management

$63,398,220,098

Total clients

0

Total advisors

0

of 318 employees

Firm size

Investment Manager

May not manage individual clients

Average clients per advisor

Average account size

About

Adams Street Partners primarily advises private investment funds and separately managed accounts on behalf of institutional investors, providing strategies across primary partnership investments, secondary purchases, co‑investments, direct venture/growth equity and private credit. The firm also acts as a sub‑advisor to other managers and funds, as described in its Brochure (for example, sub‑advisory arrangements with UBS Global Asset Management).

The firm describes a private‑markets investment process that combines top‑down portfolio construction with bottom‑up manager and company selection, and it generally provides discretionary investment decisions to the funds it manages. Adams Street operates multiple pooled vehicles and parallel structures (including Luxembourg RAIF compartments) and offers monitoring engagements and co‑investment opportunities alongside its fund programs.

Compared with many peers that primarily manage pooled vehicles, Adams Street’s Brochure highlights several atypical features: a long institutional history and 100% employee ownership, substantial scale of assets under management (disclosed discretionary and non‑discretionary totals), and a multi‑office operating model. The Brochure also notes that its investor base includes insurance companies, pension and profit‑sharing plans, government plans and corporate clients, and that the firm recently established a separate affiliate to advise U.S. regulated funds, indicating a broader client and product footprint than is typical for this category.

Client services

Portfolio management

Expertise

Private / alternative investments Business exit / sale strategy Business ownership considerations

Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner Executive

Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $10,000,000: 1.25% annually (max for ASP Partnership Funds, varies by investor and amount committed, from 0.34% to 1.25%) $10,000,001+: varies, downward sliding scale for ASP Partnership Funds and other funds depending on amount committed and year $0 - $25,000,000: 1.00% annually for US SMB on first $25 million $25,000,001 - $50,000,000: 0.90% annually for US SMB on subscriptions over $25 million and up to $50 million $50,000,001 - $100,000,000: 0.75% annually for US SMB over $50 million and up to $100 million $100,000,001 - $150,000,000: 0.50% annually for US SMB over $100 million and up to $150 million $150,000,001+: 0.40% annually for US SMB over $150 million $0 - $50,000,000: 0.87% annually for US SMB II on first $50 million $50,000,001 - $75,000,000: 0.80% annually for US SMB II on subscriptions over $50 million and up to $75 million $75,000,001 - $100,000,000: 0.73% annually for US SMB II over $75 million and up to $100 million $100,000,001+: 0.66% annually for US SMB II over $100 million $0 - $50,000,000: 0.87% annually for Asia Fund I on first $50 million $50,000,001 - $75,000,000: 0.80% annually for Asia Fund I on subscriptions over $50 million and up to $75 million $75,000,001 - $100,000,000: 0.73% annually for Asia Fund I over $75 million and up to $100 million $100,000,001+: 0.66% annually for Asia Fund I over $100 million $0 - $10,000,000: 0.87% annually for Asia Fund II on first $10 million $10,000,001 - $25,000,000: 0.80% annually for Asia Fund II on subscriptions over $10 million and up to $25 million $25,000,001+: 0.65% annually for Asia Fund II over $25 million $0+: 2.00% annually for ASP Direct Funds $0+: 1.00% annually for Co-Investment I and II Funds $0+: 1.00% annually for Co-Investment III Funds $0+: 1.00% annually for Co-Investment IV Funds $0+: Sum of limited partners' rates (1.00% per annum) for Co-Investment Select Funds $0+: 1.00% annually for Co-Investment V Funds (0.25% quarterly) multiplied by lesser of cumulative invested capital or aggregate subscriptions $0+: 0.8% to 1.25% annually for Co-Investment VI Funds $0+: 1.0% to 1.11% annually for Venture Innovation series funds with sliding scale over years $0+: 1.11% annually for European Venture Fund (sliding scale over years) $0+: 1.00% annually for ASGOS Funds $0+: 0.40% to 1.00% annually for Secondary 5 and 6 depending on amount committed $0+: 0.50% to 1.00% annually for Secondary 7 and Secondary 7 RAIF $0+: 0.50% to 1.25% annually for Secondary 8 and Secondary 8 RAIF $0+: 1.00% annually for GSF 8 Select $0+: 1.5% per annum of invested capital for Private Credit I Funds $0+: 1.25% per annum of invested capital for Private Income Fund $0+: 0.85% to 0.5% blended annual rate for US Senior Secured Fund depending on capital commitments $0+: 1.5% to 1.0% blended annual rates for Private Credit II-A and II-B Funds depending on capital commitments $0+: 1.00% to 0.75% blended annual rates for Private Credit II-C Funds depending on capital commitments $0+: 0.75% to 0.5% blended annual rates for Levered and Unlevered Senior II Funds depending on capital commitments $0+: 0.75% to 0.5% blended annual rates for Senior Private Credit II RAIF Compartment $0+: 1.5% to 1.0% blended annual rates for Private Credit III-A and III-B Funds depending on capital commitments $0+: 0.75% to 0.5% blended annual rates for Levered and Unlevered Senior III Funds depending on capital commitments $0+: 0.75% to 0.5% blended annual rates for Senior Private Credit III RAIF Compartment

Performance-based

Carried interest typically 10% to 20% of net profits depending on fund and investment type; subject to preferred returns (6%-8%) and clawbacks; Private Income Fund has annual performance allocation of 10% subject to 6% hurdle.

Other

Account minimum: $10,000,000

Main office location

Adams Street Partners, LLC

One North Wacker Drive, Suite 2700

Chicago IL 60606-2823, United States

Number of offices

9

Most active in

California · Illinois · Massachusetts · New York · Texas

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