Stafford Capital Partners holds second close of Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV (“SISF IV”) at EUR 347m

January 11, 2021

Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”), the private markets investment and advisory firm, has announced the second close of its fourth infrastructure fund, Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV (“SISF IV”), targeting core infrastructure investments through secondaries in Europe, the US and Australia. The second close brings additional capital of EUR 194m, including new investors from Europe, North America and Asia. It takes the fund to a total of EUR 347m*, and with a strong pipeline of prospective investors it is well on the way to achieving its target of EUR 750m.

“We continue to see strong deal flow and after having fully deployed the predecessor fund in late summer, we have signed a first transaction in the fibre space at an implied discount of 14% as the first investment of SISF IV. The team is currently reviewing a number of attractive opportunities with the intention of closing several of these in Q1 2021” said William Greene, Partner and Head of Infrastructure at Stafford.

*of which EUR 341m is immediately available for drawdown

  

For more information, please contact Stafford Investor Relations:

Email: InvestorRelations@staffordcp.com

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About Stafford Capital Partners: Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”) is an independent private markets investment and advisory firm with more than USD %%AuM%%bn in assets under management and advice* for more than %%numClients%% institutional clients worldwide. Founded in 2000, we are a global team of 70+ professionals investing in timberland, infrastructure, agriculture & food, sustainable private equity and private credit through secondaries, primaries and co-investments. As UN PRI signatory since 2010 we put sustainability at the centre of our investment process and implement a well-defined ESG program across all strategies.

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