Grafine Partners and Stanley Capital are pleased to announce the formation of a significant strategic partnership. Stanley’s research and technology-driven approach to private equity will be combined with Grafine’s ability to meet the evolving needs of sophisticated institutional investors to together grow a major new platform in the European private equity landscape.
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Stanley Capital is an independent mid-market investment firm focused on growing sustainable businesses in Healthcare, Technology and Resource Efficiency sectors across Europe and the US. The firm was founded by Simon Cottle, James Brooks and Patrick Hargutt, a team that has a proven track record of actively delivering value creation, investing in and managing transactions with equity invested totaling approximately $3.7 billion. The partners at Stanley Capital have extensive investment experience and have served in leadership roles at firms including Ardian, Centerbridge, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking, Shell and Lightsource BP.
Stanley Capital targets investment opportunities and solves execution complexity through a combination of a dedicated sector research team, a network of current industry executives, and a network of established technology and automation partnerships with industry leaders to create a differentiated approach to investing that is enhanced by clearly defined ESG goals. The outcome is better, larger and more sustainable businesses.
Grafine is a majority women-led alternative investment firm with a creative approach to investing private capital, providing partner firms like Stanley Capital with scalable access to flexible and strategically aligned capital to meet their needs. Grafine provides institutional investors with direct access to deals and fund investment opportunities that meet their own sophisticated and evolving needs.
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“Our partnership with Stanley Capital reflects the confidence we have in the firm’s differentiated approach, their collective experience and the talented investment team they have built,” said Elizabeth Weymouth, Founder and Managing Partner of Grafine. “This transaction fits squarely within our mission to act as a principal investor and support the growth of the next generation of best-in-class investment managers.”
“We are excited by this strategic partnership and are pleased to have received the support of Grafine and the opportunities this provides us to create real value for our investors,” said Simon Cottle, Founding Partner at Stanley Capital. “Together, we will continue to target investments in growing sustainable businesses with a proven structural advantage, or creating them through our high-intensity and technology-enabled active investment approach.”
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