Buyouts Q&A: ‘Exciting time to back emerging managers’

January 15, 2025

In this Q&A with Buyouts, Caroline Dallas discusses the outlook for emerging manager fundraising in 2025. She explains why this cohort represents such a compelling investment opportunity and how GEM seeks to identify the next generation of investment talent.

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Emerging managers: Independent sponsors are having their moment in the sun

In Buyouts’ latest Emerging Managers Report, Caroline Dallas, a Director in GEM’s Investment Research Group, offers her perspective on the growing independent sponsor market and shares why, for dealmakers who are looking to branch out, now might be the right time to take the leap.

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ION Analytics: Kelly Barofsky on identifying opportunities in mid-market

Kelly Barofsky, a Director in GEM’s Investment Research Group, joined Giovanni Amodeo at ION Analytics to discuss GEM’s approach to identifying opportunities in the lower mid-market, including the importance of sector specialization and manager-investor alignment.

GEM Raises $450M Fund to Back Independent Sponsors

Jay Ripley, Head of Investments, spoke with FundFire about the recent close of GEM’s inaugural independent sponsors fund and shared the importance of manager diligence in establishing long-term GP-LP relationships.