General Partners

The firm launched its inaugural fund in late 2023, and nearly doubled its size since its second close in early 2025, according to PEI Group data.

Orchard co-founder Scott Pasquini thinks the continuation vehicle market could grow as much as four times its current size, as GPs look to unshackle themselves from the timeline constraints of closed-end fund structures, he tells Buyouts.

Led by co-founders Isaac Harrouche, CEO, and Mike Berlin, the CIO, 154 Partners was launched in January 2025.

Founder and managing partner Rob Wolfson set up Aphias last year to make control investments in lower mid-market companies in healthcare services and essential services sectors.

From a bird’s eye view, US emerging managers seem to be enjoying an early spring. But if the market for new players is coming up roses, LPs don’t seem to smell it, results of Buyouts’ Emerging Managers Survey 2026 suggest.

A live deal by Carlyle is taking the concept of structured solutions to another level.

The platform boasts an regulatory approval rate of nearly twice the industry average, division head Nicholas Galakatos tells Buyouts.

The majority of the firm’s LPs are individuals with leadership positions at successful businesses in Lead Edge’s target investment areas, a managing partner tells Buyouts.

Co-founder says the culture the firm has created 'strongly resonates with investors.'