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Flexstone Partners

A global private investments firm delivering customized solutions across small- and mid-cap markets of private equity, real estate, private debt and infrastructure.

Flexstone Partners is a global asset management and advisory firm offering bespoke investment solutions across all private markets with a focus on the lower, middle market buyouts in the US, Europe and Asia.

An experienced, diverse, and global team underpins1 the firm's operations, with the senior team boasting 25+ years of private market experience. Flexstone aims to deliver attractive investment returns through risk-adjusted investment portfolios, and clients benefit from the firm's access to the small- and mid-cap markets and its approach to investment selection.

At Flexstone Partners, we’re obsessed with excellent performance. That means striving for investment performance but, more importantly, putting our clients first in everything that we do."
– Eric Deram, CEO, Flexstone Partners
Flexstone Partners
Founded
2005*
Headquartered
New York, Paris, Geneva, Singapore
AUM
US $7.30B as of September 30, 2025
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Investment philosophy

Focus on small and middle-market

An attractive and replicable source of value creation

  • Larger universe of investment opportunities
  • Operational value creation
  • Lower financial leverage
  • Stronger alignment of interest between investors and fund managers
  • Broader exit channels
  • Less correlation with major public equity markets
  • Advisory Board seats accessible to active board members

 

Deep, global network1

Long term relationships drive deal flow across strategies

  • 510+ Funds in portfolio
  • 310+ General Partner relationships
  • 100+ Advisory board seats

Access to attractive investment opportunities

Manager selection is critical given dispersion of returns

  • Seek to select top quartile fund managers
  • Aim to deliver compelling risk adjusted returns
  • Diversified across managers and industries

Firm at a glance

60

Professionals

44% of whom are women
25+

Years experience

Senior investment team
30

Nationalities

1 Source: Flexstone Partners, 31 December 2024

* Euro Private Equity Swiss was founded in 2005, Euro Private Equity France in 2007, Eagle Asia Partners in 2007, and Caspian Private Equity in 2008. Flexstone Partners was established in 2018.

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