StepStone Group Inc

StepStone Group Inc. is an investment firm specializing in direct fund of funds secondary direct and secondary indirect investments. For direct investment it seeks to invest in venture debt incubation mezzanine distressed/vulture seed/startup early venture mid venture late venture emerging growth later stage turnaround growth capital industry consolidation recapitalization and buyout investments in mature and middle market companies. It prefers to invest in natural resources technology healthcare services materials manufacturing consumer durables apparel hotels restaurants and leisure media retailing consumer staples financials telecommunication services energy infrastructure real estate and real asset. The firm invests globally with a focus on United States North America Europe Asia Latin America Middle East Africa Brazil Mexico Argentina Colombia New Zealand China India Korea Japan Taiwan and Australia region. It typically invests between $15 million and $200 million in firms with enterprise value between $150 million and $25000 million. The firm invests between 5% and 40% in emerging markets. For fund of fund investment it seeks to invest in private equity funds venture capital funds Special situation funds Real estate funds Infrastructure funds mezzanine funds and turnaround/distressed funds. It considers investments in both domestic and international funds. It also seeks to make co-investments and follow-on investments and considers partial interests in funds. StepStone Group Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York New York with additional offices across North America South America Europe Australia and Asia.