W Capital Partners
About W Capital Partners
W Capital Partners is a private equity firm that provides secondary liquidity to shareholders in private businesses and growth capital for those companies, with $2 billion of capital and investments in more than 90 leading growth equity and buyout-stage businesses.
W Capital understands and appreciates the liquidity goals and needs of private equity GPs, whether an investor’s objectives are extending hold periods of trophy assets, generating portfolio liquidity, realigning investor duration, securing growth capital mid-way through an investment period, forming a continuation fund, or providing limited partners more liquidity options.
GP-Led
We partner with many of the world’s leading private equity firms to spearhead GP-led transactions. Since W Capital began providing secondary liquidity to GPs more than two decades ago, GP-leds have become a high-growth and broadly accepted strategy. GP-leds may allow GPs to generate liquidity for their funds and limited partners while keeping control of assets and extending hold periods.
▪ GP Continuation Funds
Recapitalizing a GP's investor base for specific targeted assets
▪ GP Structured Solutions
Structuring solutions directly with a GP to address liquidity and ownership objectives
Direct Secondaries
We invest in companies where we can offer liquidity to selected shareholders as a liquidity solution provider. We can work with the ongoing investors and management teams to support long-term growth plans. By offering interim liquidity to investors, W Capital better aligns the shareholder base and enables management to continue executing on growth objectives.
▪ Minority Recap
Offering a company-supported liquidity solution to all shareholders
▪ Direct Share Purchases
Providing shareholders partial or full liquidity for individual equity stakes
Our Focus
▪ $20-200M+ Investment
▪ 5% to 40% Ownership
▪ Stage: Buyout & Growth Equity
▪ Geographic Focus: US & Europe
People
- David Wachter, Founding Partner & CEO