Identifying Investment Opportunities That Drive Innovation and Uniting Them With Sophisticated Long-Term Capital Partners
Unequaled Expertise, Exceptional Communication, Outstanding Execution
For over four decades, Eaton Partners has been widely recognized as the world’s leading placement agent. Since the firm’s founding in 1983, we have participated in raising over $140 billion of institutional capital across more than 190 highly differentiated alternative investment funds and offerings, including private equity, private credit, real estate, real assets and hedge funds.
We begin by listening to you, ensuring we understand your investment strategy, current portfolio, risk management capabilities, internal infrastructure and differentiating factors. We combine this insight with our deep understanding of the institutional marketplace built up through long-standing relationships with influential decision-makers from leading institutions.
We have extensive experience working with many different types of alternative managers, enabling us to effectively communicate even the most complex strategies with clarity and confidence to the institutional investor community. We also are intimately familiar with LPs – what they want and how they work.
Our experienced execution team is often brought onsite to produce or refine key marketing materials, ensuring that all collateral needed to support the raise delivers an impactful message. Limited partners appreciate our ability to provide swift responses to due diligence questions, and clients appreciate our ability to handle the “heavy lifting” of LP requests.
We are not only the pioneers of fund placement, we are placement experts.
In January 2016, Eaton Partners became a wholly owned subsidiary and affiliate of Stifel Financial Corp., a leading middle-market investment bank, to further ensure Eaton Partners’ success at the highest level of the global placement business.
At Eaton Partners, we’re not just raising funds, we’re building firms. Learn how the Eaton team can partner with you and your firm to meet your goals.
Learn MoreExperience
With ten offices worldwide, our reach is extensive and our dedication to capital raising is unparalleled. Our professionals have strong, long-held relationships with over 4,000 of the largest, most active institutional investors in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. Our investor network, from pension funds and consultants to endowments and foundations, all have a desire to invest substantial capital, with the average commitment of $30 million.
60+ Professionals
We operate ten offices on three continents. Our global market expertise is combined with local know-how and connections.
~$14 Billion Raised
In the last 3 years, we have secured over 600 commitments across 65 mandates. This is an unrivaled industry track record.
85% of Funds Hit Hard Cap
In 2024, 6 of 7 fund raises exceeded or hit their hard cap. Our expertise and proven execution ensure that our clients are satisfied no matter their industry.
Capabilities
Eaton Partners’ deep sector knowledge and unrivaled insight into the private fund market allows us to raise capital efficiently and effectively.
Private Credit
Eaton Partners has a broad and deep history of raising credit-focused funds. Our track record includes working for clients across the spectrum of credit strategies, such as: Corporate Credit, Specialty Credit, Structured Credit, Real Estate Credit, Distressed Credit, Special Situations, and Royalties / Offtakes
Private Equity
Eaton Partners’ deep sector knowledge and unrivaled insight into the private fund market allows us to raise capital efficiently and effectively. We thrive on working alongside the most innovative funds and consistently partner with the highest-quality fund managers. Over the past ten years, we are also proud to have raised more first-time institutional funds for established and emerging managers than any of our competitors.
Real Assets
Eaton Partners is proud to be recognized as the industry leader in the Real Assets space. We partner with best-in-class fund managers, corporate sponsors, and private companies to provide compelling, strongly differentiated opportunities for investors. Our deep relationships with Real Asset investors gives us a competitive advantage when seeking capital for our partners.
Real Estate
Eaton Partners has a long history raising real estate investment vehicles across funds, directs, separate managed accounts and secondaries. Our real estate team is highly entrepreneurial and has a long track record of being a first mover in the space. Prior mandates include both equity and debt focused strategies for first time managers and established firms seeking to diversify or expand their lines of business. Our goal is simple, a true partnership with our clients with the ultimate goal of finding the right capital partner.
Notable Transactions

Mergers & Acqusitions
Undisclosed
Software & Fintech
Software & Fintech
Mar 2023

Completed a Single Asset Continuation Vehicle
Private Capital Advisory
2024

Primary Fundraise
Private Capital Advisory
2024

Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Capital Advisory
2023

Education Technology, Industrial Technology, and Tech-Enabled Services
Private Fund Placement
2023

Middle Market Buyout
Private Fund Placement
2023

Value Add, Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Private Fund Placement
2023

Middle Market Buyout
Private Fund Placement
2023

Upstream, PDP focused oil and gas, opportunistic development
Private Fund Placement
2023

European NPLs and Non-Core Bank Credit
Private Fund Placement
2023

Growth Equity Tech and Software
Private Fund Placement
2023

MMBO Specialty Distribution and Business Services
Private Fund Placement
2023

Aviation Leasing
Private Fund Placement
2023

Uncorrelated Music Royalties
Private Fund Placement
2022

Premier Aircraft Leasing Asset Manager
Private Capital Advisory, First Time Funds
Jan 2023

Mergers & Acquisitions
Transportation & Logistics
Dec 2022

Deep Value Industrial Specialist
Private Fund Placement
2022

Municipal Special Situations, Asset-Backed Credit
Private Fund Placement
2022

Middle Market Buyout
Private Capital Advisory
2022

Clean Technology
Private Fund Placement
2022

Structured Hybrid Capital Solutions in Healthcare Services
Private Fund Placement
2022

Lower Middle Market Buyout
Private Fund Placement
2021

Specialty Industrial Structured Credit & Equity
Private Fund Placement
2021

Consumer Services/Retail; Healthcare
Private Fund Placement
2021

Middle Market Buyout
Private Capital Advisory
2021

Consumer Services/Retail
Private Fund Placement
2021

Minority Interests in Mid-Sized Managers
Private Fund Placement
2021

Middle Market European Direct Lending
Private Fund Placement
2020

Southeast Asia Venture PE
Private Fund Placement
2019

144A Transaction
Private Capital Advisory
2018

E&P and Oilfield Services
Private Fund Placement
2018

Core & Low Risk Infrastructure
Private Fund Placement
2018

Energy
Private Capital Advisory
2018

Agribusiness
Private Fund Placement
2018

Early Stage China Venture Capital
Private Fund Placement
2018

Special Situations Credit and Preferred Equity
Private Fund Placement
2022

U.S. Middle Market Power
Private Fund Placement
2022

Sale of Lyric Fund I
Private Capital Advisory
2021

Middle Market Value Add Private Equity
Private Fund Placement
2019

Midstream Energy
Private Fund Placement
2018

Energy Infrastructure
Private Fund Placement
2018

Tech-Enabled Pharma Services
Private Fund Placement, First Time Funds
May 2022

Bonaccord Capital Partners I
Private Capital Advisory
Aug 2021

Senior Housing
Private Fund Placement
2015

Formation of a Fund I and Recapitalization of a Leadong Rubber Upcycling Flooring and Surfacing Company
Private Capital Advisory
2020

Restructuring of Music Royalty Platform with Stapled Primary Commitment
Private Capital Advisory, Private Fund Placement
2019

Follow-on Capital Raise for Existing Portfolio Company to Complete Merger
Private Capital Advisory
2019

Restructuring of a Chinese Biotech Fund
Private Capital Advisory
2018

Formation and equity financing of an SPV to acquire an iconic artist's music copyrights
Private Capital Advisory
2021

Event Driven Community Bank Equity
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

Restructuring of a US Middle-Market Buyout Fund
Private Capital Advisory
2018

Opportunistic / Distressed Debt
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

Long/Short Healthcare Equity
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

Direct Co-Investment into Sponsor-Backed Platform
Private Capital Advisory
2018

Discretionary Global Commodities/Agriculture
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

Value Oriented Industrial Specialist
First Time Funds, Private Fund Placement
2020

Volatility Trading
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

Multi-Strategy Credit
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

Middle Market Buyout
First Time Funds, Private Fund Placement
2018

Financial Services Long/Short Equity
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

European Stressed Credit
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

Mezzanine CLO Tranches
Hedge Fund Placement
Jan 1970

UK Value-Added Real Estate
Private Capital Advisory, Private Fund Placement
2018

Value Add Strategy Focused Private Equity Fund
First Time Funds
2018

Digital Infrastructure
Private Fund Placement
2018

Infrastructure Maintenance & Repair Services
First Time Funds, Private Fund Placement
2018

Event Driven Real Estate Equity
Hedge Fund Placement
2018

North American Timberland
Private Fund Placement
2019

US Middle Market Power
Private Capital Advisory, Private Fund Placement
2019

Global Aquaculture
Private Fund Placement
2020

Water and Lower Middle Market Infrastructure
Private Fund Placement
2020

Digital Infrastructure
2020

Energy Infrastructure
Private Fund Placement
2021

European Energy Infrastructure
Private Fund Placement
2021

Municipal Special Situations, Asset-Backed Credit
Private Fund Placement
2017

Commercial Litigation Finance
Private Capital Advisory, First Time Funds, Private Fund Placement
2018

Trinitas Capital Management LLC
Private Capital Advisory
2018

European Structured Credit
2018

Travel and Leisure Credit Opportunities
Hedge Fund Placement, Private Fund Placement
2018

Tax Advantaged, ESG Affordable Housing Private Credit
Private Capital Advisory, Private Fund Placement
2020

Affordable Housing Credit
Private Fund Placement
2019

European NPLs and Non-Core Bank Credit
Private Fund Placement
2020

Consumer Services/Retail
2019

Healthcare Venture Capital
2019

Healthcare Mid-Market Buyout
First Time Funds, Private Fund Placement
2019

Litigation Finance
Private Capital Advisory, Private Fund Placement
2019

Special Situations Credit & Preferred Equity
First Time Funds, Private Fund Placement
2019

Healthcare Growth Equity
2019

China New Economy Fund
Private Fund Placement
2020

Infrastructure Maintenance & Repair Services
Private Fund Placement
2021

Business & Industrial Services
First Time Funds, Private Fund Placement
2021
Currency volume represents full credit to each underwriter. All transaction announcements appear as a matter of record only. Stifel collectively refers to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and other affiliated broker-dealer subsidiaries of Stifel Financial Corp.
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