We partner with founders and management teams to build businesses, providing them with growth capital and the support needed to execute on our shared vision. We invest thematically, with the flexibility to start with a platform acquisition or by creating a de novo company. Our Newlight Capital Runway empowers companies with breakout potential to execute on their growth initiatives by providing them with capital to drive value over the long term.
Years Investing Together
Invested
Portfolio Investments
Newlight Partners was formed in October 2018 with the spin out of the private equity investment team of Soros Fund Management. David Wassong and Ravi Yadav, the Co-Managing Partners of Newlight, have been leading the team since 2005.
Our strategic approach to partnership and business building
We partner with great management teams to build businesses. We focus on relationships, not transactions. The best ideas for business building form at the intersection of a compelling investment theme and a talented, entrepreneurial management team with the ambition and vision to build something special. The starting point may be a de novo concept, a platform company or anything in between. The most important criteria is a strong partnership between Newlight and management.
Our unique model combines active engagement with flexible capital
Building businesses is never a straight line; it requires coordinated effort and flexibility. Our model provides management teams with capital over time to invest prudently in organic growth and opportunistic M&A. With patient capital and a desire to be engaged and valuable partners to management, we collectively drive value over the long-term.
Our strategic approach to partnership and business building
We partner with great management teams to build businesses. We focus on relationships, not transactions. The best ideas for business building form at the intersection of a compelling investment theme and a talented, entrepreneurial management team with the ambition and vision to build something special. The starting point may be a de novo concept, a platform company or anything in between. The most important criteria is a strong partnership between Newlight and management.
Building businesses is never a straight line; it requires coordinated effort and flexibility. Our model provides management teams with capital over time to invest prudently in organic growth and opportunistic M&A. With patient capital and a desire to be engaged and valuable partners to management, we collectively drive value over the long-term.
$5+ Billion in Assets Under Management
We target investment opportunities up to $150 million, predominantly in North America.
New Ideas, Familiar Faces
Our ethos and approach to investing was honed at Soros Fund Management, where David Wassong and Ravi Yadav led the Strategic Investments Group from 2005 to 2018. As Newlight Partners, we continue to build on that experience and approach as we pursue new opportunities to build world-class businesses.