17Capital partners with high quality private equity investors to support their ambition, growth, and performance objectives. NAV finance has flexible solutions, whether investing for portfolio growth, improving fund performance, or increasing commitments to new funds.
We build long term partnerships with management companies, funds and institutional investors, providing flexible, tailored structuring with certainty of execution and strong alignment of GP and LP interests.
As the leading provider of NAV finance, we are currently investing from our $2.9 billion 17Capital Fund 5 and our €2.6 billion Credit Fund.
One strategy, two differentiated products
We listen to our clients' objectives and structure the most effective transaction in the form of NAV loans or preferred equity to help them achieve their goals.
NAV loans
$4.7bn deployed
18 investments
Preferred equity
$8.4bn deployed
86 investments
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Increase capital
- Increase investment capacity
- Support portfolio / asset growth
- Max and retain value creation
Accelerate liquidity
- Generate cash without selling
- Hold assets, retain value
- Optimise performance
A selection of our transactions
Management Company
Financing to GP team for balance sheet optimisation
US buyout manager
United States
$220mManagement Company
Growth capital for GP to build its platform, seed new strategies and increase commitments
US buyout manager
United States
$80mFund Investor
Financing to support an investor's fund commitments and co-investments
US investment manager
United States
$165mFund Investor
Financing an LPs increased commitment to new funds
Investor in European buyout funds
Europe
€250mFund Investor
Financing for a teams' commitment to their latest private equity fund
Investor in European buyout funds
Europe
€140mFund Portfolio
Financing to two PE funds for opportunistic add-ons and growth opportunities
US buyout & growth manager
United States
$75mFund Portfolio
Accelerating liquidity for LPs and creating recallable fund capital
European buyout manager
Europe
€300mFund Portfolio
Financing to a PE fund for opportunistic add-ons
UK buyout manager
Europe
£125mFund Portfolio
Financing for debt buy back at portfolio level and funding growth opportunities
US buyout manager
United States
$100mFund Portfolio
Accelerating liquidity for fund LPs
European buyout manager
Europe
€275mFund Portfolio
Directly financing separate portfolio companies, with fund-level repayment mechanism
Global buyout & growth manager
Asia
€68mFund Portfolio
Financing to a private quity fund to bridge an equity capital increase in portfolio company
European buyout manager
Europe
€100mFund Portfolio
Increase capacity for follow-on investments
European buyout manager
Europe
€517mFund Portfolio
Financing an LPs increased commitment to new funds
European Fund Portfolio
Europe
€260mMeet the Investment team
Stephen Quinn
Senior Managing Director, Investments
Stephen joined 17Capital in 2019 from Lloyds Banking Group and has worked with private equity managers for almost 20 years. Stephen studied at the University of Ulster.
Nicolò Colombo
Managing Director, Investments
Nicolò joined 17Capital in 2015 from Adams Street Partners and was previously at Credit Suisse. Nicolò studied at the Bocconi University, Milan and the London School of Economics.
Owen James
Managing Director, Investments
Owen joined 17Capital in 2015. Owen previously held positions at PWC, Bank of Scotland & SVG Advisers. Owen studied at the University of Durham.
Investment Insights
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Mar 31 2023
Market disruption accelerating growth for alternative financing
Demand for NAV finance is on the up despite an increasingly volatile macro environment, says 17Capital managing director
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Mar 22 2023
Why 2022 was another record-breaking year for NAV finance
NAV finance has come a long way in just the last few years. 17Capital executives Robert de Corainville and Greg Hardiman explain the dynamics of the market in 2022 and how they suggest explosive growth in the years to come.