Our Fund Strategies
Three Distinct Mandates
Private Equity
Our private equity strategy targets established businesses with proven cash flows, strong management teams, and clear paths to value creation. We invest across a range of sectors with a focus on businesses that can benefit from operational improvement, geographic expansion, or strategic consolidation. We take minority and majority positions depending on the opportunity.
Venture Capital
Our venture capital strategy provides growth capital to early and growth-stage technology and innovation companies across emerging markets. We focus on businesses with differentiated products, strong unit economics, and founders with the ambition and capability to build category-defining companies. We invest from seed through to Series B.
Infrastructure Funds
Our infrastructure fund strategy targets long-duration investments in transport, energy, utilities, and social infrastructure projects with predictable, contract-backed cash flows. We invest alongside development finance institutions, sovereign wealth funds, and strategic operators to build diversified infrastructure portfolios with attractive risk-adjusted returns.
Fund Management Philosophy
How We Invest
Rigorous Deal Origination
We source investment opportunities through our extensive network of advisers, development finance institutions, sector specialists, and direct management relationships. Our origination process is disciplined, we review hundreds of opportunities to identify the small number that meet our quality thresholds for market position, financial performance, management strength, and return potential.
Deep Due Diligence
Every investment undergoes a comprehensive due diligence process covering financial analysis, legal review, commercial assessment, management background checks, and ESG evaluation. We engage specialist advisers where sector-specific expertise is required and maintain an internal investment committee process that ensures each investment decision is subject to independent challenge and rigorous documentation.
Active Portfolio Management
Post-investment, we take an active role in supporting our portfolio companies and assets. We work closely with management teams to implement value creation plans, provide access to our network of strategic partners, and ensure that governance standards meet the expectations of our investor base. Quarterly reporting keeps all investors informed of portfolio developments.
Disciplined Exit Planning
We begin planning exit options from the point of investment, identifying potential acquirers, secondary investors, or public market routes during the due diligence phase. Our exit process is managed to maximise value for investors while maintaining our relationships with management teams and co-investors for future transaction opportunities.
FAQ
Common Questions
Who can invest in Polinvest's funds?
Our funds are open to institutional investors, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and qualified private investors meeting the minimum investment thresholds applicable to each fund. Access to our funds is by invitation or application and is subject to a comprehensive KYC and suitability assessment process.
What are the minimum investment sizes for each fund?
Minimum investment sizes vary by fund strategy. Our private equity and venture capital co-investment opportunities typically have minimums starting at USD 500,000. Direct fund participations generally require minimum commitments of USD 2 million or above. Please contact our investor relations team for the specific terms applicable to each current offering.
How does Polinvest manage conflicts of interest across its fund and advisory businesses?
We maintain a formal conflicts of interest policy that governs the interaction between our fund management, capital markets, and syndication activities. Transactions are allocated on a fair and transparent basis, investment decisions are made independently by our fund's investment committee, and all material conflicts are disclosed to affected investors.
Does Polinvest offer co-investment alongside its funds?
Yes. We regularly offer co-investment opportunities to our fund investors and to approved third-party co-investors on specific transactions. Co-investments allow investors to increase their exposure to individual deals that match their specific sector or geographic preferences. Please see our co-investment page for details.
Fund Management in Depth
How We Manage Capital for Our Investors
Managing institutional capital is a fiduciary responsibility that we take seriously. Every investment decision made in our fund vehicles is subject to independent investment committee review, documented thoroughly, and monitored actively throughout the holding period. Our investment committee includes both executive management and independent members with relevant sector expertise, ensuring that investment decisions are subject to genuine challenge from people who are not commercially invested in the transaction.
Our reporting to fund investors is designed to be genuinely useful, not merely compliance-driven. We produce quarterly reports that provide a real assessment of portfolio performance, including honest discussion of challenges and risks as well as positive developments. We hold annual investor meetings at which we present the portfolio in detail, discuss market conditions and their implications for the portfolio, and respond to investor questions. We believe that investors who are well-informed about what is happening in their portfolio are better partners, better positioned to make good co-investment decisions, and more likely to re-invest in subsequent fund vintages.
Our carried interest and management fee structures are designed to align our incentives with those of our investors. Management fees cover the genuine cost of running the fund, staffing, due diligence, legal, and administration. Carried interest is only earned when investors have received their capital back plus a minimum preferred return. We do not charge fees on committed but uncalled capital during the early stages of a fund, and we pro-rate our management fee during the exit phase when the portfolio is being realised. These structural choices reflect our commitment to fair treatment of investors throughout the fund lifecycle.
Fund Governance
How We Protect Investor Interests
The governance framework of our fund vehicles is designed to protect investor interests while enabling us to make timely investment decisions in competitive markets. Each fund operates under a Limited Partnership Agreement or equivalent constitutional document that defines the investment mandate, the fee structure, the governance rights of limited partners, and the circumstances in which investor consent is required before an action can be taken. These documents are negotiated transparently before fund launch and are not amended unilaterally after investors have committed.
Our investment committee is the heart of our fund governance. It meets formally for each new investment decision and includes a majority of members who are independent of the commercial transaction origination process. Minutes are taken of every investment committee meeting and are available to investors on request. Decisions are documented with the rationale for approval or rejection, enabling retrospective review of the quality and consistency of our investment decision-making over time.
Carried interest, the performance fee earned by the fund manager when returns exceed the hurdle rate, is the central incentive alignment mechanism in our fund structures. We earn carried interest only after investors have received their invested capital back plus a preferred return of eight percent per annum. This structure ensures that our incentives are genuinely aligned with investor outcomes rather than with maximising gross asset values or fee income from the fund.
Polinvest Capital
Submit Your Project Today
New, existing, and stalled projects are all considered. Our team reviews every submission and responds within five business days.
All projects considered
New, existing, or stalled, we evaluate every submission on merit.
5-day response commitment
Our origination desk responds to every submission within five business days.
$500M– $3.5B available
Active capital across syndicated, project finance, equity, and infrastructure facilities.