Client Services

Fund Placement

Private Equity Funds

Ariane represents clients across the private equity spectrum including: buyout, growth, venture, special situations, mezzanine and fund of funds.

Clients receive senior level attention throughout the fundraising process, ensuring the highest level of material and presentation skills preparation, targeting of interested investors, efficient road show scheduling, follow-up and reporting and closing support.

Ariane introduces its clients to a targeted group of investors developed from its relationships with family offices, public pension funds, endowments and foundations, funds-of-funds, financial institutions, corporate pension funds, consultants and gatekeepers.

Hedge Funds

Ariane has expanded its fundraising efforts to include hedge funds. This hedge fund practice emerged as a result of our deep relationships with family offices.

Secondary Transactions

Ariane's first private equity secondary engagement was in 2005. Since then, we have focused on utilizing the secondary market in order to create strategic alternatives for general partners who are looking to strengthen their limited partner base, add fresh capital to existing funds or to new funds, and to replace SBA interests.

Ariane prepares and focuses the secondary marketing materials on the key metrics which secondary buyers want to see so multiple bids can be gained quickly to maximize value. Ariane maintains relationships with many secondary buyers and is able to target its transactions to the buyers' specific interests in order to streamline the process.

Advisory

We support clients in an advisory role in the following situations:

  • Preparing key marketing documents (PPM, Presentation, Due Diligence Package)
  • Developing GP team structure, compensation and voting
  • Determining best practices for fund administration
  • Setting fund terms
  • Marketing during off-cycle to ensure continued visibility and market presence
  • Maintaining investor relations
  • Outsourcing of reporting, communications and back office functions