Stafford Capital Partners

What Stafford Capital Partners does

Stafford Capital Partners is an independent, management-owned boutique investment firm founded in 2000 by Richard Bowley and Geoff Norman, focused on real assets and private markets. The firm manages approximately $8.9bn in assets under management and advice as of 31 March 2026 across three core strategies: Infrastructure (including secondaries and renewable energy), Sustainable Timberland, and Private Equity (primarily Australia and New Zealand). Headquartered in London with offices in Austin, Sydney, Rotterdam, Milan, Zurich, Seoul, Frankfurt, and Curitiba, the firm employs 85+ professionals and serves 150+ institutional investors globally — pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments/foundations.

The firm offers a multi-strategy fund platform including Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund V ($1.1bn, the largest infrastructure vehicle to date), a $1.2bn perpetual Timberland Continuation Fund consolidating SIT VI/VII/VIII, the SCOOF carbon offset fund linking voluntary carbon markets to timber assets, and the STAR European renewable energy strategy focused on revamping and repowering existing assets. The timberland portfolio spans 6.3 million acres across 74 assets in the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, and Latin America; the STAR I solar portfolio across Italy totals 84MW. The firm is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and integrates ESG across its investment process.

Stafford generates revenue through management fees charged on funds under management across its Infrastructure, Timberland, and Private Markets strategies, supplemented by performance fees and carried interest on successful fund investments. Distribution is conducted exclusively through a global Client Solutions team with regional coverage in the UK, Continental Europe, and Japan/Australia/NZ, using direct institutional sales rather than intermediaries. Brett Himbury (former IFM Investors CEO) serves as Chairman; Angus Whiteley is CEO; co-founders Richard Bowley and Geoff Norman continue in founding roles after a 30+ year partnership originating at Pantheon Ventures.

Name

Stafford Capital Partners

Legal name

Stafford Capital Partners

Website

http://www.staffordcp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Stafford Capital Partners is an independent boutique investment firm managing approximately $8.9bn across Infrastructure, Timberland, and Private Equity strategies for 150+ institutional investors — including pension funds, insurers, and sovereign wealth funds — across Europe, the Americas, and Asia Pacific.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Asset Management (Private Markets)

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Renewables & Energy Transition Funds (Solar, Wind, Hydrogen, CCUS) (FSANAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Secondaries Co-Investments & Annex Funds (FSANAFAF), Real Estate Portfolio & Fund Management (Institutional/REIT/PE) (BPAJAMAJ)

Keywords

• Private equity funds
• Infrastructure investments
• Timberland investments
• Real asset management
• Institutional asset management

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees: Stafford generates revenue through management fees charged on funds under management across its Infrastructure, Timberland, and Private Markets strategies.
2. Performance Fees / Carried Interest: The firm earns performance-based fees from successful fund investments, including its timberland and infrastructure funds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Stafford Capital Partners is an independent boutique investment firm that invests in private markets on behalf of institutional clients across three core strategies: Infrastructure (secondaries, energy transition, transport, digital, social, utilities), Sustainable Timberland (commercial forestry assets across the U.S., New Zealand, Australia and Latin America), and Private Markets (primary commitments, co-investments and secondaries, primarily in Australia and New Zealand). The firm offers dedicated fund vehicles including SISF V ($1.1B), the Timberland Continuation Fund ($1.2B), the STAR renewable energy strategy and the SCOOF carbon offset fund.

Product overview

Stafford Capital Partners operates as an independent boutique investment firm focused on real assets and private markets. The firm offers three core investment services: Infrastructure (including secondaries and renewable energy), Timberland (sustainable forestry investments), and Private Markets (private equity). Key fund products include the Infrastructure Secondaries Fund V ($1.1B), the Timberland Continuation Fund ($1.2B), the Renewable Energy Investment Strategy (STAR), and the SCOOF carbon offset fund. The portfolio spans sustainable timberland, essential infrastructure, and private equity across global markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund V (SISF V) Infrastructure secondaries fund providing differentiated access to infrastructure assets through off-market secondary transactions for institutional investors. Targets minimum 25% allocation to renewables and energy transition assets.
• Timberland Continuation Fund Perpetual timberland fund consolidating three existing funds (SIT VI, VII, and VIII), spanning 6.3 million acres of commercial timberland across U.S., New Zealand, Australia, and Latin America. Provides institutional investors long-term sustainable forestry exposure and carbon sequestration benefits.
• Renewable Energy Investment Strategy (STAR) Investment strategy focused on revamping and repowering existing renewable assets across Europe (notably 30 Italian solar PV plants in STAR I at 84MW combined capacity). Targets lower-risk infrastructure investments with strong returns for institutional investors.
• SCOOF (Stafford Carbon Offset Fund) Fund offering institutional investors access to carbon credits and timber assets, navigating the voluntary carbon market by maintaining an agnostic approach to how clients use the credits.
• Infrastructure Investment Services Investment and advisory services focused on essential infrastructure assets for institutional investors, including secondaries transactions, energy transition, transport, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure, and utilities.
• Timberland Investment Services Sustainable timberland investment services managing assets across U.S., New Zealand, Australia, and Latin America for institutional investors, with focus on climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration.
• Private Markets Services Private equity investment services for institutional investors including primary commitments, co-investments, and secondary private equity fund interests, primarily focused on Australia and New Zealand markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Targeting double-digit returns on renewable infrastructure investments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Climate Asset ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026Stafford Capital Partners collaborates with Climate Asset Management and EFM to promote natural capital investments and position natural capital as a key topic in sustainable investing. The partnership focuses on responsible data use and digital privacy policies.
• EFMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026Partnership with EFM to advance natural capital investments and sustainable investment frameworks, working alongside Climate Asset Management.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lexington Partners: One of the largest dedicated secondary private equity and infrastructure fund managers. Closely comparable secondaries platform serving institutional LPs seeking liquidity and exposure to private markets.
• Pantheon Ventures: Global private equity fund-of-funds and secondaries manager. Highly comparable as the firm where Stafford's co-founders Bowley and Norman built their careers; both target institutional LPs with PE, infrastructure, and secondaries mandates.
• Hamilton Lane: Private markets investment manager focused on private equity, credit, and infrastructure secondaries. Directly comparable secondaries and primary fund-of-funds business serving institutional LPs.
• Partners Group: Swiss-listed private markets manager offering infrastructure, private equity, and real estate secondaries to institutional investors. Comparable multi-strategy platform targeting pension funds and insurers globally.
• Climate Asset Management: Natural capital investment manager partnering with Stafford. Comparable focus on natural capital, forestry, and carbon investments for institutional investors with a mission-driven, ESG-aligned approach.
• New Forests: Asia-Pacific focused sustainable forestry and land use investment manager. Comparable timberland investment platform serving institutional LPs with sustainability and carbon outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• IFM Investors: Global institutional infrastructure and private equity manager founded by Australian pension funds. Stafford's Chairman Himbury was CEO; both target pension funds and insurers with infrastructure and real-asset mandates.
• Manulife Investment Management (Timberland): Manulife's timberland and agriculture investment business, one of the largest institutional timberland managers globally. Directly comparable forestry investment platform for institutional investors.
• Brookfield Asset Management: One of the largest global alternative asset managers with major infrastructure, renewable energy, and timberland strategies. Broad incumbent competing for the same institutional LP mandates at significantly greater scale.
• Macquarie Asset Management: One of the world's largest infrastructure and real asset managers, employing several Stafford senior leaders historically. Overlapping infrastructure secondaries, timberland, and renewables capabilities but at much greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments4 records

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