Gaia Investment Partners

What Gaia Investment Partners does

Gaia Investment Partners is a Kuala Lumpur-headquartered alternative investments manager focused on private market fund-of-funds and co-investment strategies. Founded in 2020 and led by CEO and Co-Founder Serena Tan alongside CIO Kheng Han Yap, the firm operates two regulated entities: Gaia Investment Partners (L) Limited, a Labuan-licensed fund manager (License FML/23/0074A), and Gaia Investment Partners Sdn Bhd, a PEMC-registered private equity management corporation with the Securities Commission Malaysia. The 11-person team draws on backgrounds from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, large family offices, and PE sponsors, and is supported by international fund administrators.

The firm offers four core products: Gaia Investment Partners Fund I, a 2023-2025 vintage PE fund-of-funds with a US$711 million final close focused on US and European mid-market buyout and secondaries with Asia diversification; Co-Investment Fund I, targeting US$60 million in direct co-investments launching Q4 2025; Fund II, targeting US$800 million in 2025-2027 vintage exposure launching Q1 2026; and a Private Markets Evergreen Income Fund introducing yield-oriented strategies with quarterly liquidity in 2026. Underlying portfolio construction relies on Gaia's manager-screening network rather than proprietary technology, and the firm acts as a principal investor in its own strategies to align interests with limited partners.

Gaia generates revenue through management fees on committed or invested capital across its fund lineup and carried interest on fund returns, a standard private equity compensation structure. The firm distributes directly to institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, insurance companies), family offices, and qualified high-net-worth individuals across Southeast Asia and selected global markets, with distribution channels increasingly extending into Singapore via the Evergreen fund vehicle.

Name

Gaia Investment Partners

Legal name

Gaia Investment Partners (L) Limited

Website

https://gaiainvestmentpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gaia Investment Partners is a Kuala Lumpur-based alternative investments manager operating a private market fund-of-funds platform serving institutional investors, family offices, and qualified individuals across Southeast Asia and selected global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity Fund Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Thematic / Sector-Focused Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Portfolio Management–Led RIAs (Discretionary/Model-Based) (FSAAACAC)

Keywords

• Private equity funds
• Fund-of-funds management
• Alternative investments
• Private market access
• Investment management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuala Lumpur

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Management Fees: Standard private equity fund management fee structure charged on committed or invested capital across Fund I, Co-Investment Fund I, Fund II, and the Evergreen Income Fund.
2. Performance Fees / Carried Interest: Carried interest from fund returns, particularly from Fund I with US$711 million AUM and subsequent funds, aligning the team's interests with investor returns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gaia Investment Partners is an alternative investments manager that provides private market fund-of-funds and co-investment solutions to institutional investors, family offices, and qualified high-net-worth individuals. The firm curates a portfolio of top-quartile global private market fund managers and constructs diversified portfolios across primary commitments, secondaries, and co-investments, with a focus on US and European mid-market buyouts and Asia for diversification. As principal investors in their own strategies, the firm co-invests its own capital to align with investor outcomes.

Product overview

Gaia Investment Partners is an alternative investments manager offering a suite of private market fund products. The portfolio consists of four core offerings: Gaia Investment Partners Fund I (a 2023-2025 vintage PE fund-of-funds with US$711 million final size), Gaia Investment Partners Co-Investment Fund I (targeting US$60 million for direct co-investments with upper quartile managers), Gaia Investment Partners Fund II (an 800 million target fund-of-funds launching Q1 2026), and the Private Markets Evergreen Income Fund (an evergreen income strategy with quarterly liquidity launching 1H 2026). Together, these products provide institutional investors, family offices, and individuals access to diversified private market opportunities across fund-of-funds, co-investments, and income-generating structures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gaia Investment Partners Fund I A 2023-2025 vintage private equity fund-of-funds providing investors with long-term capital appreciation through diversified primary commitments into top quartile funds and co-investments globally, with a focus on US and European mid-market buyout and secondaries strategies, growth-buyout and Asia for diversification, and selected high-conviction co-investments for returns uplift. Target investors are institutional investors, family offices, and qualified high-net-worth individuals.
• Gaia Investment Partners Co-Investment Fund I A co-investment fund that aims to generate outsized returns through careful selection of co-investment opportunities with established upper quartile private equity managers, providing investors with access to high quality co-investment opportunities into diversified underlying sectors with a focus on US and European middle-market buyout deals. Target Fund Size: US$60 million.
• Gaia Investment Partners Fund II The second fund in Gaia's flagship private equity fund-of-funds series, providing investors with exposure to 2025-2027 vintage middle-market buyout funds, secondary funds, and co-investments globally. Target Fund Size: US$800 million, launching Q1 2026.
• Private Markets Evergreen Income Fund A focused strategy designed to generate regular income through evergreen private market structures, including private credit, asset-backed debt, royalties, and other income-generating strategies. Structured with quarterly liquidity and regular cash yield, accessible to investors via Malaysia and Singapore fund vehicles, including qualified high-net-worth individuals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fund I achieved US$711 million final fund size, exceeding typical fund-of-funds targets
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Commonfund: Multi-strategy investment manager serving institutional investors and endowments with fund-of-funds and direct private equity capabilities. Comparable FoF model serving institutional clients.
• HarbourVest Partners: Global private markets investment manager operating across primary fund commitments, secondaries, and co-investments. Directly comparable multi-manager strategy and institutional LP distribution.
• Grosvenor Capital Management: Global alternatives investment manager offering customised fund-of-funds and multi-manager solutions to institutional and high-net-worth investors. Closely comparable multi-manager platform structure.
• LGT Capital Partners: Large global private markets fund-of-funds manager offering multi-manager solutions to institutional and family-office clients. Comparable multi-manager platform model serving a similar LP base to Gaia.
• StepStone Group: Global private markets investment firm focused on fund investments, secondaries, co-investments and direct investments. Closely comparable FoF/multi-strategy model and institutional client base.
• Axiom Asia Private Capital: Asia-focused private equity fund-of-funds manager making primary commitments, secondaries and co-investments across the region. Directly comparable to Gaia's sector-focused FoF approach with similar geographic and strategic emphasis.

Emerging players

• iCapital: Technology-driven private markets platform providing access to PE, hedge fund, and alternative investments for advisors and HNW investors. Comparable in providing curated private-markets access to a broader client base, though via a tech-enabled platform rather than a traditional FoF.

Regional players

• Affinity Equity Partners: Asia-focused private equity firm making both direct investments and fund commitments across the region. Regional peer with comparable Asia private markets investment focus.
• Pavilion Capital: Singapore-based private equity firm affiliated with Temasek, investing in Asia-Pacific funds and co-investments. Comparable Asia-anchored PE investment platform, though affiliated with a sovereign investor.

Broad incumbents

• Partners Group: Large global private markets investment manager with direct, primary, secondary, and co-investment capabilities. Overlaps with Gaia on the multi-strategy private-markets thesis, but at a much larger scale and broader offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gaiainvestmentpartners

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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