About This Fund
Bregal Sagemount Basecamp I is an inaugural $500 million small-cap growth equity fund managed by Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based growth-oriented investment firm founded in 2012 by Gene Yoon. The fund reached its hard cap with a final close in July 2024, representing Bregal Sagemount's first dedicated vehicle for investments in profitable, founder-led businesses requiring sub-$75 million equity checks — a segment historically underserved by the firm's flagship equity funds.
Basecamp I targets bootstrapped and capital-efficient companies across the software, information and data services, financial technology, digital infrastructure, healthcare IT, and business services sectors in North America and Europe. The fund provides flexible, patient equity capital to durable growth businesses with high recurring revenues and uncorrelated secular growth characteristics. Equity check sizes range from $20 to $75 million per transaction, co-led by Zuhair Khan (who joined as co-head from General Atlantic in November 2023) and Jordan Walton (with the firm since 2017). The strategy complements Bregal Sagemount's flagship equity funds — which deploy $20 to $400 million per transaction — by addressing the overlooked small-cap cohort where founder ownership and operational efficiency create asymmetric return potential.
Bregal Sagemount has invested in more than 70 portfolio companies since its founding, cumulatively raising $7.5 billion across equity and credit funds through 2024. The firm ranked fifth among 106-plus growth capital firms in the HEC Paris 2023 performance rankings and was named a top private equity firm by GrowthCap in 2025. Basecamp I attracted re-ups from the firm's existing institutional LP base alongside new investors, closing oversubscribed at its $500 million hard cap within months of launch. Bregal Sagemount is backed by Bregal Investments, the family office of the Brenninkmeyer family, providing permanent capital backing that differentiates the firm from managers dependent solely on LP re-ups.