About This Fund
Golding Buyout Co-Investment 2023 is the third-generation dedicated co-investment vehicle of Golding Capital Partners, targeting direct equity participations alongside leading buyout general partners in small and mid-cap companies across Europe and the United States. The fund held its first close at approximately €101 million in 2023, with an overall target size of €350 million and a net internal rate of return target of 16 to 18 percent per annum, positioning it as Golding's most ambitious co-investment vehicle to date.
Building directly on the success of its predecessor fund Golding Buyout Co-Investment 2020—which closed oversubscribed at €273 million and delivered a successful exit within its investment period—the 2023 vintage applies the same discipline of direct equity co-investments alongside best-in-class buyout general partners. As of the first close, the fund had already connected five portfolio companies showing promising early development trajectories, reflecting Golding's established deal pipeline and sponsor relationships built across two decades of European and North American buyout investing. The LP base includes insurance companies, pension schemes, pension funds, and family offices.
Golding Capital Partners manages approximately €2.7 billion in buyout-segment assets under management and has deployed over €320 million across more than 40 co-investment transactions historically, providing the 2023 fund with a well-established sponsor network and proprietary deal origination. The fund continues to raise capital toward its €350 million target, supported by sustained institutional demand driven by Golding's top-quartile track record in the European and North American mid-market buyout co-investment space.