About This Fund
Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives is Goldman Sachs Asset Management's dedicated growth equity platform, one of the largest and most tenured specialist growth investors globally, active since 2003 with over $13 billion invested across its history. The platform operates under the Goldman Sachs Alternatives umbrella alongside private equity, credit, and real assets strategies. The most recent flagship fund vehicle, West Street Global Growth Partners I, closed at $5.2 billion in 2023, making it one of the largest growth equity fund closes of that vintage year.
The platform pursues minority growth equity investments in high-growth, technology-driven businesses that have achieved product-market fit and are scaling rapidly. Target companies operate across enterprise technology, financial technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors at the commercial or growth stage. Average investment sizes are approximately $50 million per company. Goldman Sachs deploys its proprietary GS Value Accelerator — an operational platform covering talent acquisition, commercial development, and international market expansion — to differentiate its value proposition from traditional passive growth investors and drive accelerated value creation across the portfolio.
Led by global managing partners Darren Cohen in New York, Nishi Somaiya in London, and Stephanie Hui in Hong Kong, the platform has established itself as a conviction-led, operationally engaged growth investor with a genuine global reach across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. A successor fund, West Street Growth Equity Partners II, commenced fundraising and had raised approximately $555 million as of early 2026, demonstrating continued institutional LP demand for Goldman Sachs's growth equity capabilities. Goldman Sachs Asset Management manages approximately $300 billion in alternatives assets under supervision globally.