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May 1, 2025 36 mins

"The lower middle market is the last bastion of alpha in private equity," declares Whit Matthews, managing director at HighVista Strategies, in this conversation with host Jon Finger. Tracking roughly 500 active independent sponsors and seeing 350+ actionable co-investments yearly, Whit reveals how HighVista identifies managers with "a specialized reason to win" in today's challenging fundraising landscape. He emphasizes transparency as the cornerstone of successful partnerships and offers practical wisdom for emerging managers navigating liquidity constraints in the private equity ecosystem.

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