STERLING FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC

Thesis

Sterling Fund Management, LLC (SFM) serves as the investment adviser for Sterling Partners' private equity business. Their historical focus is on control investments in founder-run, middle-market companies within the healthcare services, education, and business services sectors. SFM aims to create value through transformational growth, utilizing deep domain expertise, entrepreneurial roots, and access to human capital. They advise various funds including Main Sterling Funds, Co-Investment Funds, Single Investment Vehicles, and Continuation Vehicles. The Main Sterling Funds primarily invest in privately held operating companies, generally through unregistered equity and controlling interests. Their strategy encompasses opportunity identification, investment structuring, performance management, and investment disposition. Sterling Partners invests capital on a deal-by-deal basis across diverse industries, growth stages, and structures, including control, non-control, preferred equity, and debt. As of December 31, 2025, Sterling Partners had $461,646,186 in regulatory AUM, managed on a discretionary basis, classifying SFM as a Large Advisory Firm. While specific geographic preferences are not detailed for SFM, Sterling Partners has invested across the United States, focusing on middle-market companies from early-stage to mature businesses, and has also engaged in venture funds and a small market growth fund.

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