Shott Capital Management’s Private Equity Group (“SCM Private Equity”) structures multiple manager, discretionary separate accounts designed to achieve individual clients’ private equity investment objectives. SCM Private Equity currently manages portfolios with aggregate committed capital in excess of $2.7 billion (as of 09/30/2011) on behalf of a select group of institutional clients.   

Manager selection skill, a disciplined investment decision process, deep due diligence, and active involvement with managers comprise the core of SCM Private Equity’s investment approach.

In selecting managers, SCM Private Equity builds on multiple years of fund investing experience and proactively draws upon an extensive network of relationships that has been in development since the early 1990s. Investment opportunities are sourced, and diligence efforts are augmented, through a wide network of professionals in and around the private equity industry: limited partners, general partners, law firms, as well as commercial and investment banks. Investment decisions are ultimately made after analyzing various factors relating to GP strategy, performance, organization, and after numerous reference checks.

Post investment, SCM Private Equity remains actively involved with its fund managers. With a depth of industry knowledge, SCM Private Equity Principals are frequently often called upon for insight and advice and, in many cases, invited to serve on fund advisory boards.

Senior private equity professionals at SCM possess over 49 years of collective experience in private equity, fund selection, and management. Cumulatively, the senior principals have been responsible for making over $3.1 billion in fund commitments to nearly 200 funds in the Venture Capital, Buyout, International Private Equity and Secondary areas (as of 09/30/2011).