Arctos Announces Final Close of Arctos Keystone Partners Fund I at $6.2 Billion

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Fund close exceeds $4 billion target and represents the largest first-time fund in the GP Solutions space

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arctos, a business of KKR, today announced the final close of Arctos Keystone Partners Fund I (“Keystone Fund I” or the “Fund”), its inaugural fund dedicated to providing bespoke growth capital and financing to leading alternative asset managers.

Keystone Fund I, and its affiliated vehicles, closed with $6.2 billion in capital commitments from a diverse group of global investors, including some of the world’s leading pension funds, retirement systems, endowments, insurance companies, family offices and global wealth platforms. The Fund exceeded its original $4 billion target size and, at the time of the close, represents the largest first-time fund in the broader GP Solutions space.

“Building and leading a private markets firm is hard. Today is more challenging than ever because the industry is undergoing a generational shift that requires strategic leadership and capital. As builders and entrepreneurs, our leadership team understands this challenge better than anyone,” said Ian Charles, Managing Partner and CEO of Arctos, Partner and Head of KKR Solutions at KKR. “We built Keystone to serve these leaders and their firms, not simply as a capital provider, but as a creative, flexible thought partner willing to embrace complexity and help solve hard problems. The strong investor support for the Keystone fund reflects the market’s conviction in that opportunity, the strength of the team we have assembled, and the differentiated platform we have built. We are grateful to our investors and sponsor partners for their trust from the very beginning.”

The Keystone private equity strategy is led by Joe Corcoran, John Stott, Charlie Tingue, and Michael Belsley. Their collective experience across private markets, structured solutions, secondaries, GP stakes and complex sponsor transactions have helped establish Keystone as a trusted, strategic partner to leading sponsors.

To date, more than 30% of the Fund’s capital has been deployed across 11 sponsors, reflecting the breadth of opportunity across the alternative asset management landscape. This includes Keystone’s backing of Hayfin’s management buyout from British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.

Arctos Keystone Partners Fund I is the first final closing of an Arctos fund since KKR closed its acquisition of Arctos in May. The Keystone strategy will target relationships with leading private fund sponsors in North America and Europe while building a diversified portfolio of investments across the alternative asset management landscape.

Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the exclusive global placement agent for the Keystone Fund I raise and Kirkland & Ellis LLP provided legal counsel to Arctos.

About Arctos

Arctos seeks to partner with exceptional leaders in sports and private markets to help them grow and unlock their vision. Founded in 2019 and acquired by KKR (NYSE: KKR) in 2026, Arctos is a part of KKR Solutions, a new global investing business at KKR, and serves as a catalyst for innovation, growth and business transformation across complex, illiquid and underserved markets.

Arctos is a team of business-builders, investors, operators and data scientists, which provides growth capital and liquidity solutions, differentiated thought partnership and purpose-built value creation capabilities. Its strategies include Arctos Sports, which partners with premium sports owners and franchises, and Arctos Keystone, which provides strategic capital solutions to leading alternative asset managers, real estate operators and investment managers, their funds and portfolio companies. Underpinning this approach is Arctos Insights, a proprietary quantitative research and data science platform, which supports Arctos’ investment process, market perspectives and partnership model. For more information, visit www.arctospartners.com or Arctos’ LinkedIn.

About KKR

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com. For additional information about Global Atlantic Financial Group, please visit Global Atlantic Financial Group’s website at www.globalatlantic.com.

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