New Catalyst Strategic Partners offers seed and growth capital to help launch and scale emerging managers. Founder and managing partner Jason Howard shares his view of the current market.

A practical reference for the terminology used across New Catalyst’s strategy, portfolio and broader next-generation manager ecosystem.

Jason Howard, Founder and Managing Partner of New Catalyst Strategic Partners, joins the Dakota Live! Podcast to share the story behind New Catalyst, his Apollo-backed platform for seeding and accelerating next-generation GPs, and unpacks what makes a manager truly "fundable."

An examination of why early anchor commitments are the single biggest catalyst for first-time GPs, establishing critical market validation and unlocking broader institutional LP participation.

Investing in emerging, or “next-generation”, GPs has historically been understood to primarily be a capital allocation exercise. Today, we see it more as a human capital underwriting exercise.

Launching with the capital and strategic support of New Catalyst, Ferghana, founded by private capital veteran Hadley Ma, brings hybrid capital solutions to the middle-market.

Highlights how specialized strategic platforms provide emerging credit and private market managers with the institutional backing, balance sheet support, and operational depth required to scale.

Industry coverage detailing how New Catalyst has teamed up with Ferghana Investment Partners to anchor their inaugural fund while bridging early-stage capital needs with scalable infrastructure.

Apollo Global Management-backed New Catalyst Strategic Partners is investing in Ferghana Investment Partners, a midmarket hybrid capital firm launched by Hadley Ma.

New Catalyst provides capital to Ferghana, as private markets firms continue to team up.

New Catalyst’s foundational partnership with founder T.J. Rose, delivering growth capital and operational scaling support to lower-middle-market buyout firm Ironleaf Capital.

Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa welcome Jason Howard, Founder and Managing Partner of New Catalyst Strategic Partners. Jason shares his journey from finance and entertainment to launching a firm focused on GP seeding and supporting emerging managers in private markets.

In this episode of the Dakota Live! Podcast host Robert Morier sits down with Demetrius Sidberry, Managing Director at New Catalyst Strategic Partners, to explore the transformative role GP seeding and strategic capital are playing in shaping the future of private markets.

New Catalyst launches with founding support from and in strategic partnership with Apollo Global Management, Inc.