LP–GP meetings · 2026 edition
SBIA National Summit for Lower Middle Market Funds 2026
A curated lower-middle-market fund event with targeted LP-GP meetings across buyout, growth equity, mezzanine and venture strategies.
Audience
Institutional LPs, Family offices, Fund-of-funds.
What to expect
The published programme centres on venture capital, growth equity, emerging managers. The audience includes Institutional LPs, Family offices, Fund-of-funds, so conversations can cover both manager opportunities and the practical portfolio questions around them.
Frontierspace perspective
Why it may matter to an LP
It can be useful for an LP seeking to compare emerging and established managers in a focused market segment, provided the meeting list is tied to a real allocation need and not simply volume.
Use meetings to test a live investment question
The value is usually in the quality of a few conversations, not the number of badges collected. Set a clear screen before the event and use meetings to compare how managers think about the same market, risk or portfolio problem.
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Set manager criteria before booking meetings.
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Ask how the strategy behaves through a slower exit market.
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Reserve time to compare notes against your existing manager roster.