Adams Street Partners is a asset manager firm based in Chicago, Illinois that adams street partners is an employee-owned private markets investment manager founded in 1972 as the growth equity division of first chicago investment advisors. it manages roughly 65 billion dollars for institutional clients across primary fund investments, secondaries, growth equity, co-investments and private credit. the firm operates 15 offices worldwide and employs more than 340 investment professionals. in april 2026 it closed its third private credit platform with 7.5 billion dollars of capital, lifting total private credit assets to about 15 billion dollars. They serve clients in United States. Adams Street Partners is listed on The Token Playbook's vetted provider registry at thetokenplaybook.com/registry/adams-street-partners.