AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA Equity” or the “Firm”), a Delaware limited
liability company, is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL and comprises seasoned and
experienced private equity professionals and operators of companies who have diverse and
complementary backgrounds in operations, C-level corporate management, mergers &
acquisitions, leveraged finance, and corporate law. The principal owner of AUA Equity is
Andy Unanue who serves as the Managing Partner.
Along with Andy Unanue, Steven Flyer, David Benyaminy and Kyce Chihi have
ownership interests in AUA Equity (the “Principals”). AUA Equity was formed in
November 2011 and provides discretionary investment advice solely to private equity
pooled investment vehicles that seek to generate long-term capital appreciation by
investing in private equity securities in connection with leveraged and management
buyouts, growth capital, recapitalizations and buy-and-build strategies targeting consumer
products and consumer services sectors with a particular focus on Hispanic-oriented
companies or family-owned businesses. AUA Equity offers an integrated operational and
investment platform with proven domain expertise.
AUA Equity provides discretionary investment advisory services and management
services to AUA Private Equity Fund, LP and AUA Private Equity Parallel Fund, LP
(collectively “Fund I”), each a Delaware limited partnership. AUA Equity also advises
AUA Private Equity Fund II, LP, AUA Private Equity Parallel Fund II, LP and AUA
Private Equity Parallel Fund II - B, LP (collectively “Fund II”), each a Delaware limited
partnership. The parallel fund vehicles were formed under provisions of the limited
partnership agreements of Fund I and Fund II to accommodate the investment requirements
of certain investors. Fund I and Fund II are collectively referred to as the (the “Funds”)
and are private equity pooled investment vehicles. AUA Private Equity Investments GP I,
LP, a Delaware limited partnership, is the General Partner for Fund I, and AUA Private
Equity Investments GP II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, is the General Partner for
Fund II (collectively the “General Partners”). Investment advice is provided by AUA
Equity directly to the Funds and not individually to the investors or limited partners thereof,
subject
to the direction and control of the General Partners. “Investors” refer to investors
or limited partners in the Funds. All Funds are governed by a private placement
memorandum and limited partnership agreements collectively referred to as (the
“Governing Documents”). The Funds shall rely on all disclosures and conditions
contained in the Governing Documents.
The limited partnership agreements of the Funds typically allow the General Partners to
establish one or more co-investment vehicles (each, a “Co-Investment Vehicle” and
collectively the “Co-Investment Vehicles”) to facilitate additional investment by certain
Investors in some or all of the investments made by the Funds. Co-Investment Vehicles are
generally structured as limited partnerships, limited liability companies or other similar
entities. The Funds also invest in certain alternative investment vehicles (“AIVs”) that
invest in businesses in accordance with the Funds’ strategy, with other third-parties. The
Funds, Co-Investment Vehicles and certain of the AIVs are each deemed a “client” and
collectively the “clients” of the Firm.
AUA Equity has negotiated and will continue to enter into side letters or other similar
arrangements with certain Investors that have the effect of establishing rights under,
supplementing or altering a Fund’s limited partnership agreement or an Investor’s
subscription agreement. Such rights or alterations may relate to economic terms, excuse
rights, information rights, co-investment rights (including the provision of priority
allocation rights to co-investment opportunities for Investors who have capital
commitments in excess of certain thresholds to one or more Funds) or transfer rights. For
the most part, any rights established, or any terms altered or supplemented, will govern
only the investment of the specific Investor and not the terms of a Fund as whole. Certain
such additional rights but not all rights, terms or conditions may be elected by certain
sizeable Investors with “most favored nation” rights pursuant to a Fund’s limited
partnership agreement.
AUA Equity does not participate in wrap fee programs.
As of December 31, 2023, the Firm’s regulatory assets under management were
US$552,488,089 on a discretionary basis and $0 on a non-discretionary basis.