Real Assets
Real Assets GPs and LPs, in One Network
Connect with institutional allocators actively committing to infrastructure, digital infrastructure, energy transition, and real assets strategies. AI-powered matching to LPs’ allocation priorities.
26K+
LPs, GPs & Service Providers on the platform
~50%
Allocator-Initiated Meetings
2K+
Allocators on iConnections with active real assets priorities
60B+
Data points powering connections
26K+
LPs, GPs & Service Providers on the platform
~50%
Allocator-initiated meetings
2K+
Allocators on iConnections with active real assets priorities
60B+
Data points powering connections
Real Assets on iConnections
Everything You Need. One Platform.
AI-Powered Real Assets Strategy Matching
- Violet matches real assets to active LPs’ allocation priorities continuously
- Sub-sector and risk-profile alignment surfaced automatically
- Surface the right LP at the moment they are looking
Year-Round Real Assets Pipeline
- Profile views, document opens, and meeting requests in real time
- Pipeline builds between Global Alts cycles, not only during them
- Stay top of mind with LPs through every stage of diligence
Real Assets at Global Alts Events
- Dedicated real assets programming at every Global Alts event
- Pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with real assets-focused LPs
- Panels, roundtables, and roadshows built around real assets
For Both Sides of Capital Introduction
How Real Assets Fund Managers and Allocators Connect on iConnections
Real assets fundraising is a long-cycle, diligence-heavy process where sub-sector specialization matters as much as brand. iConnections is built to match sub-sector specialist managers against institutional allocators whose investment focus targets that specific sub-sector, then give both sides year-round pipeline visibility.
FOR REAL ASSETS MANAGERS
Get Discovered by LPs Committing to Real Assets
Build a profile that captures your sub-strategy, sub-sector, geography, and vintage. Violet, our agentic AI, surfaces your fund to allocators whose investment criteria align with what you do.
- AI matching against active real assets allocation priorities
- Profile optimization for sub-sector search filters
- Document tracking: see which LPs are reading your DDQ and deck
- Year-round visibility, not just at flagship events
FOR ALLOCATORS
Filter the Real Assets Universe
Search across the real assets manager universe with the filters that matter for infrastructure allocation: sub-strategy, sub-sector, fund size, geography, and vintage.
- Sub-strategy filters: core, core-plus, value-add, opportunistic
- Sub-sector filters: digital infrastructure, energy transition, transportation, utilities
- Fund size, check size, and vintage targeting
- Geographic focus: OECD, emerging markets, specific regions
- Verified returns via the Get Verified program
Real Assets at Global Alts
Real Assets at Global Alts: The Industry’s Largest Capital Introduction Events
Real assets are among the most actively programmed strategies at every Global Alts event. Across New York, Miami, Asia, and Europe, real assets-focused LPs and GPs meet through pre-scheduled one-on-one capital introduction meetings, dedicated panels, and a year-round platform that keeps the conversation going.
Dedicated Real Assets Panels
Sub-strategy and sub-sector specific sessions so an allocator underwriting digital infrastructure is not sitting through a mature toll road discussion.
Pre-Scheduled 1-on-1 Meetings
One-on-one meetings between real assets-focused allocators and fund managers, scheduled and matched before you arrive on site.
Real Assets-Focused Networking
Roundtables, and small-group sessions designed specifically for real assets professionals across the LP and GP universe.
Trusted by The Industry
Trusted by Real Assets Managers and Allocators
“Being accurately tagged under our sub-strategy meant the LPs who reached out were specifically interested in our sector. That specificity reduced preliminary conversations and made the meetings we took more substantive from the start.”
Managing Partner
Real Assets Fund
“Our team cannot cover the full real assets manager universe organically. The sub-sector filters help us surface managers at the margins of our existing coverage that we would otherwise miss, particularly in newer segments of the market.”
Head of Real Assets
Institutional Allocator
“Real assets fundraising has historically depended on consultant and placement relationships. The platform gives us a direct path to allocators building dedicated real assets programs, without waiting to be included on a consultant shortlist.”
Director of Investor Relations
Real Assets Fund
Common Questions
Real Assets Frequently Asked Questions
What are real assets?
Real assets are physical, tangible investments that derive value from their underlying use or scarcity, including infrastructure (energy, transportation, utilities, digital), natural resources (energy, timber, agriculture, metals and mining), and real estate. Institutional allocators use real assets for inflation protection, contracted cash flow, and portfolio diversification away from public equity and fixed income.
How are real assets different from real estate?
Real estate is a specific category within real assets that covers investments in physical property (multifamily, office, industrial, retail, hospitality, specialty). Real assets is the broader umbrella that also includes infrastructure, natural resources, energy, timber, and agriculture. Many allocators separate real estate and infrastructure into distinct portfolio sleeves; others group both under one real assets allocation.
What returns do real assets funds target?
Return targets vary by sub-strategy. Core infrastructure and core real estate typically target high single-digit to low double-digit net IRRs with a significant income component. Value-add and opportunistic strategies target mid-teens or higher net IRRs. Natural resources and energy transition strategies target private-equity-like returns with commodity exposure.
Who invests in real assets?
Institutional allocators including public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and family offices. Real assets have grown as a portfolio allocation for their inflation-hedging characteristics, long-duration cash flows, and diversification value. Allocators sizing an inflation-protection sleeve are among the most active buyers on iConnections.
What are the main real assets sub-strategies?
Infrastructure (core, core-plus, value-add, opportunistic; sub-sectors include energy transition, digital infrastructure, transportation, utilities, and social infrastructure), natural resources (energy, timber, agriculture, metals and mining), and real estate (multifamily, industrial, digital, specialty). Energy transition and digital infrastructure are among the most actively raising sub-sectors.
How do LPs find real assets managers on iConnections?
Allocators filter by sub-strategy (infrastructure, natural resources, real estate), risk profile (core, core-plus, value-add, opportunistic), sub-sector (energy transition, digital, transportation), geography, and fund size. Violet matches allocator investment focus to real assets managers actively raising, and Global Alts events dedicate programming to infrastructure and real assets sub-sectors.
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Ready to Connect With LPs Interested in Real Assets?
Join the platform where real assets managers and institutional allocators are meeting, messaging, and matching across core through opportunistic strategies and every infrastructure sub-sector.
Ready to Connect With LPs Interested in Real Assets?
Join the platform where real assets managers and institutional allocators are meeting, messaging, and matching across core through opportunistic strategies and every infrastructure sub-sector.
