Infra secondaries -> Infra direct

Hi all, I am an associate at a large secondaries firm. I am a generalist but looking to move to infra secondaries role. My question is how feasible it is to move from infra secondaries to infra direct. Has anyone made a similar move in the past?

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I don't know about secondaries size, but my comment was about OP going from infra secondaries to infra direct investing PE. If OP has a decent modeling skillset and can speak to key infra diligence points, I think they can get into MM Infra PE. And there are quite a few MM infra players. DIF, Tiger, Ullico, Northleaf, Igneo, axium, antin, CCL, etc etc

 
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That's like saying Coca Cola and Wal-Mart are billion dollar companies so consumer/retail PE is for megafunds only. I'm at a MM infra shop and there's plenty of smaller utility-scale solar, regional toll roads, municipal waste facilities, etc. with TEV in the 100-300m range - hence 50-100m equity checks with the leverage you get in infra, which is solid MM territory.

 

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