Private Equity
Built for cross-border investing

Clarity.
Discipline.
Execution.

Acoma Partners invests in businesses where strategic ambition, disciplined ownership, and international perspective can create durable value.

Positioning
Global perspective, execution discipline
Operationally engaged investing
Selective, thesis-driven partnerships
Long-term value creation mindset
Who We Are

A differentiated investment platform.

Acoma Partners is a private equity firm built around disciplined underwriting, strategic clarity, and sustained ownership. We focus on businesses where active partnership and thoughtful execution can materially improve outcomes.

How We Think

Cross-border, without convention.

We do not treat cross-border as a headline. We treat it as an operating capability shaped by local context, strategic connectivity, and the ability to move with conviction across markets.

What We Do

Investing with intent.

We partner with businesses that can benefit from sharper direction, disciplined capital, and engaged ownership. Our approach is selective, practical, and built for long-term value creation.

Approach

Our model is built around judgment, alignment, and execution.

Cross-border origination grounded in real market context
Hands-on partnership with management teams after investment
Strategic value creation driven by focus, discipline, and follow-through
Core Attributes
Disciplined underwriting
Operationally grounded ownership
International strategic perspective
High-conviction decision-making
Focus

We back businesses with room to grow and a reason to matter.

Our focus is selective rather than formulaic. We look for businesses with strategic relevance, clear pathways for improvement, and the potential to benefit from active ownership.

Consumer and lifestyle
Sports, wellness, and premium brands
Business services and specialized platforms
Complex situations requiring strategic repositioning
Team

A team built on judgment, execution, and long-term partnership.

Steve Y.K. Kim
Partner & Vice Chairman

Provides strategic leadership across cross-border investment opportunities, firm development, and long-range value creation initiatives.

Seung Kook Ko
Partner & CEO

Leads investment execution and portfolio oversight with a focus on disciplined underwriting, operational follow-through, and institutional rigor.

J. Robert Kim
Partner & Chairman

Brings senior investment judgment and strategic perspective developed through decades of private equity and platform-building experience.

Portfolio / Experience

Selected themes and representative areas of focus.

Consumer

Premium consumer platforms

Brands and platforms with room for sharper positioning, operational refinement, and strategic expansion.

Sports & Lifestyle

Performance, wellness, and aspirational brands

Businesses where product identity, community, and brand elevation can create durable differentiation.

Business Services

Specialized platforms and scalable services

Companies with resilient demand, strategic relevance, and meaningful opportunities for operational value creation.

Investor View

A selective, disciplined model built for institutional capital.

Our investor-facing approach emphasizes conviction, selectivity, execution discipline, and active ownership. We seek opportunities where strategy and operating capability can be translated into measurable value creation over time.

Sourcing Lens
Cross-border, thematic
Ownership Style
Hands-on, aligned
Value Creation
Operational + strategic
Contact

For strategic conversations, partnership opportunities, and firm inquiries.

US Office
620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Seoul Office
Parnas Tower, 29th Floor
521 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu
Seoul 06164, South Korea
Acoma Partners Korea

아코마 파트너스 코리아

아코마 파트너스 코리아는 장기적 관점의 가치 창출을 목표로, 전략적 통찰력과 실행 역량을 바탕으로 투자하는 사모투자 플랫폼입니다.

단순한 자본 제공을 넘어, 기업의 성장 방향을 함께 설계하고 실행하는 파트너로서의 역할을 지향합니다. 투자 이후에도 전략, 운영, 시장 확장에 이르는 전 과정에서 실질적인 변화를 만들어낼 수 있는 실행력을 중요하게 생각합니다.

글로벌 시각과 현지 실행력을 함께 갖춘 플랫폼으로서, 한국과 해외 시장을 연결할 수 있는 기회를 발굴하고 지속 가능한 성장을 이끌어갈 기업에 집중합니다.

Korea Positioning
장기적 가치 창출전략 중심 투자실행 중심 파트너십글로벌 시각현지 실행력