# Lafayette Square funding: rounds and investors

> Lafayette Square has raised $65M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lafayette-square (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Lafayette Square*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Asset Management

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$65M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Debt, $65M Aug 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Debt **$65M** [Morgan Stanley Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management) [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 1 other

## Founders and team

From Lafayette Square's own website: 16 on the team.

- **Ileana Stone** Chief Administrative Officer
- **Akofa Tsiagbe** Managing Director
- **Aquil Stinson** Director
- **Avani Vora** Senior Associate
- **Blair Badham** Managing Director
- **Christine Valencia** Controller
- **Christopher Carlucci** Managing Director
- **David Williams** Managing Director
- **Hershel Gerson** Managing Director
- **Javier Rodriguez** Senior Associate
- **Judd Kohn** Managing Director
- **Miriam Tejada** Managing Director
- **Narmeen Mundh** Associate
- **Nicole Pereira** Managing Director
- **Vishnu Amin** Managing Director
- **Zack Salinas** Director

## Everyone who backed them

[Morgan Stanley Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management) Private equity **1** round

[Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Lafayette Square as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Godling](https://millionrounds.com/fund/godling) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Lafayette Square

### Who invested in Lafayette Square?

Lafayette Square's investors include Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

### How much has Lafayette Square raised?

Lafayette Square has raised $65M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Lafayette Square last raise?

Lafayette Square's most recent round was a Debt of $65M in Aug 2025.

### What was Lafayette Square's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $65M in Aug 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Lafayette Square first?

Lafayette Square's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

### What stage is Lafayette Square at?

Lafayette Square's latest named round is a Debt, in Aug 2025.

### Where is Lafayette Square based?

Lafayette Square is based in the United States.

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