LONDON, United Kingdom, January 7, 2026 – SCIO Capital LLP (SCIO), a London-based European asset-based private credit manager, has secured a US$600 million capital commitment from Moody Aldrich Partners (MAP), a private investment firm based in Boston. 

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Founded in 2009 by a team of senior Deutsche Bank structured credit specialists, SCIO manages both open and closed-end funds from their Luxembourg-based fund platform. Their award-winning flagship SCIO Opportunity fund—launched in 2016—offers investors access to European asset-based private credit in an evergreen vehicle format. 

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SCIO founder and CIO Greg Branch shares, "Having worked with the same investment team here at SCIO for over a decade, we have a deep loyalty to each other and to the core investment principles upon which SCIO was built. Compounding our investors’ capital is the reward for our unrelenting obsession with downside protection." 

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Founded in 1988, MAP is a fiduciary for discreet families and institutions with a legacy of supporting high-calibre, specialist managers known for their expertise and disciplined execution. 

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"SCIO's deep understanding of valuation, underwriting and tight collateralization structuring separates them from their peers," notes MAP Co-CEO and CIO Eli Kent, "Their extensive networks, private sourcing, and rigorous underwriting all reinforce our confidence in their fiduciary stewardship of our capital." 

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Bill Moody, Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of MAP notes, "SCIO's distinct investment edge is clearly rooted in their opportunistic approach to the asset-backed, private credit sector. It wasn't just their acuity, acumen and judgment in portfolio construction that inspired our conviction; it was their prescient understanding of the behaviour of -- and therefore how to mitigate risk and effectively capitalize upon -- a curated portfolio of diverse credit instruments. We are honoured to be one of their many trusted, loyal and long-term investors." ‍

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About Moody Aldrich Partners (MAP) 

MAP is a Boston-based, SEC-registered investment advisor formed in 1988 as a private investment office for its founding principals with substantial long-term capital. Established to protect and compound their capital, MAP adheres to a highly selective discipline to identify, invest in, and cultivate distinctive, niche investment opportunities. MAP is an active, strategically aligned capital partner deriving benefit from the manager’s returns while providing anchor capital for distinct opportunities and leveraging its discreet global network of qualified investors to invest into the manager alongside the partners of MAP. ‍

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About SCIO Capital LLP (SCIO) 

SCIO Capital LLP is a London-based asset-based private credit manager, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, specializing in European lower middle-market borrowers, with a long-standing focus on capital preservation and generating attractive risk-adjusted returns. SCIO remains a 100% independent and private firm. 

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