# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002066799
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-170595
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 5674
**Document Hash:** d143d15ed41d6f92e84c999b25d47458
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## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-170595

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: CORRESP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250731

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** StepStone Private Equity Strategies Fund
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002066799

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** CORRESP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 128 S. TRYON STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1600
- **CITY:** CHARLOTTE
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28202
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 704-215-4300

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 128 S. TRYON STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1600
- **CITY:** CHARLOTTE
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28202

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** StepStone Private Equity Fund
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20250502

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| **Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP** | **Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP** |
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| <br> TELEPHONE: + 1-212-455-2000<br> FACSIMILE: + 1-212-455-2502 | <br> TELEPHONE: + 1-212-455-2000<br> FACSIMILE: + 1-212-455-2502 |
| Direct Dial Number<br> (212) 455-7026 | E-mail Address<br> bissie.bonner@stblaw.com |

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July 31, 2025

<u>VIA EDGAR</u> 

Yoon Choo

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

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| **Re:** | **StepStone Private Equity Strategies Fund<u> </u>** |

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**<u>File Nos. 333-286960; 811-24083</u>**

Dear Ms. Choo:

On behalf of StepStone Private Equity Strategies Fund (the "**Fund**"), this letter responds to telephonic comments provided by the staff of the Division of Investment Management (the "**Staff**") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**Commission**") to the undersigned on July 29, 2025 regarding the letter filed with the Commission on July 21, 2025 (the "**Second Comment Letter**") responding to the Staff's comments on the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's registration statement on Form N-2 (the "**Registration Statement**").

For the convenience of the Staff, the comments regarding the Second Comment Letter are set out below. We have discussed the Staff's comments with representatives of the Fund. The Fund's response to the Staff's comment is set out immediately under the restated comment. Please note that we have not independently verified information provided by the Fund. Unless otherwise indicated, defined terms used herein have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement and page number references are those of the Registration Statement.

1. The Staff notes the Fund's response to Comment No. 12 in the Second Comment Letter regarding the Fund
becoming party to a credit agreement. Please confirm supplementally that if the Fund will be party to a credit agreement at the time it requests acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Fund will file another pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to include disclosure regarding such credit agreement and will file the credit agreement as an exhibit to such pre-effective amendment.

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Securities and Exchange Commission July 31, 2025

<u>Response</u>: The Fund confirms that if the Fund expects to be party to a credit agreement at the time it requests acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Fund will file the requested pre-effective amendment to include disclosure regarding such credit agreement and will file the credit agreement as an exhibit to such pre-effective amendment.

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Please do not hesitate to call me at (212) 455-7026 with any questions or further comments regarding this submission or if you wish to discuss any of the above responses.

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| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Bissie K. Bonner |
| Bissie K. Bonner |

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cc: Robert W. Long, StepStone Group Private Wealth LLC

Dean Caruvana, StepStone Group Private Wealth LLC

Ryan P. Brizek, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

David C. Howe, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Anna Sheu, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Jarius McDade, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP