Private Equity Firms

3G Capital is a global private equity firm known for its long-term investments in major consumer brands and its aggressive cost-cutting strategies like zero-based budgeting.

AAC Capital Partners was the private equity business unit of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., specializing in European mid-market investments.

ABS Capital Partners is an American private equity firm that invests in software and tech-enabled services across various industries such as FinTech, Healthcare, and eCommerce.

Adams Street Partners is a global private equity firm headquartered in Chicago that specializes in fund of funds strategies, venture capital, and private credit.

Advent International is a global private equity firm specializing in buyouts across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

AEA Investors is a leading global private equity firm that focuses on buyout and growth investments in middle market companies.

Affinity Equity Partners is a leading Pan-Asian private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions across the Asia-Pacific region.

Illustrative DACH-focused middle-market firm investing in industrial technology and business services platforms.

American Securities LLC is a prominent U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies.

Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, is a prominent American venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups and established growth companies.

TPG Angelo Gordon is a global alternative investment manager that specializes in credit, real estate, and private equity.

Apax Partners is a leading British private equity firm and one of the oldest international investment houses, specializing in sector-focused buyouts and growth capital.

Apollo Global Management is a leading American asset management firm specializing in alternative asset classes including credit, private equity, and real assets.

Ardian is a leading French private equity firm and one of the largest European-headquartered investment houses, managing a diverse portfolio of assets across global markets.

Ares Management Corporation is a global alternative investment manager specializing in credit, private equity, and real estate markets.

Arlington Capital Partners is a Washington, DC-based private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout and recapitalization investments in middle market companies.

Auldbrass Partners is an American private equity secondaries firm that specializes in acquiring secondary interests through LP transactions and GP-led opportunities.

Avenue Capital Group is an American multinational investment firm focusing on distressed securities, private equity, and hedge fund strategies across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Avista Healthcare Partners is a private equity firm based in New York City that specializes in healthcare investments.

Bain Capital is a leading American private investment firm that specializes in a wide array of alternative asset classes.

Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) was a prominent Asian investment firm that operated as an independent entity before being acquired by EQT AB in 2022.

Baring Vostok Capital Partners is the largest independent private equity firm focused on investments in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm investing across stages in software, infrastructure, consumer internet, industrial technology, and fintech.

BC Partners is a British international investment firm headquartered in London that manages assets across private equity, credit, and real estate in Europe and North America.

BDT & MSD Partners is an American merchant bank that provides investment banking advisory services and operates an investment platform for long-term capital.

Berkshire Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm that specializes in middle-market investments.

Blackstone Inc. is a leading American alternative investment management company and the world's largest alternative investment firm.

Blue Owl Capital is an American alternative asset management firm focused on direct lending, GP capital solutions, and real estate.

Blum Capital is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, and private investments in public equity (PIPE).

BNP Paribas Développement is the private equity subsidiary of the French multinational bank BNP Paribas, specializing in minority equity investments in small-to-mid-sized companies.

Brentwood Associates is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth stage investments.

Bridgepoint Group plc is a British private investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Bridgepoint Group plc is a UK-based private investment company and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, specializing in private equity and infrastructure.

Bridgepoint Group is a British private investment company that specializes in private equity and credit investments.

Brookfield Asset Management is a leading Canadian-American alternative asset manager focused on real estate, infrastructure, renewable energy, and private equity globally.

Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. (BRS) is an American private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in middle-market consumer and retail companies.

Brynwood Partners is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and control investments, primarily within the consumer goods and food sectors.

CapitalG is an independent growth fund under Alphabet Inc. that invests in larger, growth-stage technology companies for profit.

Capvis is a Swiss private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across the Industrial Corridor of Europe.

The Carlyle Group is an American multinational private equity and financial services firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, real assets, and private credit.

Castle Harlan is a New York-based private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

CCMP Capital is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions.

Centerbridge Partners is a multi-strategy private investment firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and distressed securities.

Cerberus Capital Management is an American global alternative investment firm specializing in credit, private equity, and real estate strategies.

Charlesbank Capital Partners is an American private equity investment firm that specializes in middle-market investments.

Chicago Growth Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

Cinven is a leading global private equity firm that focuses on acquiring European and United States-based corporations.

Profile compiled from public sources. Portfolio mapping in progress.

CIVC Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that provides growth and buyout capital to middle-market companies.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is one of the world's oldest private equity firms, specializing in buyouts and turnaround management of large businesses.

An American private equity firm that focuses on investments in the technology, industrial, and consumer sectors.

DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (formerly Colony Capital) is a global digital infrastructure investment firm that owns and operates cell towers, data centers, fiber, and edge infrastructure.

Court Square Capital Partners is an American private equity firm that focuses on middle-market investments across a variety of sectors.

Crescent Capital Group is a global alternative investment firm specializing in below-investment-grade credit markets, including mezzanine debt, high-yield bonds, and senior loans.

An American private equity investment firm based in Boston that specializes in real assets, distressed securities, and mezzanine capital.

Crossroads Group was a Dallas-based private equity fund of funds firm that focused on venture capital investments.

CVC Capital Partners is a leading global private equity and investment advisory firm headquartered in Jersey.

Defoe Fournier & Cie. was a historic independent boutique investment and merchant banking firm that focused on private banking, wealth management, and private equity from 1824 until its division and merger in 2016.

Diamond Castle Holdings is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

DLJ Merchant Banking (now aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions and diverse investment vehicles.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (now aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions and diverse alternative investment vehicles.

EIG Global Energy Partners is an American investment firm that specializes in private equity and credit investments within the energy and energy-related infrastructure sectors.

Elevation Partners was an American private equity firm that focused on investments in intellectual property, technology, and media companies.

EnCap Investments is an American private equity firm specializing in the energy industry, particularly oil and gas.

Energy Capital Partners (ECP) is a leading American private equity firm specializing in the energy sector, specifically power generation, renewables, and infrastructure.

EQT AB is a leading Swedish global investment organization that manages funds investing in private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and venture capital.

EQT AB is a Swedish global investment organization that manages funds investing in private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and venture capital.

Equistone Partners Europe is an independent investment firm specializing in mid-market buyouts, operating across several major European markets.

Eurazeo is a leading French private equity firm and investment group headquartered in Paris with a diversified global portfolio.

Fenway Partners is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments within the middle market.

First Reserve Corporation is a private equity firm that is the oldest and largest fund dedicated to investments in the energy sector.

Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, deploying firm capital alongside private and institutional investors.

Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, deploying firm and third-party capital across private equity and private credit strategies.

A pioneering American private equity firm that specialized in leveraged buyouts and growth capital before its dissolution in 2015.

Fortress Investment Group is an American multi-manager investment firm that manages assets for institutional clients and private investors globally.

Fox Paine & Company is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyout transactions across a diverse range of specialized industries.

Francisco Partners is an American private equity firm that focuses exclusively on investments in technology and technology-enabled services businesses.

Freeman Spogli & Co. is a middle-market private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations within the consumer and distribution sectors.

Fremont Group is a San Francisco-based private investment group and family office that manages capital for the Bechtel family.

FFL Partners, previously known as Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, is an American private equity firm that specializes in middle-market investments.

Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm that specializes in lower middle market buyout transactions.

General Atlantic is a leading American growth equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for global growth companies.

Genstar Capital is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyout transactions for middle-market companies.

GI Partners is an American private equity firm based in San Francisco that focuses on middle-market investments across private equity, real estate, and data infrastructure.

Golden Gate Capital is an American private equity firm based in San Francisco that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments across a variety of industries.

Goldman Sachs Alternatives is the alternative investment business of Goldman Sachs, specializing in private equity, private credit, and real assets.

The Gores Group is an American private equity firm that specializes in acquiring and partnering with mature and growing businesses through buyouts and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).

GP Investments is a leading investment firm in Latin America with a primary focus on private equity and asset management.

GTCR is a leading American private equity firm that pioneered the "Leaders Strategy" of finding and partnering with management leaders to build companies through acquisitions and organic growth.

H.I.G. Capital is an American multinational alternative investment firm that specializes in providing debt and equity capital to middle-market companies.

Hamilton Lane is an American alternative investment management and advisory firm that provides private markets investment solutions to institutional and wealthy individual investors.

Harbert Management Corporation is an American investment management firm specializing in alternative asset classes across real assets and private capital.

Illustrative middle-market buyout firm focused on tech-enabled B2B services and vertical software platforms in North America.

HarbourVest Partners is a global private equity fund of funds and one of the world's largest private equity investment managers.

Harvest Partners is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

Heartland Industrial Partners was an American private equity firm focused on industry consolidation and growth capital investments in middle-market industrial companies.

Hellman & Friedman is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments across core service industries.

Hg is a British private equity firm that targets technology and services buyouts with a primary focus on Europe and the United States.

Highbridge Capital Management is a multi-strategy alternative investment management firm and a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Highland Capital Management is an alternative investment management firm specializing in hedge funds, structured investment vehicles, and mutual funds.

Hillhouse Investment is a Singapore-headquartered global private equity firm that invests in businesses across various lifecycle stages, from venture capital to large-scale buyouts.

HM Capital Partners (formerly Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst) was a prominent American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital across various industries.

Hony Capital is a leading Chinese private equity firm and a subsidiary of Legend Holdings, considered a pioneer in China's private equity industry.

HPS Investment Partners is a prominent American investment firm primarily focused on non-investment grade credit, including private and public credit markets.

Insight Partners is a global venture capital and private equity firm that specializes in investing in high-growth software and internet businesses.

InterMedia Partners is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments within the media industry.

Investcorp is a global alternative investment company headquartered in Bahrain that manages a diverse portfolio across private equity, real assets, and credit strategies.

Irving Place Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments.

J.H. Whitney & Company is an American private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on leveraged buyouts and growth capital for middle-market companies.

J.W. Childs Associates is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of middle-market growth companies.

J.C. Flowers & Co. is an American private equity firm that focuses exclusively on investments within the financial services sector.

JLL Partners is a New York-based private equity firm specializing in middle-market leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations.

Illustrative UK and European middle-market firm investing in B2B services, financial services, and software.

KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and credit.

L Catterton is a leading global private equity firm specializing in consumer-focused investments.

Profile compiled from public sources. Portfolio mapping in progress.

Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) is a leading American private equity investment firm specialized in leveraged buyouts and investments in established companies.

Lightyear Capital is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments within the financial services and related sectors.

Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) is a major UK-based mid-market private equity firm and a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.

Lone Star Funds is a global private equity firm that invests in corporate equity, real estate, credit, and other financial assets.

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (operating as part of Macquarie Asset Management) is one of the world's largest infrastructure asset managers and a leading global specialist in real assets.

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a leading American private equity firm based in Chicago that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments.

MBK Partners is a leading East Asian private equity firm and one of the largest in Asia, specializing in buyouts and special situations.

Illustrative lower-middle-market buyout firm focused on specialty industrial manufacturing and distribution platforms.

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) was the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch, focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments.

Metalmark Capital is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

MidOcean Partners is an alternative asset management firm based in New York City that specializes in middle-market private equity and alternative leveraged investments.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (now Metalmark Capital) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

Neuberger Berman Group LLC is an American private, independent, employee-owned investment management firm that manages portfolios for global institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals.

New Mountain Capital is an American alternative investment firm that focuses on growth investing in mid-sized companies within economically acyclical industries.

Nordic Capital is a global, sector-specialist private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts of established companies.

Illustrative growth equity firm investing in software and tech-enabled healthcare businesses scaling beyond $20M ARR.

Omnes Capital is a prominent European private equity and infrastructure investment firm based in Paris, formerly part of Crédit Agricole.

One Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments across the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors.

Onex Corporation is a major Canadian investment management firm that specializes in private equity, credit, and wealth management strategies.

PAG is one of the largest Asian investment firms, managing multiple asset classes including private equity, real estate, and private debt.

PAI Partners is a French private equity firm based in Paris and one of the oldest firms in the sector, tracing its origins to the investment arm of Paribas.

Pamlico Capital is an independent private equity firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that specializes in growth capital and leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies.

Partners Group is a Swiss-based global private markets investment firm focused on private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and debt.

Permira is a British global investment firm and one of the world's largest private equity buyout specialists.

Platinum Equity is a global private equity firm specializing in the leveraged buyout of established companies across various industries.

Ridgemont Equity Partners is an American private equity firm that specializes in middle-market investments across various sectors, including industrials, energy, and technology.

Roark Capital Group is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies.

Silver Lake is a leading American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in the technology sector.

Société Générale Capital Partenaires is the private equity arm of the French multinational financial services group Société Générale.

Illustrative healthcare-focused PE firm investing in multi-site providers and healthcare services platforms.

Stone Point Capital is a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, that specializes in investments within the global financial services industry.

Sycamore Partners is an American private equity firm specializing in retail and consumer investments.

TA Associates is a leading global private equity firm that focuses on buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies.

A UK-based private equity firm focused on buyouts of large, asset-rich businesses with complex structural or regulatory issues.

Profile compiled from public sources. Portfolio mapping in progress.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm specializing in private equity, real assets, and private credit. It is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers with a significant presence in financial services.

An American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments across various industry sectors.

Thoma Bravo is a leading American private equity and growth capital firm specializing in enterprise software and technology-enabled services.

TPG Inc. is a leading global alternative asset management firm that manages investment funds across several strategies including growth capital, venture capital, and debt investments.

Trilantic Capital Partners is a global private equity firm focused on control and significant minority investments in the middle market. It was formed in 2009 through the spin-out of Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking.

Trimaran Capital Partners is an American middle-market private equity firm founded by former Drexel Burnham Lambert and CIBC World Markets investment bankers.

Triton Partners is a leading European mid-market private equity firm that focuses on investing in medium-sized businesses in Northern and Western Europe.

The private equity and real estate investment arm of UBS Asset Management, providing a range of multi-asset investment capabilities for institutional and private clients.

Veritas Capital is an American private equity firm that invests in companies providing critical technology-enabled products and services to government and commercial customers.

Vista Equity Partners is an American investment firm that specializes in investing in software, data, and technology-enabled businesses.

An American multinational private equity firm and one of the oldest in the world, specialized in growth investing.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments within the technology and healthcare industries.

William Blair Capital Partners (now Chicago Growth Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

Willis Stein & Partners was a private equity firm based in Chicago that specialized in leveraged buyout transactions for middle-market companies.