Private Equity Firms

Growth-stage technology investment firm founded by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain.

3G Capital is a global private equity firm specializing in long-term investments in consumer goods, restaurants, and manufacturing sectors.

Technology-focused investment firm partnering with growth-stage software companies.

AAC Capital Partners is a private equity firm that formerly served as the private equity business unit of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. before being spun off.

ABS Capital Partners is an American private equity firm that invests in software and tech-enabled services businesses.

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 of companies across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

AEA Investors is an American middle market private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, and mezzanine investments.

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

Mexico-focused middle-market private equity firm.

American Securities LLC is a New York-based private equity firm that partners with market-leading U.S. companies, primarily in the industrial and B2B services sectors.

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

TPG Angelo Gordon is a global alternative investment manager specializing in credit, real estate, private equity, and multi-strategy disciplines.

Apax Partners is a leading British private equity firm and one of the oldest and largest international investment houses.

Private capital manager investing across private equity, credit and real assets.

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

Ardian is a leading French private equity investment firm and one of the largest European-headquartered funds, managing a diverse portfolio of direct and indirect investments.

Ares Management Corporation is a leading global alternative investment manager operating across credit, private equity, and real estate markets.

Arlington Capital Partners is a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm that specializes in middle market leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations.

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

Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm.

Avenue Capital Group is an American multinational investment firm specializing in distressed securities and private equity.

Avista Healthcare Partners is a private equity firm based in New York City that specializes in growth capital and leveraged buyout investments in the healthcare sector.

Bain Capital is an American private investment firm that specializes in a wide array of alternative asset classes including private equity, venture capital, and credit.

Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) was a leading Asian investment firm headquartered in Hong Kong, focusing on private equity, real estate, and credit.

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 that makes venture-capital and private-equity investments.

BC Partners is a leading British international investment firm specializing in private equity, credit, and real estate across Europe and North America.

BDT & MSD Partners is an American merchant bank that provides investment advisory services and manages an investment platform focused on family and founder-led companies.

Private investment firm focused on lower middle-market businesses.

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

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

Blue Owl Capital is an American alternative investment asset management company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Lower-middle-market private equity firm investing in niche manufacturing, environmental and specialty services businesses.

Blum Capital is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, and strategic block investments in small-cap and middle-market companies.

Early and growth-stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies.

BNP Paribas Développement is the private equity arm of the French multinational universal bank BNP Paribas, specializing in minority investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Brentwood Associates is an American private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyouts and growth-oriented investments in middle-market companies.

Bridgepoint Group is a British private investment company that specializes in private equity and credit, listed as a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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

Brookfield Asset Management is a global alternative asset manager specializing in real estate, infrastructure, renewable energy, private equity, and credit.

Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. (BRS) is a New York-based private equity firm that specializes in growth capital and leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies.

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

Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on the food and beverage sector.

Venture capital firm investing across technology and healthcare.

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

Capvis is a Swiss private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across Europe's Industrial Corridor.

The Carlyle Group Inc. is an American multinational financial company specializing in private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services.

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

Consumer-focused investment firm.

CCMP Capital is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions.

Private equity firm investing in mid-market businesses across Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.

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.

Private markets investment manager covering private equity, venture, real assets and sustainability.

Charlesbank Capital Partners is an American private equity investment firm based in Boston and New York City that specializes in middle-market investments.

Chicago Growth Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

Cinven is a global private equity firm that acquires corporations based in Europe and the United States, as well as emerging market firms.

Private equity firm founded to invest in mid-to-large cap businesses.

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

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is a prominent American private equity firm and one of the oldest in the world, specializing in buyouts and turnaround management.

Clearlake Capital Group is an American private equity firm that specializes in the technology, industrial, and consumer sectors.

Secondaries investment platform.

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

Early-stage venture capital firm.

Court Square Capital Partners is an American private equity firm that specializes in middle-market investments across various sectors.

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

San Francisco-based investment firm providing growth and structured capital.

CrossHarbor Capital Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm specializing in alternative investments, including real assets, distressed securities, and mezzanine capital.

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

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

Investment firm active in public and private markets.

Deep tech venture capital firm backing computational science companies.

Lower middle-market direct lending and private credit firm.

Defoe Fournier & Cie. was an independent boutique investment and merchant banking company that operated from 1824 to 2016.

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

Seed-stage venture firm investing in data and AI companies.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (now aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm originally founded as the investment arm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (now aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions, originally founded as the merchant banking arm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

Investment management firm focused on digital infrastructure and enterprise software.

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 specialized in investments within the intellectual property, technology, and media sectors.

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

Energy Capital Partners (ECP) is an American investment firm that focuses on investments in the energy sector, including power generation, renewables, and infrastructure.

Investment platform focused on the energy transition.

EQT AB is a Swedish global investment organization and one of the world's largest private equity firms.

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

Equistone Partners Europe is an independent investment firm that specializes in middle-market buyouts across Europe.

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

Venture and growth investor in cybersecurity and enterprise software.

Fenway Partners is a New York-based private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in the middle market.

Venture capital firm focused on real estate technology and the built world.

Investment firm focused on B2B fintech software.

First Reserve Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in the energy sector. Founded in 1984, it is the oldest and largest private equity fund dedicated to energy investments.

Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, managing investments across private equity and private credit strategies.

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

Forstmann Little & Company was a prominent American private equity firm that specialized in leveraged buyouts and growth capital.

Fortress Investment Group is an American multi-manager investment firm that focuses on credit, real estate, private equity, and permanent capital strategies.

Early-stage venture capital firm investing in enterprise and fintech.

Fox Paine & Company is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions in various sectors including insurance, healthcare, and agribusiness.

Francisco Partners is a leading global private equity firm that specializes in investments in technology and technology-enabled services businesses.

Freeman Spogli & Co. is an American private equity firm that specializes in middle-market investments within the consumer and distribution sectors.

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

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

Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm that specializes in lower middle market buyout transactions within the consumer, industrial, and services sectors.

Real assets and private markets investment manager.

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

Genstar Capital is an American private equity firm that executes leveraged buyout transactions in middle-market companies based in North America.

GI Partners is an American private equity firm based in San Francisco that focuses on middle market investments.

Private investment firm.

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

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

An American private equity firm specializing in acquiring and partnering with mature and growing businesses in the technology, industrial, and consumer sectors.

GP Investments is a leading alternative investment firm in Latin America with a strong focus on private equity, real estate, and infrastructure.

GTCR is a leading American private equity firm that pioneered the Leaders Strategy investment approach, focusing on partnering with management leaders to build market-leading companies.

H.I.G. Capital is a leading global alternative investment firm specializing 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 investments to global clients.

Harbert Management Corporation (HMC) is a Birmingham, Alabama-based investment management firm focused on real assets and private capital.

HarbourVest Partners is a global private equity fund of funds and investment manager that invests in third-party funds and directly in operating companies.

Harvest Partners is a New York-based 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.

Venture firm investing in developer and enterprise infrastructure companies.

Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is a leading American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments across core service-oriented sectors.

Hg is a London-based private equity firm that specializes in technology buyouts and services investments across 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 stages and lifecycles.

HM Capital Partners was a prominent U.S. private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital, formerly known as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.

Hony Capital is a leading Chinese private equity firm and a subsidiary of Legend Holdings that specializes in domestic and cross-border investments.

HPS Investment Partners is an American credit investment firm that focuses on private and public credit, private equity, and real assets.

Pre-seed and seed venture capital firm.

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 sector.

Investcorp is a global alternative investment company headquartered in Manama, Bahrain, specializing in private equity, real assets, and credit management.

Irving Place Capital is a middle-market private equity firm focused on buyouts and growth capital investments in the industrial, packaging, consumer, and retail sectors.

J. H. Whitney & Company is a historic American private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on middle-market leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations.

An American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions for middle-market growth companies.

J.C. Flowers & Co. is an American private equity investment firm that specializes exclusively in the financial services sector.

JLL Partners is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions and leveraged recapitalizations of middle-market companies.

KKR & Co. Inc. is a leading global alternative asset management firm that serves institutional investors, wealth investors, and family offices.

Venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies.

L Catterton is an American multinational private equity firm specializing in consumer-focused investments.

Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) is a leading American private equity investment firm based in Los Angeles that specializes in leveraged buyouts and investments in established companies.

Investment firm focused on agtech, bioscience and healthcare.

Private investment firm.

Lightyear Capital is an American private equity firm based in New York City that focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments within the financial services sector.

Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) is a prominent 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 (now part of Macquarie Asset Management) is a leading global alternative asset manager and the world's largest infrastructure manager.

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a prominent American private equity firm based in Chicago that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth investments across various service and healthcare sectors.

MBK Partners is one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, focusing on buyout and special situations investments in the North Asian market.

Family-office backed private equity firm investing in founder-owned businesses.

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) was the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch, specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments.

Metalmark Capital is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout 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.

Consumer-focused private equity firm based in Los Angeles.

Investment firm focused on resource security and industrial assets.

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

Private equity firm focused on financial technology.

Early growth-stage B2B software venture capital firm.

Neuberger Berman is a private, independent, employee-owned investment management firm that manages portfolios across equities, fixed income, private equity, and hedge funds.

Global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.

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

Middle-market private equity firm.

Nordic Capital is a global, sector-specialist private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts of established companies in Northern Europe and North America.

Growth equity firm investing in healthcare and technology companies across the Southeast United States.

Omnes Capital is a major European private equity and infrastructure investment firm based in Paris, formerly known as Crédit Agricole Private Equity.

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

Onex Corporation is a major Canadian investment management firm that operates as a public company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Investment firm focused on founder-led consumer and health-care businesses.

Middle-market private equity arm of ORIX USA.

PAG is a leading Asian private investment firm managing assets across private equity, real estate, private debt, and hedge funds.

PAI Partners is a French private equity firm based in Paris and one of the oldest in the sector, tracing its origins to 1872 as the investment arm of Paribas.

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

Private markets investment firm covering private equity, infrastructure and credit.

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

Health-care dedicated investment firm.

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

Global asset manager with private equity, private credit and alternatives platforms.

Early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston.

Platinum Equity is an American private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyout investments in established companies across various global markets.

Private investment firm focused on long-duration ownership.

Growth equity firm focused on healthcare services and technology.

Venture capital firm investing across consumer and enterprise technology.

Ridgemont Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that focuses on making investments in middle-market companies in the United States.

Roark Capital Group is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies. The firm specializes in the franchise, restaurant, food, health, wellness, and business services sectors.

Secondary-focused investment firm providing liquidity to shareholders.

Los Angeles-based investment firm focused on media, entertainment and communications.

Silver Lake is a prominent American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in the technology and technology-enabled sectors.

Early-stage venture capital firm focused on economic inclusion.

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

Private markets investment firm covering primaries, secondaries and co-investments.

Stone Point Capital is a private equity firm that focuses on investments in the global financial services industry.

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

TA Associates is an American private equity firm that leads buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies. Established in 1968, it is one of the earliest modern-era private equity firms in the United States.

Private investment firm investing across public and private markets.

Investment firm managing private and public market strategies.

A British private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts of large, asset-rich businesses, often involving complex structural or regulatory challenges.

The Carlyle Group is an American multinational private equity and financial services firm specializing in alternative asset management. It is one of the largest investment firms in the world, operating across private equity, real assets, and private credit.

The Cypress Group is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout investments across various industry sectors.

Investment firm with public and private strategies.

Private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies.

Thoma Bravo is a major American private equity and growth capital firm that specializes in the enterprise software and technology-enabled business services sectors.

Early-stage venture capital firm.

TPG Inc. is a leading global alternative asset management firm headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The firm manages investment funds across growth capital, venture capital, public equity, and debt investments.

Los Angeles-based operationally focused private equity firm.

Trilantic Capital Partners is a global private equity firm focused on control and significant minority investments in the business services, consumer, energy, healthcare, and industrial sectors.

Trimaran Capital Partners is a New York-based middle-market private equity firm founded by former Drexel Burnham Lambert investment bankers.

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

UBS Capital (now part of UBS Asset Management) is the private equity and private markets arm of the Swiss multinational financial services firm UBS.

Seed-stage venture capital firm.

Venture capital firm investing in enterprise software and healthcare.

Los Angeles-based private equity firm investing in industrial technology and health-care manufacturing.

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 private equity firm that exclusively invests in software, data, and technology-enabled businesses.

Health-care focused investment firm.

Consumer brand-focused investment firm.

Private investment firm focused on business services, health care and education.

Warburg Pincus is a leading global private equity firm and growth investor with a history dating back to 1966.

Healthcare-focused early-stage venture capital firm.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a prominent American private equity firm that specializes in the technology and healthcare industries.

Growth equity firm investing in technology-enabled businesses.

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

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