Private Equity Firms

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

3G Capital is a global private equity firm best known for its long-term investments in major consumer brands and its partnership with Berkshire Hathaway.

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

AAC Capital Partners is a private equity firm that formerly operated as the private equity business unit of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. before being spun off or sold during the bank's restructuring.

ABS Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focused on investments in software and tech-enabled services businesses across a range of industries.

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 Corporation is an American private equity firm specializing in buyouts across Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia.

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

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

Mexico-focused middle-market private equity firm.

American Securities is a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading companies, primarily within the industrial and B2B services sectors.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a leading American venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across all stages of growth.

TPG Angelo Gordon is a global alternative investment manager focusing on credit, real estate, and private equity strategies.

Apax Partners LLP is a major British private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in London. It is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms operating internationally, raising capital from institutional investors for large-scale buyouts and growth capital.

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 investments across credit, private equity, and real assets.

Ardian is a French private equity firm and one of the largest European-headquartered investment funds.

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, DC-based private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout and recapitalization investments in middle market companies.

Auldbrass Partners is a 100% employee-owned, minority-owned private equity secondaries firm based in New York City.

Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm.

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

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

Bain Capital is a leading American private investment firm that specializes in private equity, venture capital, and credit products.

Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) was a leading Asian investment firm headquartered in Hong Kong that specialized in private equity, real estate, and private credit. Originally founded as an affiliate of Barings Bank, it operated independently for over two decades 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 (CIS).

Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm that makes venture-capital and private-equity investments.

BC Partners is a British private equity firm that invests in buyouts and investment opportunities across Europe and North America.

BDT & MSD Partners is an American merchant bank that provides investment banking 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 LLC is an American private equity firm based in Boston that focuses on middle market company investments.

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

Blue Owl Capital is a publicly traded American alternative investment asset management firm specializing in private credit, private equity, and real estate.

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 private investment in public equity (PIPE) for 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 financial services group BNP Paribas. It focuses on taking minority stakes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies.

Brentwood Associates is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth-oriented investments in consumer and business services.

Bridgepoint Group is a British private investment company that specializes in private equity and credit funds, listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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

Bridgepoint Group is a British private investment company that specializes in middle-market buyouts and growth capital.

Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative asset manager and US-based subsidiary of Brookfield Corporation.

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

Brynwood Partners is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and control investments in the consumer products sector.

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

Venture capital firm investing across technology and healthcare.

CapitalG is the independent growth equity investment fund under Alphabet Inc. that focuses on later-stage technology companies.

Capvis is a Swiss private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.

The Carlyle Group is an American multinational private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.

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

Consumer-focused investment firm.

CCMP Capital is an American private equity firm specializing in 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 that specializes in middle-market investments across private equity and credit strategies.

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 Europe and United States–based corporations, as well as emerging market firms that fit with its core business.

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

CIVC Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on providing 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 turnaround management and large-scale buyouts.

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is an American private equity firm that focuses on investments in the technology, industrial, and consumer sectors.

Secondaries investment platform.

DigitalBridge (formerly Colony Capital) is a leading global investment firm focused on digital infrastructure, including cell towers, data centers, fiber, and small cells.

Early-stage venture capital firm.

Court Square Capital Partners is an American private equity firm that focuses on 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 investment firm specializing in private equity, real estate, and alternative investments.

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, focused on private equity, secondaries, credit, and infrastructure.

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 until its division and merger in 2016.

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

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

DLJ Merchant Banking (now aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm originally founded as the investment arm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. It focuses on leveraged buyouts and managed a variety of investment vehicles across multiple alternative asset classes.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners was the private equity arm of the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and later Credit Suisse.

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 the second largest private equity firm worldwide based on funds raised as of 2026.

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

Equistone Partners Europe is a mid-market private equity firm that specializes in buyouts across Europe.

Eurazeo is a leading French private equity firm and investment group that manages a diversified portfolio of assets invested in over 600 companies.

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 leading global private equity firm exclusively focused on energy sector investments, including leveraged buyouts and growth capital.

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

Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, specializing in private equity and private credit strategies.

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

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

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 specialized industries.

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

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

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

FFL Partners, LLC, formerly known as Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, is an American private equity firm specializing in middle-market investments.

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

Real assets and private markets investment manager.

General Atlantic is an American growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for global 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 that makes investments in sectors including technology, financial services, retail, and industrials.

Goldman Sachs Alternatives is the alternative investment arm of Goldman Sachs, focusing on private equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure.

The Gores Group is an American private equity firm specializing in acquiring and partnering with mature and growing businesses.

GP Investments is a leading investment firm in Latin America specializing in asset management, primarily focused on private equity, real estate, and infrastructure.

GTCR is an American private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and industry consolidations known as roll-ups.

H.I.G. Capital is an American multinational 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 investment solutions to institutional and retail investors.

Harbert Management Corporation is an American investment management company that focuses on alternative asset classes including real assets and private capital.

HarbourVest Partners is a global private equity investment manager and fund of funds that invests in venture capital, leveraged buyout funds, and directly in operating companies.

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.

Venture firm investing in developer and enterprise infrastructure companies.

Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is an American private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in service-oriented industries.

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 that operates as a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Highland Capital Management is an alternative investment management firm specializing in credit, equity, and structured products.

Hillhouse Investment is a Singapore-headquartered global private equity firm that invests in businesses across various stages of their lifecycle.

A Dallas-based private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, formerly known as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.

Hony Capital is a leading Chinese private equity firm and a subsidiary of Legend Holdings. The firm is a pioneer in China's private equity industry, investing in domestic companies and overseas consumer brands.

HPS Investment Partners is an American investment firm primarily focused on private and public credit, including strategies like mezzanine capital, direct lending, and growth capital.

Pre-seed and seed venture capital firm.

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

InterMedia Partners is an American private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments specifically within the media sector.

Investcorp is a Bahraini alternative investment company that manages assets across private equity, real assets, credit, and other alternative strategies.

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

J.H. Whitney & Company is one of the oldest American venture capital and private equity firms, focusing on middle-market leveraged buyouts and growth capital.

J. W. Childs Associates (JWC) is 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 firm that specializes in investments within 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. is a leading American global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and credit.

Venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies.

L Catterton is a prominent American private equity and venture capital 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 that specializes in leveraged buyout and growth capital investments within the financial services and related sectors.

Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) is a leading 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 within Macquarie Asset Management) is a leading global alternative asset manager specializing in infrastructure, renewables, and real estate.

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

MBK Partners is one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, focusing on buyout and special situations investments in the North Asian markets of South Korea, Japan, and China.

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, focused on leveraged buyout 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.

Metalmark Capital (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout 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, employee-owned investment management firm that manages a diverse range of 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 leading Paris-based European private equity firm specializing in energy transition, innovation, and middle-market growth capital.

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 Canadian investment management firm that manages private equity funds, investment vehicles, and equity and debt strategies.

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

Middle-market private equity arm of ORIX USA.

PAG is a leading Asian investment firm that manages multiple asset classes including private equity, private debt, real estate, and hedge funds.

PAI Partners is a major French private equity firm and one of the oldest in the sector, specializing in leveraged buyouts.

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 equity firm that manages a broad range of funds and portfolios for institutional and individual investors.

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 focused on leveraged buyout investments of established companies in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

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 specializing in leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies.

Secondary-focused investment firm providing liquidity to shareholders.

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

Silver Lake is a global private equity firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in technology and technology-enabled industries.

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, focusing on supporting the development of commerce and industry.

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

Stone Point Capital is a leading private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, that focuses on global investments in the financial services and related sectors.

Sycamore Partners is an American private equity firm based in New York City specializing in retail and consumer investments.

TA Associates is a prominent American private equity firm focused on buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies.

Private investment firm investing across public and private markets.

Investment firm managing private and public market strategies.

A UK-based 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, alternative asset management, and financial services firm.

The Cypress Group is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments across various industrial sectors.

Investment firm with public and private strategies.

Private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies.

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

Early-stage venture capital firm.

TPG Inc. is a leading American private equity firm that 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 North America and Europe.

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

Triton Partners is a leading European mid-market private equity firm that specializes in investing in businesses in the industrial, business services, and healthcare sectors.

UBS Capital was the historical private equity arm of UBS, which has since been integrated into the Real Estate and Private Markets business area of UBS Asset Management.

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 investment firm that focuses exclusively on 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 one of the oldest in the world, having been an active investor since 1966.

Healthcare-focused early-stage venture capital firm.

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 sectors.

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.