Below is a list of notable private-equity firms.

Largest private-equity firms by PE capital raised

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Notable private-equity firms

Americas

3G Capital 3G Capital is a Brazilian-American multibillion-dollar investment firm, founded in 2004 by Alex Behring, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto Sicupira, Marcel Herrmann Telles and Roberto Thompson Motta. The firm is best known for implementing zero ...

ABS Capital ABS Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focused on investments in software and tech-enabled services businesses across a range of industries, including FinTech, Healthcare, EdTech, eCommerce, cybersecurity, and Smart Cities. F ...

Accel-KKR Accel-KKR is an American technology-focused private equity firm with over $14 billion in total assets under management. The firm invests primarily in middle-market software and technology-enabled services businesses, providing capital for buyo ...

* Advent International * AEA Investors * American Securities * Angelo, Gordon & Co. *

Apollo Management Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American global private-equity firm. It provides investment management and invests in credit, private equity, and real assets. As of March 31, 2022, the company had $512 billion of assets under management, i ...

* Ares Management * Arlington Capital Partners *

Auldbrass Partners Auldbrass Partners is a private equity secondaries firm, founded by Howard Sanders, which spun-out from Citigroup in 2011. Auldbrass Partners has advised/managed over $1.2 billion of global investments in growth, buyout, growth equity, mezzanine ...

* Avenue Capital Group * Avista Capital Partners * Bain Capital *

BDT Capital Partners Byron David Trott (born December 2, 1958) is the founder, chairman and CEO of BDT Capital Partners, a merchant bank that provides advice and capital to family and founder-led companies. Formerly, Trott was vice chairman of Investment Banking at ...

* Berkshire Partners * Blackstone Group * Blum Capital *

Brentwood Associates Brentwood Associates is a private equity firm in the US with groups focusing on leveraged buyout. The firm, which is based in Los Angeles, was founded in 1972. Their most recent fund was a $1.15bn fund raised in 2017. The venture capital group ...

* Brockway Moran & Partners *

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* Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. *

Brynwood Partners Brynwood Partners is an American private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyout and other control investments. Since its founding in 1984, the firm, headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, has raised five private equity fund, invest ...

* Brysam Global Partners *

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ; ) is an institutional investor that manages several public and parapublic pension plans and insurance programs in Quebec. CDPQ was founded in 1965 by an act of the National Assembly, under the go ...

CapitalG CapitalG (formerly Google Capital) is the independent growth fund under Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a r ...

* Carlyle Group *

Castle Harlan Castle Harlan is a private equity firm based in New York City. The company focuses on buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. Founded in 1987, Castle Harlan invests in controlling interests ...

* CCMP Capital * Centerbridge Partners * Cerberus Capital Management *

Charlesbank Capital Partners Charlesbank Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focusing on management-led buyouts and growth capital financing of middle-market companies. The firm typically invests $50 million to $250 million of equity per transaction in com ...

Charterhouse Group Charterhouse Group is private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in the US. The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 1973 and is one of the oldest buyout firms in the US. Since inception, the firm has raised m ...

Chicago Growth Partners Chicago Growth Partners (formerly known as William Blair Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries, including, education, business ...

CI Capital Partners CI Capital Partners (formerly Caxton-Iseman Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1993 by Frederick Iseman and based in New York City that specializes in middle market leveraged buyouts. It is estimated that CI Capital Partners manages ap ...

CIVC Partners CIVC Partners, previously known as Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, is a Chicago-based private equity firm that presently has over $1.8 billion of equity capital under management. The firm's predecessor was established in 1970 as a subs ...

Clarity Partners Clarity Partners, LP is a private equity firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California that focuses on investments in media, telecommunications and business services. Clarity Partners also manages an affiliated China investment private equity fun ...

* Clayton, Dubilier & Rice * Colony Capital *

Court Square Capital Partners Court Square Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. Court Square was originally a captive private equity firm within Citigroup known as Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners. Court Square's inve ...

* CPP Investment Board * CrossHarbor Capital Partners *

Crossroads Group The Crossroads Group was a Dallas-based private equity fund of funds firm focusing on venture capital investments. The firm, founded in 1981 by Brad Heppner, was acquired by Lehman Brothers in October 2003. Since Lehman Brothers' 2008 bankruptcy ...

Cypress Group The Cypress Group is a private equity company focused on leveraged buyout investments in companies across a range of industry sectors. At its peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Cypress was among the largest US private equity firms, although ...

* Defoe Fournier & Cie. *

Diamond Castle Holdings Diamond Castle Holdings is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries including the media, healthcare, financial services, power and industrial sectors. ...

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners aPriori Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. The firm was founded as an affiliate of Credit Suisse and traces its roots to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, the investment bank acquired by Cr ...

DRI Capital DRI Capital Inc. is a Toronto-based fund manager of healthcare royalty funds, a type of private equity fund. Its CEO is Behzad Khosrowshahi, the son of Iranian business magnate Hassan Khosrowshahi. Investment strategy DRI Capital operates funds ...

* Elevation Partners *

EnCap Investments EnCap Investments is an American private equity firm, specializing in the energy industry, particularly oil & gas. The firm was established in 1988 and is based in Houston, Texas. History In 2012, the company started a $4.3 billion fund to inve ...

Fenway Partners Fenway Partners is an American private equity firm that makes leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in transportation, logistics, consumer products, and manufacturing companies in the middle market. In 2002 Fenway acquired the molding ...

* First Reserve Corporation * Forstmann Little & Company * Fortress Investment Group *

Founders Circle Capital Founders Circle Capital is a growth capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founders Circle Capital invests in private companies and specializes in growth stage investments providing preferred stock and common stock (sometimes referred t ...

Fox Paine & Company Fox Paine & Company is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. Fox Paine & Company, LLC was founded in 1996 by former Kohlberg Kravis Roberts partner Saul A. Fox. Former Kohlberg & Co. partner W. Dexter Paine III was bro ...

* Francisco Partners * Freeman Spogli & Co. * Fremont Group *

Friedman Fleischer & Lowe FFL Partners, LLC, previously known as Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, is an American private equity firm, founded in 1997 by Tully Friedman, Spencer Fleischer, David Lowe, and Christopher Masto. The firm makes investments primarily through leveraged ...

Frontenac Company Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm founded in 1971. The firm focuses on investing in lower middle market buyout transactions in the consumer, industrial, and services industries. Frontenac works in partnership with established operat ...

* General Atlantic *

Genstar Capital Genstar Capital is a private equity firm that executes leveraged buyout transactions in middle-market companies based in North America. Founded in 1988, Genstar currently has approximately $33 billion in assets under management. Based in San ...

* GI Partners * Golden Gate Capital Partners * Goldman Sachs Capital Partners *

Gores Group The Gores Group is a private equity firm specializing in acquiring and partnering with mature and growing businesses. The company was founded in 1987 by its CEO and chairman, Alec E. Gores. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with an offic ...

GP Investimentos GP Investments (also GP Investimentos), is a leading alternative investment firm in Latin America with a strong presence in asset management, principally private equity funds. The firm's shares are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and trad ...

GTCR GTCR LLC is a Chicago, Illinois-based private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout, leveraged recapitalization, growth capital and rollup transactions. The firm principally invests in high-growth industries, including financial services & tec ...

H.I.G. Capital H.I.G. Capital is a Miami, Florida–based private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $53 billion of equity capital under management. The firm operates a family of private equity, growth equity, credit/special situation, primary ...

Harbert Management Corporation Harbert Management Corporation, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a U.S. investment management company founded in 1993 by Raymond J. Harbert. Overview The company has investment funds in nine alternative asset classes in three areas of concentra ...

HarbourVest Partners HarbourVest Partners is a private equity fund of funds and one of the largest private equity investment managers globally. The firm invests in all types of private equity funds, including venture capital and leveraged buyout funds, and also dire ...

* Harvest Partners * Heartland Industrial Partners * Hellman & Friedman *

Highbridge Capital Management Highbridge Capital Management, LLC is a multi-strategy alternative investment management firm founded by Glenn Dubin and Henry Swieca in 1992. In 2004, it was purchased by JPMorgan Chase; as of 2019, it had about $3.9 billion in assets under m ...

Highland Capital Management Highland Capital Management is an alternative investment management firm that manages hedge funds, structured investment vehicles and mutual funds. The firm invests in global public equities, as well as fixed income markets with a focus on lev ...

HM Capital Partners HM Capital Partners was a private equity firm in the United States that specialized in leveraged buyouts. The firm was previously known as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. It was founded in 1989 by Tom Hicks and John Muse as Hicks, Muse & Co. and was ch ...

* InterMedia Partners *

Irving Place Capital Irving Place Capital, formerly known as Bear Stearns Merchant Banking (BSMB), is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies in the industrial, packaging, consumer and reta ...

* J.H. Whitney & Company *

J.W. Childs Associates J. W. Childs Associates L.P. (JWC) is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions for middle-market growth companies. JWC places particular emphasis on consumer products, healthcare and specia ...

JC Flowers J.C. Flowers & Co. is an American private equity investment firm, focused on investments in the financial services sector. The firm, founded in 2001, is based in New York City and run by billionaire J. Christopher Flowers, a former Goldman Sa ...

* JLL Partners *

Jordan Company The Jordan Company (TJC) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and management buyout investments in smaller middle-market companies across a range of industries. The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 1982. Th ...

Kelso & Company Kelso & Company is an American private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital transactions. Kelso invests in a variety of sectors, including communication, manufacturing and restaurants. Kelso is based i ...

* Khosla Ventures *

Kinderhook Industries Kinderhook Industries, LLC is an American private equity firm based in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United S ...

Kleiner Perkins Kleiner Perkins, formerly Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is an American venture capital firm which specializes in investing in incubation, early stage and growth companies. Since its founding in 1972, the firm has backed entrepreneurs ...

* Kohlberg & Company * KPS Capital Partners *

KRG Capital KRG Capital is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and more recently mezzanine capital in middle-market companies across a range of industries. The firm, which is based in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 1996. The firm also main ...

* KSL Capital Partners * L Catterton *

Lake Capital Lake Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth capital and leveraged buyout investments in middle-market company, lower middle market companies across a range of service businesses. It was founded in 1998 by Terence Graunke and ...

Landmark Partners Landmark Partners, an SEC Registered Advisor, is one of the most experienced participants in the private equity secondary market for private equity (also known as secondaries) and real estate investments. Founded in 1989, the firm is a leadin ...

* Lee Equity Partners *

Leeds Equity Partners Leeds Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in the Knowledge Industries. The firm is investing its seventh private equity fund, Leeds Equity Partners VII, L.P., the largest fund focused exclusively on investing in this s ...

* Leonard Green & Partners *

Lexington Partners Lexington Partners is the largest independent manager of secondary acquisition and co-Investment funds in the world, founded in 1994. Lexington manages approximately $55 billion of which an unprecedented $14 billion was committed to the firm's ...

* Lightyear Capital *

Lincolnshire Management Lincolnshire Management is a private equity firm focused on investments and acquisitions in middle-market companies across a range of industries. In 2010, Private Equity News ranked Lincolnshire as a top ten performing private equity firm. Additi ...

Lindsay Goldberg Bessemer Lindsay Goldberg (LGLLC) is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies in such sectors as consumer products, commodity-based manufacturing, energy services, business serv ...

* Littlejohn & Co. *

Lone Star Funds Lone Star Funds, legal name of main entity Lone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. is an American private equity firm that invests in distressed assets in the U.S., Canada and internationally. The founder of Lone Star established its first fund in 1 ...

Lovell Minnick Partners Lovell Minnick Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in middle market financial and related business services companies in North America and Europe. History and Structure Lovell Minnick was founded in 1999 by financial service ...

LRG Capital Funds The LRG Capital Funds (formerly BayStar Capital Funds) are managed by LRG Capital Group, LLC. Through its BayStar Capital III Investment Fund, a multi-strategy investment fund, the firm makes direct investments in small-to mid capitalization, p ...

* Lux Capital * Madison Dearborn Partners *

MatlinPatterson Global Advisors MatlinPatterson is a distressed securities fund that participates in distressed and credit opportunities on a global basis. The firm was established in 2002 as a spinout from Credit Suisse First Boston. It is headquartered in New York City and ...

Metalmark Capital Metalmark Capital, formerly Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. Metalmark was acquired by Citigroup Alternative Investments i ...

MidOcean Partners MidOcean Partners is a New York-based alternative asset management firm that specializes in mid-sized private equity and alternative leveraged investments. The firm, founded in February 2003, is based in Midtown Manhattan. MidOcean was original ...

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment management and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in more than 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the fir ...

Morgenthaler Morgenthaler is one of the oldest private equity investment firms in the US investing through both venture capital and leverage buyout transactions. Morgenthaler operates two connected private equity businesses:Robin Bellas (partner at Morgenth ...

* Newbridge Capital *

NRDC Equity Partners NRDC Equity Partners (National Retail and Development Company Equity Partners; NRDC) is an American private investment firm focused on retail, real estate, and consumer branded businesses. History NRDC was founded in 2006 by Robert C. Baker, own ...

* Oak Hill Capital Partners * Oak Investment Partners * Oaktree Capital Management * Olympus Partners * OMERS *

One Equity Partners One Equity Partners is a private equity firm with over $10 billion in assets under management which primarily deals with the industrial, healthcare and technology sectors in North America and Europe. One Equity Partners was the merchant banking a ...

Onex Corporation Onex Corporation is an investment manager founded in 1984. The firm manages capital on behalf of Onex shareholders, institutional investors and high net worth clients around the world. As of September 30, 2022, Onex had approximately US$47.2 ...

* Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan *

OrbiMed OrbiMed (also known as OrbiMed Advisors) is an American investment firm based in New York City, United States. It is focused on making public and private investments in the Healthcare and Biotechnology industries. OrbiMed is considered to be the ...

* PAAMCO *

Pamlico Capital Pamlico Capital, which was formerly called First Union Capital Partners and then Wachovia Capital Partners, is an independent private equity firm focused on growth capital and leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies in the busin ...

* Platinum Equity *

Prolifico Group Prolifico is an alternative real estate and private equity investment management firm based in Brazil. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered at São Paulo. It also operates out of Rio de Janeiro and London. The company creates ...

Providence Equity Partners Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. is a specialist private equity firm, private equity investment firm focused on media, communications, education, technology investments across North America and Europe. The firm specializes in growth-oriented pri ...

* Quadrangle Group * Redpoint Ventures *

Rhône Group Rhône Group is a global private equity firm, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and partnerships with particular focus on European and trans-Atlantic investments. Rhône also offers financial advis ...

* Riordan, Lewis & Haden *

Ripplewood Holdings Ripplewood is an American private equity firm based in New York City that focuses on leveraged buyouts, late stage venture, growth capital, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and other illiquid investments. Ripplewood was founded ...

Riverside Partners Riverside Partners is an American investment firm, specializing in private equity, based in Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as th ...

* Riverstone Holdings *

Roark Capital Group Roark Capital Group is an American private equity firm with over $33 billion in assets under management. The firm is focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies, primarily in the franchise/multi-location, restaurant and fo ...

RPX Corporation RPX Corporation (Rational Patent EXchange) is an American provider of international risk management services for patents. The company was founded in March 2008, and is based in San Francisco. It was incorporated on July 15, 2008. By acquiring pat ...

* Sentinel Capital Partners *

Silver Lake Partners Silver Lake is an American global private equity firm focused on investments in technology, technology-enabled and related industries. Founded in 1999, the firm is one of the largest technology investors in the world. Its investment holdings have ...

Starwood Capital Group Starwood Capital Group is an investment firm headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida. It is managed by Barry Sternlicht. It was co-founded by Sternlicht and Robert Faith in 1991. In 1993, Faith left Starwood to found Greystar Real Estate Partners ...

Summit Partners Summit Partners is an American private equity firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm focuses on investing in technology, healthcare, life sciences and other growth industries. Background Summit Partners was founded in 1984 by Roe St ...

* Sun Capital Partners * Sycamore Partners * Symphony Technology Group * TA Associates *

Tavistock Group Tavistock Group is a Bahamas-based private investment organization founded by Joseph "Joe" Lewis in 1975. Lewis is the primary investor in the company. The company is headquartered in the offshore financial center of The Commonwealth of The Ba ...

* TCV * TCW/Crescent Mezzanine *

Thayer Hidden Creek HCI Equity Partners (formerly Thayer Capital Partners and Thayer Hidden Creek) is a Washington, DC-based private equity firm with offices in Minneapolis, MN and Chicago, IL as well. History Thayer Capital Partners The founding date of Thaye ...

* Thoma Bravo *

Thoma Cressey Bravo Thoma Bravo, LP, is an American private equity and growth capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Chicago and Miami. It is known for being particularly active in acquiring software companies and has over $114 billion in assets under managem ...

* Thomas H. Lee Partners * Tiger Global Management *

TowerBrook Capital Partners TowerBrook Capital Partners, L.P. is an investment management firm headquartered in London and New York City. TowerBrook spun out of Soros Fund Management in 2005 and became known for acquiring majority stakes in companies such as Jimmy Choo. Man ...

* TPG Capital * Trilantic Capital Partners *

Trivest Trivest Partners, L.P. is the oldest private equity firm in the Southeast U.S., founded in 1981, and focuses exclusively on founder and family-owned businesses. Trivest is headquartered in Miami, Florida with regional offices in Charlotte, Chica ...

* TSG Consumer Partners * Veronis Suhler Stevenson *

Vestar Capital Partners Vestar Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions in middle-market companies in the United States."About Us"8/27/08 The firm, which was founded in 1988, is headquartered in New York City with offic ...

* Vista Equity Partners * Vulcan Capital Management * Warburg Pincus *

Warwick Energy Group Warwick Investment Group is a SEC-registered investment advisor, managing funds that invest globally in natural resources and real estate. Warwick has an established track record in strategic consolidation in these sectors, having completed more ...

Wellspring Capital Management Wellspring Capital Management is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. The firm, which is based in New York City New York, o ...

* Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe *

Wesray Capital Corporation Wesray Capital Corporation was an early private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout investments. The firm was founded by former US Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon and former New Jersey Nets owner Ray Chambers. The firm is known ...

Weston Presidio Weston Presidio is an American private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in late-stage companies across a range of industries with a specific focus on the consumer products, business services, industrial, media, publishing, health ...

* Willis Stein & Partners *

Wind Point Partners Wind Point Partners is an American private equity firm focused on growth capital investments and leveraged buyouts in middle-market companies. The firm focuses on the following industry sectors: Consumer Products, Industrial Products, and Busines ...

* WL Ross & Co. *

Yucaipa Cos. The Yucaipa Companies, LLC is an American private equity firm founded in 1986 by Ronald Burkle. It specializes in private equity and venture capital, with a focus on middle-market companies, growth capital, industry consolidation, leveraged buy ...

Zelnick Media Capital Harry Strauss Zelnick (born June 26, 1957) is an American businessman. Born in Boston and raised in South Orange, New Jersey, he attended Columbia High School, Wesleyan University, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School. He is the f ...

Asia

* Affinity Equity Partners * Archer Capital *

Axiom Asia Axiom Asia Private Capital is a private equity investment firm, focusing exclusively on the Asia Pacific region. The firm was established in 2006 and currently manages seven separate funds, with a total commitment of over $7 billion. The founders ...

* Baring Private Equity Asia *

BGH Capital BGH Capital (BGH) is an Australian private equity company established in 2017 by Robin Bishop, Ben Gray, and Simon Harle. BGH is headquartered in Melbourne and is owned and managed by its founding partners. Ben Gray and Simon Harle established a ...

* DST Global * Dymon Asia Private Equity *

Ekuinas Ekuiti Nasional Berhad (Ekuinas) is a private equity company owned by the Government of Malaysia. It was formed in 2009 to promote Bumiputera economic participation through the creation of innovative companies and to advance the private equity ...

* H&Q Asia Pacific *

Hillhouse Capital Group Hillhouse Capital Group is a global private equity firm with an East Asian heritage. Hillhouse was founded by Zhang Lei (investor), Lei Zhang in 2005 with initial seed capital from the Yale University financial endowment, endowment and invests ac ...

* Hony Capital * JAFCO *

Leopard Capital LP Leopard Capital LP is a private equity fund manager specializing in frontier market investments. The Group is considered a pioneer investor in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong Subregion and the Caribbean. Structure and key personnel Leopard Cap ...

Mekong Capital Mekong Capital is a Vietnam-focused private equity firm. Operating in Vietnam since 2001, Mekong Capital is one of the first private equity firms to engage Vietnam, and has completed 42 private equity investments (including 28 full exits) in Vie ...

* MBK Partners * Northstar Group * Pacific Equity Partners * PAG *

Quadria Capital Quadria Capital is an independent healthcare focused private equity firm that specializes in growth capital investments in small cap and middle-market companies within the healthcare sector across South and Southeast Asia. The firm was founded ...

Quadrant Private Equity Quadrant Private Equity (also simply known as Quadrant) is an Australian private equity investment firm based in Sydney, Australia. The company was founded as Quadrant Capital in 1996 by Chris Hadley. Quadrant hosts multiple investment funds w ...

* RRJ Capital *

Seavi Advent SEAVI Advent Private Equity (South East Asia Venture Investment) is the first private equity and venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. Since its founding in 1984 by Peter Brooke, the firm has invested over US$800 million into more than 120 As ...

Welkin Capital Management Welkin Capital Management is a growth equity firm that provides equity capital and strategic value to fast-growing companies in China. The firm was founded in 2009 by four Asian-based families and is led by Johnny S. Kong as Chairman and Chief ...

* Yunfeng Capital * Zhongzhi Capital

EMEA

* 3i * Actis * AlpInvest Partners *

Altor Equity Partners Altor Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and the DACH region. History The firm, which is based in Stockholm, Sweden, was founded in 2003 by a te ...

* Apax Partners * Arcapita * Ardian * Argentum Fondsinvesteringer * Axcel * Aurelius Group * Baring Vostok Capital Partners * BC Partners *

BIP Investment Partners BIP Investment Partners S.A. is an investment company based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Its activities are divided between providing private equity to businesses, particularly venture capital to startups, and investing in large, ...

Bridgepoint Capital Bridgepoint Group plc is a British private investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History Bridgepoint was founded as NatWest Equity Partners, a private equity firm part of NatWest. ...

Butler Capital Partners Butler Capital Partners is a French private equity firm headquartered in Paris. The firm focuses primarily on investments in France and Europe, and operates in a variety of business sectors including distribution, logistics, advertising, informati ...

* CapMan * Capital Dynamics *

Capvis Capvis is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries in the Industrial Corridor of Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the Benelux). The firm is ...

* Charterhouse Capital Partners * Cinven * Close Brothers Group *

Coller Capital Coller Capital is one of the largest global investors in the private equity secondary market ("secondaries"). It was founded in 1990 by the UK-based investor and philanthropist Jeremy Coller. History Coller Capital completed its first notabl ...

Conquest Asset Management Conquest Asset Management is an independent asset management services firm, part of Conquest Group founded in 2010 and owned by its directors. Its head-office is incorporated in Ireland and it also has a registered office in Luxembourg and in ...

C.W. Obel C.W. Obel is a former Danish tobacco manufacturing company which now serves as an investment company fully owned by the foundation Det Obelske Familiefond. Its activities comprise real estate and private equity investments as well as partial owner ...

CVC Capital Partners CVC Capital Partners is a Luxembourg-based French private equity and investment advisory firm with approximately US$133 billion of assets under management and approximately €157 billion in secured commitments since inception across American, E ...

* Doughty Hanson & Co * Dubai International Capital * Duke Street Capital *

EMVest Asset Management EMVest Asset Management is a private equity firm based in Pretoria, South Africa, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Overview EMVest Asset Management was founded in 2011. It is a joint venture between Emergent Asset Management a ...

* EQT Partners *

Eurazeo Eurazeo is a French investment company formed by the merger of Azeo and Eurafrance in April 2001. The company is headquartered in Paris. Eurazeo is a leading global investment group, with a diversified portfolio of €25.6 billion in assets und ...

* Ferd *

Fondinvest Capital Fondinvest Capital is a French private equity firm, focused on European lower and mid-market private equity funds. The firm was founded in 1994 by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations ("CDC"), the French state-owned financial institution, as an i ...

GFH Capital GFH Capital, formerly known as Injazat Capital, is a firm of private equity investors, advisors and fund managers, providing capital and strategic support for growth companies. GFH Capital is among the region’s private equity firms, and is l ...

* GIMV *

Graphite Capital Graphite Capital is a private equity firm focused on mid-market leveraged buyout investments, primarily in the UK. The group manages around £1.2 billion for institutional investors, with the most recent fund raising over £500 million in 2018. ...

* GK Investment *

HgCapital Hg is a private equity firm targeting technology buyouts primarily in Europe and the US. Hg focuses on investments in technology and services sectors. It invests out of its 8th £2.5 billion core fund and its 2nd £575 million Mercury fund, target ...

ICT Group ICT Group, Inc. was a multinational call center and outsourcing company based in the Philadelphia suburb of Newtown. During the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 Global means of or referring to a globe and may also refer to: Entert ...

* Idinvest Partners * IFD Kapital Group *

IK Investment Partners IK Partners (“IK”) is a European private equity firm focused on investments in the Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics and the UK. The firm is led Christopher Masek who has been the CEO since 2015. History IK Partners was founded under the nam ...

Investindustrial Investindustrial is a global private equity firm focused on buyouts of mid-market companies in Europe and selectively in North America. It was founded in 1990 by Andrea Campanini Bonomi out of an industrial conglomerate. History Founded in 1 ...

* Intermediate Capital Group *

Investcorp Investcorp is a global manager of alternative investment products, for private and institutional clients. Founded in Bahrain in 1982, the firm has offices in United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, India, China, ...

Jadwa Investment Jadwa Investment is the premier investment management and advisory firm in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. Headquartered in Riyadh with three regional offices, the firm has over SAR 70 billion in client assets under management and advisement. ...

* Kennet Partners * Kistefos * LGT Capital Partners *

Livingbridge Livingbridge is a mid-market private equity firm launched in 1995. Headquartered in London, the firm also has offices in, Melbourne, Australia and Boston, US. Livingbridge was known until November 2014 as Isis Equity Partners, but rebranded as ...

M. Goldschmidt Holding M. Goldschmidt Holding is a holding company owned by Mikael Goldschmidt and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in 1979, its activities mainly consist of real estate and private equity investments. It controls companies with a total o ...

* Marfin Investment Group *

MerchantBridge MerchantBridge & Co. Ltd. was a London-based boutique private equity firm that specialized in investments in the Middle East and especially Iraq, where it was one of the largest such firms. It was in existence from 2001 to 2018. Origins The fir ...

* Meyer Bergman *

Mid Europa Partners MidEuropa is an independent private equity player in Central and Eastern Europe focused on Central and Eastern Europe with approximately €5.3 billion of assets under management. Strategy MidEuropa seeks to take controlling stakes in its inve ...

* Mutares * Nordic Capital * Norfund * OpCapita * PAI Partners *

Pantheon Ventures Pantheon is a private equity, infrastructure, real assets and debt investor that invests on behalf of over 660 investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations. Founded in 1982, Pantheon has de ...

* Partners Group * Permira * Phoenix Equity Partners * Ratos * Riovic Capital Group *

Silverfleet Capital Partners Silverfleet Capital is a regionally focused European mid-market private equity firm. Silverfleet is an independent firm, owned by its partners, and invests on behalf of a diversified group of international institutional investors. Silverfleet Ca ...

* SL Capital Partners *

SVG Capital SVG Capital () was a leading British private equity and investment management business. Headquartered in London, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange. History The business was established in 1996 to acquire the private equity interests of ...

* Terra Firma Capital Partners *

Unbound Group Unbound Group, formerly Electra Private Equity, is a British-based online company specialising in clothing and specialist footwear. Listed on the London Stock Exchange until 2022, it is listed on the Alternative Investment Market. History The ...

* Vitruvian Partners

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