Private Equity Consolidation
Investment firms with an interest in Consolidation Opportunities
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TA Associates is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market and large companies around the world. TA looks for control investments in profitable companies and looks to commit between $50 and $600 million per transaction. TA currently manages approximately $12 billion of capital... |
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Berkshire Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in businesses with strong management and that lead their respective markets. Berkshire will consider investments in both public and private companies. Prospective transactions for private companies include leveraged buyouts, recapital... |
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FdG Associates is a private equity investment firm that looks to invest in middle market companies valued between $40 and $200 million where the Firm can commit $15 to $50 million of equity capital. FdG prefers investment candidates located in the United States or Canada with significant growth pot... |
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Metalmark Capital is an independent private equity focused on large company transactions in a wide range of industries. Metalmark is a hands-on investment firm looking to build long-term value in its portfolio companies. Broad areas of interest include natural resources/energy, healthcare servi... |
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Rockbrook Advisors ("Rockbrook") is a private equity firm focused on investing in companies in the insurance industry. The members of Rockbrook’s team have experience in the Property & Casualty insurance sector and have the ability to leverage this experience in providing assistance to businesses i... |
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Bison Capital is a private equity firm which makes non-control investments in middle-market companies. Bison looks to provide capital to fund growth needs, balance sheet restructuring, and/or recapitalizations. Bison's target investment size is between $10 and $30 million in businesses with annual... |
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Bow River Capital is a private equity firm that provides equity capital and mezzanine debt to high growth companies. Prospective companies typically have revenues between $10 and $100 million and generate free cash flow in excess of $2 million. Bow River will consider investments throughout the US ... |
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Benford Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of smaller, lower middle market companies. Areas of interest include niche manufacturers, unique service companies and specialty distributors. Benford targets businesses generating at least $3 mill... |
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Avista Capital Partners is a private investment firm formed by a group of professionals with roots from DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Avista makes controlling and minority investments in US based energy, healthcare, and media companies. Avista generally looks to invest in businesses generating at... |
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Blue Point Capital Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. The Firm looks to commit $15 to $50 million of equity capital in companies generating sales of $25 to $250 million and EBITDA of at least $5 million. Blue Point looks for... |
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Blackford Capital is a private investment firm that acquires, manages, and grows middle-market manufacturing, distribution, and service companies. We believe that the best opportunities to create significant value are found in companies in need of new capital and new ownership structures. Our goal ... |
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Brockway Moran is a Southeast US-based private equity firm that targets investments in privately held businesses, small cap public companies or subsidiaries and divisions of larger enterprises. Sectors of interest include consumer products and services, industrial manufacturing, health/fitness, hea... |
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ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm, targeting businesses with high barriers to entry, and predictable/recurring revenue streams. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitor... |
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HIG Capital Management is a private investment firm that targets investments in private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, and public equities. HIG Private Equity is the private equity arm of HIG Capital and focuses on management buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations ... |
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Evergreen Pacific Partners is a private equity firm that invests in private, middle-market companies in Western North America. Evergreen focuses on buyouts and growth equity investments in companies generating sales of at least $50 million and where the firm can commit at least $15 million of capit... |
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TPG Capital is a global private investment firm that manages a family of funds focused on private equity, venture capital, public equity and debt investing. TPG invests in companies across a broad range of industries and geographies. TPG generally seeks to invest in established businesses that ca... |
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Quad-C is a generalist private equity firm that makes control investments in middle-market companies operating in a wide range of industries. Targeted sectors include building products, business to business services, consumer products, distribution/logistics, equipment rental, financial services, h... |
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Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a large, specialist private equity firm focused on investments in growth-oriented companies operating within the healthcare and information/business services industries. WCAS will consider small and large transactions; including early-stage transactions, grow... |
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ArcLight Capital Partners is private equity firm that invests in energy assets and businesses. Specific areas of interest include power generation; oil, natural gas, coal extraction and production; midstream gathering, processing, storage and transportation of oil, natural gas, coal; energy trans... |
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Silver Lake Partners is a private equity firm focused solely on investments in established technology companies with "attractive growth prospects". Silver Lake looks to commit $100 to $500 million of equity capital in transactions valued up to $10 billion. Typical investment structures include l... |
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Irving Place Capital is an independent private equity firm focused on making investments in middle-market companies located in North America and Western Europe. Irving primarily looks for opportunities in the retail, financial services, consumer products and packaging sectors, but will also co... |
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Thoma Bravo is a private equity firm that primarily invests in US based middle-market businesses. Prospective transaction situations include take-privates, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth equity financings. Target companies generally have a history of profitabil... |
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Norwest Mezzanine Partners (NMP) is an independent investment firm focused on providing junior capital to support transactions initiated by private equity sponsors. NMP looks to commit up to $50 million per investment. Prospective transaction situations can include buyouts, acquisitions, leveraged ... |
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Golden Gate Capital is a large private equity firm that makes buyout and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. The Firm partners with management teams to make equity investments in situations where there is a demonstrable opportunity to significantly enhance a company's val... |
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Alta Communications is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in media and communications companies. Alta prefers later-stage opportunities with positive cash flow, but will consider earlier-stage investments to fund businesses seeking growth capital. Alta typically partners with... |
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Freeman Spogli is a private equity firm focused on investments in retail, direct marketing and distribution companies located in the US. The Firm prefers partnering with management when pursuing acquisitions and acts as a hands-on investor throughout the investment. Freeman Spogli generally pur... |
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Nautic Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in middle-market companies with proven business models, defensible market positions, and strong growth potential. Nautic looks to invest $25 to $100 million of equity in businesses generating at least $10 million in cash-flow. Naut... |
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Halyard Capital is a private equity firm that focuses exclusively within the media, communications and business services industries. Halyard looks to commit between $15 and $40 million of equity per transaction in companies valued up to $250 million. Investments are typically made to support le... |
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EQT Partners is a Swedish private equity group that looks for middle-market opportunities across Europe and China. EQT Partners does not focus on any specific sector when evaluating investments, but rather looks for growth opportunities and solid management teams. In addition to equity funds, EQT m... |
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The Gores Group is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses. Gores considers investments across Europe and North America. Prospective companies typically have at least $30 million in revenue and are often non-core assets of public corporation... |
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Nordic Capital is a private equity firm focused on investment opportunities throughout Northern Europe. Nordic looks for middle-market opportunities and does not have any sector preferences. The Firm prefers situations where there are "opportunities for new industrial combinations, strategic reposi... |
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Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in the media, communications, education, and information services sectors. VSS looks for opportunities with valuable brand franchises, stable cash flows, and proper business infrastructure to support add-on ... |
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Kohlberg & Company is a private equity firm which seeks investments in middle-market companies operating in basic industries. Kohlberg looks for businesses where the firm can increase profitability through operational improvements. Kohlberg's target investment size is $50 to $125 million in opport... |
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Wafra Partners is a private equity firm that seeks control and minority investments in middle-market businesses. Wafra focuses its efforts on specialty services, niche manufacturing and consumer-driven companies. Prospective businesses generate at least $20 million in revenue and $4 million in c... |
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Peterson Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in lower middle-market growth companies located in the Western US. Peterson looks to commit between $3 and $10 million of equity in companies generating sales of at least $10 million. Peterson generally partners with management... |
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Centerfield Capital Partners is a private investment firm that provides subordinated debt and equity capital to mid-market companies. Prospective transactions include acquisition financings, management buyouts, shareholder liquidity needs, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, ESOP financings,... |
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Waud Capital Partners is a private equity firm that generally pursues investments in mid-sized manufacturing, distribution and service companies. Waud looks for businesses with proven management, while operating in well defined markets with demonstrating strong growth potential. The firm typicall... |
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GTCR is a private equity firm that typically partners with management when pursuing acquisitions. The Firm looks to grow companies through build-on acquisitions, consolidations, and internal growth. GTCR will consider both equity and mezzanine capital commitments and concentrates its investment a... |
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Larsen MacColl Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in established, profitable companies with proven management and strong growth potential. The Firm has a particular interest in cash-flow positive, smaller companies, looking to invest in businesses with annual sales of $5 to... |
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CBPE Capital is a private equity firm that seeks investments in mid-sized UK based businesses. CBPE focuses on transactions valued up to £200 million and will consider opportunities in a variety of industries. Sectors of interest include support services (inspection testing, training/educatio... |
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Sorenson Capital is a private equity firm that seeks to support buyout and growth capital financings of lower middle-market companies. Sorenson invests across a broad range of industries and generally pursues companies with significant market share, high barriers to entry, fragmented industry compe... |
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Silverfleet Capital is an independent private equity firm that invests in market leading businesses in growing sectors. Silverfleet looks to acquire companies headquartered in Western Europe or US-based businesses with a substantial European presence. Target companies are typically valued between... |
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Mistral Equity Partners is a consumer/media focused private equity firm. The Firm specifically looks to invest in North American retail, consumer products/services, food, and advertising opportunities. Mistral's target equity investment size is $25 to $50 million in businesses valued up to $300 m... |
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Riverlake Partners is a private equity firm focused on control investments in growth-oriented smaller companies operating in the Northwest US. Riverlake generally considers opportunities in a broad range of basic industries including industrial and consumer products, manufacturing, and services. ... |
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Endeavour Capital is a private equity firm that targets service and manufacturing companies headquartered in the Western United States. Endeavour looks to invest up to $50 million of equity capital in businesses valued between $25 and $250 million. Prospective companies are generally profitable w... |
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Endless LLP is an independent private equity firm that targets management buyouts and turnaround investment opportunities in a variety of industries. Endless invests in UK based companies with annual revenues between £10 an £250 million. Endless can commit up to £25 million GBP for each transacti... |
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Post Capital Partners is a private investment firm that targets smaller middle-market businesses in traditional, basic industries. Prospective companies generally have revenues of $10 to $150 million and at least $2 million of EBITDA. Preferred company criteria include businesses with recurring o... |
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Wind Point Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquisitions of mid-sized companies operating in the business services, consumer products, healthcare services, and industrial products sectors. Wind Point targets businesses with revenues between $100 and $500 million and looks to invest... |
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Gryphon Investors is a private equity firm focused on making $25 to $75 million equity or equity-linked investments in middle-market companies. Prospective transaction situations include traditional buyouts, leveraged build-ups, and growth capital financings. Gryphon will consider both control an... |
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Hampshire Equity Partners invests in buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, consolidations, and corporate restructurings of established public and private companies. Hampshire seeks companies with annual sales of $25 to $150 million and EBITDA of $3 to $15 million. The Firm generally seeks ... |
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Swander Pace Capital (SPC) is a private equity firm focused on investing in North American middle-market consumer products companies. SPC looks for companies exhibiting strong growth potential and currently generating sales of $20 to $300 million. Specific areas of interest include food/beverage, h... |
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Milestone Partners is a lower middle-market private equity firm specializing in investments in manufacturing, distribution and service companies. Investment funds are used to provide liquidity to shareholders of privately-owned businesses, facilitate the transition of ownership to key managers, and... |
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Harren Equity Partners is an East Coast US-based private equity firm focused on mid-sized acquisitions, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. Harren is a generalist firm and will consider companies in a broad range of industries, including aerospace/defense, automotive, business service... |
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Octopus Private Equity is private equity group that invests in lower middle-market UK based companies. Octopus looks to invest in buyouts, buy-ins, industry consolidations, and situations requiring development capital. Octopus' target investment size is £200k to £8 million in sectors such as busine... |
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Brazos Private Equity Partners Brazos Private Equity Partners is a private investment firm that specializes in recapitalizations of family owned businesses, CEO led buy-and-build situations, non-core divestitures, and small cap take privates. Target companies generally have growing free cash-flow, sustainable competitive advant... |
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WestView Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market companies. WestView looks to commit between $5 and $25 million in a variety of recapitalization, growth financing, buyout and consolidation transactions. Prospective companies generally exhibit consiste... |
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Element Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on late-stage investments in alternative energy and clean technology companies. The Firm looks to invest $10 to $40 million in businesses with trailing revenues of $5 to $100 million. Target businesses are at or near profitability with ex... |
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Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Company (HKW) is a private equity firm focused on making control investments in mid-sized, market leading companies generating sales of $20 to $200 million. HKW looks for companies with low risk for technological obsolescence, defined growth strategies, and talented manag... |
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Hadley Capital is a private equity firm focused on acquiring smaller, established companies operating in traditional, basic industries. Hadley generally partners with management when pursuing acquisitions and targets companies with revenues of $5 to $20 million and cash-flow of $1 to $3 million. P... |
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MSouth Equity Partners is a generalist private equity firm which partners with proven management teams to acquire and grow mid-sized businesses. While MSouth will invest across the US, the majority of the firm's investment activity takes place in the South (Virginia to Texas). MSouth will consider... |
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Virgo Capital is a private equity firm focused on making control investments in established technology-enabled service companies. Virgo seeks profitable businesses with strong customer relationships and domain expertise. The Firm acts as a hands-on investor, looking to leverage the team's ext... |
