Private Equity Firm Directory
A public reference directory of 950 private equity firms and family offices active in US lower and lower-middle-market acquisitions. Alphabetically indexed, compiled from publicly available sources as of July 2026. 925 full profiles published; remaining profiles are being written to the same standard.
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A
- A&M Capital Partners
- ABC Impact
- Abris Capital Partners
- ABRY Partners
- Accel
- Accel-KKR
- Access Holdings
- Access Industries
- Ackermans & van Haaren / Sofinim
- ACON Investments
- Activa Capital
- ACXIT
- Ad Astra Equity
- Adamantem Capital
- Addition
- Adelis Equity Partners
- ADIA
- Advantage Capital
- Advantage Partners
- Advent International
- AE Industrial Partners
- AEA Investors
- Aermont Capital
- Affinity Equity Partners
- Affinity Partners
- Afinum
- Aksia
- Aksia Group
- Al-Futtaim Group (profile pending)
- Alantra
- Alberta Investment Management Corporation
- Alden Global Capital
- Aldrich Capital Partners
- Align Capital Partners
- Allegro
- AllianceBernstein
- Alpine Investors
- AlpInvest Partners
- Altaris
- Altas
- Altas Partners
- Alto Partners SGR
- Altor Equity Partners
- Ambienta SGR
- American Industrial Partners
- American Securities
- Amplo
- Amulet Capital Partners
- Anacapa Partners
- Anchor Equity Partners
- Anchorage Capital Partners
- Andera Partners
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Angeles Equity Partners
- Angelo Gordon
- Angermann
- Angermann M&A International
- Apax Partners
- Apiary Capital
- Aquiline Capital Partners
- ARC Financial Corp
- Arcline Investment Management
- ARCUS Capital
- ARCUS Capital AG
- Ardian
- Ares Management
- Argonaut Private Equity
- Argonne Capital Group
- Argos
- Argosy Capital
- Argosy Private Equity
- Arkhouse Management
- Arlington Capital Partners
- ArrowMark Partners
- Arsenal Capital Partners
- Artemis SAS
- ARX Equity Partners
- Asia Partners
- Assured Healthcare Partners
- Asterion Industrial Partners (profile pending)
- Astorg
- Athyrium Capital Management
- Atlantic Street Capital
- Atlas Holdings
- ATP Private Equity Partners
- AUCTUS Capital Partners
- Audax
- Audax Group
- Audax Private Equity
- August Equity
- Aurelius
- Aurora Capital Partners
- Australian Retirement Trust
- AustralianSuper
- Auxo Capital Advisors
- Avante Capital Partners
- AVEDON Capital Partners
- Avesi Partners
- Avista Capital
- Avista Capital Partners
- Aware Super
- Axar
- Axcel
B
- B Capital
- B&C Industrieholding
- Baillie Gifford
- Bain Capital Double Impact
- Bain Capital Life Sciences
- Bain Capital Private Equity
- Baird Capital
- BaltCap
- Banyan Capital Partners
- Battery Ventures
- Baupost Group
- BayPine
- BC Partners
- BDT and MSD Partners
- BDT Capital Partners
- Bencis Capital Partners
- Benefit Street Partners
- Berggruen Holdings
- Berkery Noyes
- Berkshire Partners
- Bernhard Capital
- Bertram Capital Management
- Bessemer Investors
- Bessemer Venture Partners
- Bezos Expeditions
- BGF (Business Growth Fund)
- BGH
- BGL (Brown Gibbons Lang)
- Bharcap Partners
- BID Equity
- Birch Hill Equity Partners
- Black Diamond Capital Management
- Blackford Capital
- BlackPeak Capital
- BlackRock GIP
- Blackstone
- Blue Point Capital
- Blue Sage Capital
- Blue Sea Capital
- Blue Wolf Capital Partners
- Bolloré
- Bonaccord Capital Partners
- Bow River Capital
- Bowmark Capital
- Boyne Capital Partners
- Bpifrance
- BPOC
- Braidwell
- Branford Castle Partners
- Bregal Investments
- Bregal Sagemount
- Bridgepoint
- Brigade Capital
- Brightstar Capital Partners
- British Columbia Investment Management Corp.
- Broad Sky Partners
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Brookfield Oaktree Holdings
- Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners
- BTG Pactual Strategic Capital
- Buchanan Street Partners
- Buenavista Equity Partners
- Building Industry Partners
- Bullpen Capital
- ButcherJoseph and Co.
- BV Investment Partners
- Bär & Karrer
C
- Cabot Properties
- Cadillac Fairview
- Cain Watters and Associates
- Calera Capital
- CalSTRS
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- Capidea
- Capital Croissance
- Capital Group
- Capitol Meridian Partners
- capiton
- capiton AG
- CapMan
- Capstone Partners
- Capvis
- Capza
- Carlyle Group
- Carousel Capital
- Carrick Capital Partners
- Cathay Capital
- Cazenove Capital
- Cbus
- CC Capital Partners
- CCMP Capital
- CCMP Growth Advisors
- CDP Equity
- CDPQ
- Center Rock
- Center Rock Capital Partners
- Centerbridge Partners
- CenterOak Partners
- Centre Lane Partners
- Centre Partners
- Century Equity Partners
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Cerea Partners
- CGS Management
- Charlesbank Capital Partners
- Charme Capital Partners
- Chatham Asset Management
- Chicago Pacific Founders
- CI Capital
- CI Capital Partners
- Cinven
- City Light Capital
- CIVC Partners
- Clayton Dubilier & Rice
- Clayton Dubilier and Rice
- Clearlake
- Clearspring Capital Partners
- Clearview Capital
- Cleinman Performance Partners
- Clessidra Capital Partners
- Clessidra Private Equity
- CNL Strategic Capital Management
- Cobepa
- Cohen Private Ventures
- Coller Capital
- Colonnade Advisors
- Coltala Holdings (profile pending)
- Columna Capital
- Compagnia di San Paolo
- Compass Group Equity Partners
- Concentric Equity Partners
- Concentric VC
- Concentro (profile pending)
- Connection Capital
- Consonance Capital Partners (profile pending)
- Constellation Wealth Capital
- Constitution Capital Partners
- Conversant Capital
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- CORE Industrial Partners
- Corsair Capital
- Cortec Group
- Cortent Capital
- Cottonwood Acquisitions
- Court Square Capital
- Cove Hill Partners
- Cox Enterprises
- CPE Capital (profile pending)
- Cranemere (profile pending)
- Creador
- Crescent Capital Partners
- Cressey & Company
- Crestline
- Crestview Partners
- Cross Equity Partners AG
- CRV
- CSG Partners
- CVC Capital Partners
- Cynosure Group
- Cyprium Partners
D
- D.E. Shaw
- Davidson Kempner
- Dawson Partners
- Dawson Partners (formerly Whitehorse Liquidity Partners)
- DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR
- Deal Prospectors
- Declaration Partners
- Deerfield
- Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
- DFW Capital Partners
- Diameter Capital Partners
- Diana Capital
- DigitalBridge Group
- Dominus Capital
- Dorilton Capital
- DPE Deutsche Private Equity
- Dragoneer Investment Group
- DuneGlass Capital
- Dunes Point Capital
- Durable Capital Partners
- Durational Capital Management
E
- Echo Health Ventures
- ECI Partners
- ECM Equity Capital Management
- ECS Capital
- Edgewater Funds
- Edmond de Rothschild PE
- Egeria
- Eight Roads
- Ekkio Capital
- Elikonos Capital
- Elliott Investment Management
- EMERAM Capital Partners
- EnCap
- Endeavour United
- Endless LLP
- Endurance Search Partners
- Enterprise Investors
- EOS Capital Partners
- EQT AB
- Equistone
- Erhvervsinvest
- Espiga Capital
- Ethos Capital
- Eurazeo PME
- Eureka Growth Capital
- Everberg Capital
- Exor
- Explorer Investments
F
- F-Prime
- F2i SGR
- Falcon House Partners
- Falfurrias Capital Partners
- Ferd Capital
- FFL Partners
- Fidelio Capital
- Fimalac
- Finatem
- Findos Investor
- Five Arrows Capital Partners
- Five Points Capital
- Five V Capital
- Flexpoint Ford
- Florida State Board of Administration
- FOCUS Investment Banking
- Fondazione Cariplo
- Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR
- Formation Capital
- Fort Point Capital
- Fortress Investment Group
- Franchise Equity Partners
- Francisco Partners
- Franz Haniel & Cie.
- Frazier Healthcare Partners
- Freeman Spogli & Co.
- Freudenberg Gruppe
- Frist Cressey Ventures
- Frontenac
- FS Investments
- FSI SGR
- FSN Capital
- Fulcrum Capital Partners
- Further Global Capital Management
G
- G.K. Goh
- Gallatin Point
- Garnett Station Partners
- Gauge Capital
- GBL
- GCM Grosvenor
- GDP Venture
- GED Capital
- Gemini Investors
- General Atlantic
- General Catalyst
- Genesis Capital
- Geneva Glen Capital
- GenNx360 Capital Partners
- Genstar Capital
- GI Partners
- GIC
- Gilde Equity Management (GEM Benelux)
- GIP
- Gladstone Companies
- Glenwood Private Equity
- Golden Gate Capital
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Graham Partners
- Grant Avenue Capital
- Great Hill Partners
- Greater Sum Ventures
- GreatPoint Ventures
- Green Arrow Capital
- Greenbriar Equity Group
- Greenoaks
- GreyLion
- Gridiron Capital
- Groupe Artemis
- GrowthCurve Capital
- Gryphon
- GTCR
- Guggenheim
- GV
H
- H.I.G. Capital
- Hadley Capital
- Hadley Family Capital
- Hahn & Co
- Halder Beteiligungsberatung
- Hamilton Lane
- Harbour Group Industries
- HarbourVest Partners (profile pending)
- Harrison Street
- Harvest Partners
- Hastings Equity Partners
- HCI Equity Partners
- HealthEdge Investment Partners
- Heliconia
- Hellman & Friedman
- Helvetica Capital
- Heritage Group
- HESTA
- Hg Capital
- HGGC
- Hidden Harbor
- Hidden Harbor Capital Partners
- Highview Capital
- Hildred Capital
- Hinduja Group
- HitecVision
- HLD Group
- Holland Capital
- HOOPP
- Horizons Ventures
- Hostplus
- Hunt Consolidated
- Huron Capital
- HV Capital
I
- I Squared Capital
- Iberis Capital
- ICG Strategic Equity
- ICV Partners
- IDI Group
- Idia Capital Investissement
- IEG Investment Banking Group
- IK Partners
- IMM Private Equity
- Imperial Capital
- Incline Equity Partners
- Indies Capital Partners
- Indigo Partners
- Indufin
- Industrial Growth Partners
- Industrial Opportunity Partners
- INEOS
- Inflexion Private Equity
- Initiative & Finance
- Innova Capital
- Inovia Capital
- Insight Partners
- InTandem Capital
- Integral Corporation
- Integrum Holdings
- Inter-Risco
- Intera Partners
- Invest AG
- Investcorp
- Investindustrial
- Investissement Quebec
- Invision
- INVL Asset Management
- IPI Partners
- Isatis Capital
- Italmobiliare
- Ithuba Capital
J
- J-STAR
- J. Safra Sarasin
- J.C. Flowers
- J.F. Lehman & Company
- J.H. Whitney
- JAB Holding
- Japan Industrial Partners (JIP)
- Jet Investment
- Julius Baer
K
- Kairos Partners
- Karmijn Kapitaal
- Kelso and Company
- Keystone Capital
- Kian Capital
- Kilmer Capital Partners
- Kinderhook Industries
- Kingswood Capital
- Kirkbi A/S
- KKR
- KLH Capital
- Knighthead Capital Management
- Knox Lane
- Koch Equity Development
- Kohlberg & Co
- Korona Invest
- KPS Capital Partners
- KSL Capital Partners
- Kudu Investment Management
- KV Asia Capital
L
- L Catterton
- La Caisse (formerly CDPQ)
- Lakeshore Capital
- Lariat Partners
- LaSalle Capital
- Latour Capital
- LBO France
- LDC (Lloyds Development Capital)
- Leavitt Equity Partners
- Lee Equity Partners
- Left Lane
- Leon Capital
- Leonard Green & Partners
- Level Equity
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Lexington Partners
- LGT Capital Partners
- Liberty Hall Capital Partners
- Liberty Mutual Investments
- Liberty Strategic Capital
- Liechtenstein Group
- LightBay Capital
- Lightview Capital
- Lightyear Capital
- Lincolnshire Management
- Linden Capital Partners
- Lindsay Goldberg
- Litorina
- Littlejohn & Co
- Liverpool Partners
- Livingbridge
- Livingstone
- Livonia Partners
- LKCM Headwater Investments
- LLR Partners
- LNC Partners
- Lombard Investments
- Lombard Odier
- Lone Star Funds
- Long Point Capital
- Longitude Capital
- Lorient Capital
- Lovell Minnick Partners
M
- M33 Growth
- MacAndrews & Forbes
- Madison Dearborn
- Magnum Capital Industrial Partners
- Magnum Industrial Partners
- Main Post Partners
- Main Street Capital
- Maj Invest Equity
- Mansour Group
- Marathon Asset Management
- Marcuard Family Office
- Marlin Equity Partners
- Martis Capital
- Marunouchi Capital
- Mason Wells
- Massachusetts PRIM
- Maverick Ventures
- Maxburg Capital Partners
- May River Capital
- Mayfair Equity Partners
- MBF Healthcare Partners (profile pending)
- MBK Partners
- McCarthy Capital
- MCH Private Equity
- Meadow Partners
- Mekong Capital
- Mentha Capital
- Merchant Investment Management
- Mercury Capital
- Meritage Group
- Meritech Capital
- Mertz Taggart
- Metric Capital Partners
- MFN Partners
- Mid Europa Partners
- MiddleGround Capital
- MidOcean
- Mill Point Capital
- Mill Road Capital
- MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland
- Mobeus Equity Partners
- Monogram Capital
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
- Mori Building Company
- Morphosis Capital
- Mosaic Capital Partners
- Motion Equity Partners
- MSD Partners
- MSouth Equity Partners
- Mubadala
- Mubadala Capital
- Mutares
N
- Nalka Invest
- Nautic Partners
- Navis Capital Partners
- Naxicap Partners
- Nazca Capital
- NB Renaissance Partners
- NEA
- Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions
- New Harbor Capital
- New Heritage Capital
- New Mountain Capital
- New State Capital
- New Water Capital
- NewSpring
- NexPhase Capital
- Next Capital
- Nextalia SGR
- NextStage AM
- Nexus Capital Management
- NMS Capital
- Nomura
- Nord Holding
- Nordic Capital
- Northleaf
- Northstar Group
- Norvestor
- Norwest
- Norwest Equity Partners
- Novacap
- NPM Capital
- NSSK (Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko)
O
- Oak HC/FT
- Oak Hill Capital
- Oakley
- Oaklins
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Odewald KMU
- Odyssey Investment Partners
- OEP (One Equity Partners)
- Olayan Financing Company
- Olympus Partners
- OMERS Private Equity
- Omnes Capital
- One Rock Capital Partners
- Onex Falcon
- Onex Partners
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
- Optimal Investment Group (profile pending)
- Oquendo Capital
- Osceola Capital
- Osceola Capital Management
- Otto Group
- Oval Partners
- Oxy Capital
P
- Paceline Equity Partners
- Pacific Lake Partners (profile pending)
- Pacific Retail Capital Partners
- Pacifica Companies
- PAG
- PAI Mid-Market Fund
- Paine Schwartz Partners
- Palamon Capital Partners
- Pamlico Capital
- Pamplona Capital
- Pantheon International
- Paragon Partners
- ParkerGale
- Parquest Capital
- Parthenon Capital Partners
- Partners Group
- Pathstone
- Patient Square Capital (profile pending)
- Patrimonium
- Pavilion Capital
- Peak Rock Capital
- Pemba Capital Partners
- Peninsula Capital
- PEP
- Perceptive Advisors
- Percheron Capital
- Permanent Equity
- Permira
- Persistence Capital Partners
- Perusa Partners
- Petra Capital Partners
- Pfingsten Partners (profile pending)
- Pharos Capital Group
- Phoenix Equity Partners
- Physician Growth Partners
- Pictet Group
- PineBridge Investments
- Platinum Equity
- Pohlad Companies
- Polaris Capital Group
- Polaris Private Equity
- Portobello Capital
- Power Sustainable
- Prairie Capital Advisors
- Premji Invest
- Pretium Partners
- Princeton Equity Group
- Pritzker Group
- Pritzker Private Capital
- Priveq
- ProA Capital
- Procuritas
- Progressio SGR
- Prospect Partners
- Prosus Ventures
- Proventis
- Providence Equity Partners
- Provident Healthcare Partners
- PSP Capital
- PSP Investments
Q
R
- Radial Equity Partners
- Rainier Partners
- Raise Investissement
- Realza Capital
- RedBird Capital
- Redpoint
- Redwood Capital Investments
- Regal Healthcare Capital Partners
- Reiten and Co
- Relay Investments
- Renatus Capital Partners
- Resilience Capital Partners
- Rethmann-Gruppe
- Reuben Brothers
- Revelstoke Capital Partners
- Reverence Capital
- Rhone Capital
- Riata Capital Group
- Ridgemont Equity Partners
- Riello Investimenti Partners
- Rise Growth Partners
- Rivean Capital
- Riverstone Holdings LLC
- Riverwood Capital
- RMR Group
- Roark Capital Group
- ROC Partners
- Rockefeller Capital Management
- Rotunda Capital Partners
- RRE Ventures
- Rubicon Founders
S
- Sagard
- Saluda Grade
- Saranac Partners
- Saratoga Investama Sedaya
- Saxenhammer
- SBJ Capital
- Schmidt Futures
- Schroders Capital (profile pending)
- Schwarz Group
- Scopia Capital Management
- Search Fund Accelerator
- Search Fund Partners
- Searchlight Capital Partners
- Seaside Equity Partners
- Segulah
- Seidler Equity Partners
- Sentica Partners
- Sentinel Capital Partners
- Sequoia Capital
- Seven2
- Seviora Holdings
- Sheridan Capital Partners
- Sherpa Capital
- Shore Capital Partners
- Shoreline Equity Partners
- ShoreView Industries (profile pending)
- Shunwei Capital (profile pending)
- Sica | Fletcher
- Siguler Guff
- Silver Lake Partners (profile pending)
- Silver Oak Services Partners
- Silver Point
- Silversmith
- Silversmith Capital Partners
- Siparex
- Sixth Street
- SK Capital
- SKion
- SkyKnight Capital
- Skylake Equity Partners
- Skytale Group
- Smile Invest
- Sofina
- Sofindev
- Soros Fund Management
- Soundcore Capital
- Soundcore Capital Partners
- Southfield Capital
- Spark Capital
- Spectrum Equity
- Speedinvest
- Speyside Equity
- Splunk Ventures
- Sponsor Capital
- Standard General
- Stanhope Capital
- Starwood Capital Group
- Stellex Capital Management LLC
- StepStone Group
- Sterling Group
- Sterling Investment Partners
- Sterling Partners
- STIC Investments
- Stirling Square Capital Partners
- Stockbridge
- Stone Point Capital
- Stonehage Fleming (profile pending)
- Stonehenge Partners
- Stonepeak Capital Partners
- Style Capital SGR
- Succession Capital Partners
- Suma Capital
- Sumeru Equity Partners
- Summa Equity
- Summer Street Capital
- Summit Park LLC
- Summit Partners
- Sun Capital Partners
- Sun European Partners
- Susquehanna Growth Equity (profile pending)
- Susquehanna International Group
- Sverica Capital
- Sycamore Partners
- Synova Capital
T
- T Capital Partners
- T. Rowe Price (profile pending)
- TA Associates
- Tailwater Capital
- Talde Private Equity
- Tamarix Equity Partners
- Tar Heel Capital
- Tarsadia Investments
- Tata Trusts
- Tecum Capital Partners
- Tenex
- Tenex Capital Management
- Tesi
- The Brydon Group
- The BSM Group
- The Cambria Group
- The Firmament Group
- The Halifax Group
- The Heico Companies
- The Jordan Company (TJC)
- The Longreach Group
- The Pritzker Organization
- The Riverside Company
- The Vistria Group (profile pending)
- Thiel Capital
- Third Point
- Thoma Bravo
- Thomas H. Lee Partners
- Thompson Street Capital Partners
- Thrive Capital
- Thurston Group
- Tiger Global
- Tikehau Capital
- Tillery Capital
- Tinicum
- TorQuest Partners
- Tower Arch Capital
- Tower Three Partners
- TowerBrook Capital Partners
- Town Hall Ventures
- TPG
- Transom Capital Group
- TriArtisan Capital Advisors
- Tricor Pacific Capital
- Trilantic North America
- Trill Impact
- Trilogy Search Partners
- Trinity Hunt Partners
- Trinity Ventures (profile pending)
- TripleTree
- TriSpan (profile pending)
- Triton
- Triton Pacific Capital Partners
- Trive Capital
- Trivest Partners (profile pending)
- TruArc Partners
- True Ventures
- TSG Consumer Partners
- Turenne Capital
- Tyree & D’Angelo Partners
- TZP Group
U
V
- Vaaka Partners
- Valeas Capital Partners
- Valedo
- Vallis Capital Partners
- Valor Equity
- Valtruis
- Value4Capital
- VAM Investments
- Vance Street Capital
- Varsity Healthcare Partners (profile pending)
- Vector Capital
- Velocis Capital
- Verdane
- Veritas Capital
- Vertex Holdings
- Vertical Venture Partners
- VetPartners
- VIA Equity
- VIG Partners
- VinaCapital
- Vista Equity Partners
- Vivo Capital
- Vortex Capital Partners
- VR Equitypartner
- VSS
W
- Wafra
- Walter Capital Partners
- Walton Enterprises
- Warburg Pincus
- Warren Equity Partners
- Waterfall Asset Management
- Waterland Private Equity
- Waud Capital Partners
- Wealth Partners Capital Group
- Weatherford Capital
- Webster Equity Partners
- Weinberg Capital Partners
- Wellington Management
- Wellspring Capital
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
- Wendel
- WEPA Holding
- Werhahn Group
- WestBridge Capital
- Westbrook Partners
- WestCap
- Wildcat Capital Management
- Wind Point Partners
- Windjammer Capital
- WindRose Health Investors
- Winklevoss Capital
- Wise Equity
- Wynnchurch Capital
- Würth family foundations
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Directory version: July 2026. See the full disclaimer and corrections policy.