Top Private Equity Investors by Deal Team Size
Instead of providing a general list of the Top 10 Private Equity Firms with the largest, well-known firms, I wanted to identify formidable acquirers that may be lesser-known. To do this, I normalized the number of platform acquisitions (2018 YTD) by the number of deal makers (titles of Vice President and higher) at each firm. The lists below show the top 10 most acquisitive private equity firms, grouped by deal team size.
TOP 10 Most Acquisitive Private Equity Firms by Deal Team Size (5 – 9 deal makers)
- Clearlake Capital Group
- EDBI
- ABN AMRO Participaties
- Merida Capital Partners
- Connected Capital
- Atlas Merchant Capital
- Radian Capital
- Health Enterprise Partners
- Delos Capital
- Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital
TOP 10 Most Acquisitive Private Equity Firms by Deal Team Size (10 – 24 deal makers)
- NVM Private Equity
- Accel-KKR
- Polaris Partners
- Kinderhook Industries
- Frontier Capital
- Longitude Capital
- Business Growth Fund
- Visionary Private Equity Group
- Thoma Bravo
- Level Equity
TOP 10 Most Acquisitive Private Equity Firms by Deal Team Size (25 – 49 deal makers)
- Insight Venture Partners
- Andera Partners
- Serent Capital
- LLR Partners
- Technology Crossover Ventures
- Altor Equity Partners
- GIMV
- IK Investment Partners
- Platinum Equity
- Inflexion Private Equity
TOP 10 Most Acquisitive Private Equity Firms by Deal Team Size (50+ deal makers)
- H.I.G. Capital
- Ardian
- TA Associates
- Riverside Company, The
- L Catterton
- CPP Investment Board
- Permira
- Silver Lake Partners
- Apax Partners
- TPG
Combining these lists into one list…
TOP 10 Most Acquisitive Private Equity Firms by Deal Team Size (all sizes)
- Clearlake Capital Group
- EDBI
- NVM Private Equity
- ABN AMRO Participaties
- Merida Capital Partners
- Accel-KKR
- Polaris Partners
- Connected Capital
- Atlas Merchant Capital
- Radian Capital
BONUS, in case you are curious…
Top 25 PE Firms by Number of Platform Portfolio Acquisitions (not normalized)
- H.I.G. Capital
- Accel-KKR
- Ardian
- TPG
- NVM Private Equity
- Andera Partners
- Goldman Sachs
- ESW Capital
- Platinum Equity
- Thoma Bravo
- Riverside Company, The
- KKR & Co.
- Carlyle Group
- EDBI
- Polaris Partners
- Inflexion Private Equity
- General Atlantic
- L Catterton
- Boyu Capital
- Longitude Capital
- YFM Equity Partners
- Technology Crossover Ventures
- ABN AMRO Participaties
- Serent Capital
- Marlin Equity Partners