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Top Private Equity Firms for Associate Opportunities

OfficeHours

GTCR: Moving to the Windy City, GTCR is one of the most well-known and established middle-market private equity funds in the world. However, similar to mega funds, it should be noted that upper middle market funds like GTCR also get worked pretty hard. And with the firm recently closing a new $3.25 Best of luck!

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Behind the Buyouts: FTV’s Bernstein on Fusion of Payments, Vertical Software

The Deal

As FTV Capital marks its 25th anniversary, managing partner Brad Bernstein joined The Deal’s Behind the Buyouts podcast to discuss the evolution of payments, enterprise technology, software and financial technology over the past quarter century. Other recent middle-market investments range from family office tech to A.I.

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BDCs Find Familiar Partners in Face of Market Headwinds

The Deal

KKR) have elected to combine affiliated BDCs, which they set up to invest in middle market companies. Despite that, the industry hasn’t fully recovered after a tumultuous two years sparked from Fed rate hikes that widened the gap between private middle market loans and Fed paper. FBCC) and Franklin BSP Lending Corp.

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Holland & Knight’s Hill Talks Busy First Half

The Deal

Brent Hill , a Holland & Knight partner who leads the healthcare and life sciences group, attributed the firm’s deal flow mainly to its focus on the middle market and its deep expertise in sectors “that have a large volume of middle-market transactions.” and abroad.

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Where to find fintech investment

Growth Business

Ascension Ventures Early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs ready to back the next generation of tech and impact founders Augmentum Fintech Augmentum Europe’s leading publicly listed fintech fund, investing in fast growing businesses that are disrupting the financial services sector. mortgages, insurance) software (e.g.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Growth Equity vs. Venture Capital vs. Private Equity This section will focus on Strategy #1 (Late-Stage VC Investing) because Strategy #2 is nearly the same as what most middle-market private equity firms do, but with higher-growth companies. Also, you can get in more easily from a middle-market or boutique bank.

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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

Mergers and Inquisitions

As with PE in many other emerging/frontier markets, it’s more like growth equity than traditional roles at middle-market PE firms and mega-funds in the U.S. poor stock-market performance, slowing growth rates, and an aging population. This may change due to factors like the “decoupling” with the U.S.,