OfficeHours

JUNE 2, 2023

however, a majority of Blackstone portfolio companies are companies that you have likely never heard of. GTCR: Moving to the Windy City, GTCR is one of the most well-known and established middle-market private equity funds in the world. And with the firm recently closing a new $3.25 GTCR has invested more than $8.5

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PCE

JUNE 9, 2025

Brad joins us with over a decade of investment banking experience, having advised on more than 30 middle-market M&A transactions across healthcare, consumer, and industrial sectors.

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The Deal

JUNE 12, 2023

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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The Deal

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies. Growth equity firms could invest in any industry but tend to be skewed toward technology and TMT , with some exposure to consumer/retail , healthcare , and financial services. What accounts for the difference?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 16, 2023

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.,

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