Private Equity Info Blog

For each fund under management, private equity firms cycle through a multi-staged process of:

Fund raising from limited partners
Portfolio acquisition search
Investment
Growth
Divestment
Dispersal of funds back to limited partners

Fund Raising
Most private equity firms raise capital for a fund through investments made by limited partners - typically pensions, endowments, institutional funds, and high [...]

If an M&A professional experiences difficulty getting a good response rate from the private equity firms, it’s likely because he or she has yet to establish a solid working relationship with key contacts at these firms. Below is a best practice to contact the private equity firms about potential deal opportunities.
For best results (also the [...]