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Private Equity Info (www.PrivateEquityInfo.com) expands data views by allowing Platinum subscribers to view the portfolio company holdings of the individual private equity firms.

Private Equity Info (www.PrivateEquityInfo.com) expands its data offering by tracking portfolio company transaction dates, exit dates and transaction comments for the portfolio companies owned by private equity firms.
Why is this interesting?
Suppose you wanted a list of portfolio companies that are owned by a private equity firm, located in your state, that have been held by [...]

Private Equity Info has upgraded its website with a more intuitive navigation, better visual appeal and faster load times.
A subscription to www.PrivateEquityInfo.com provides access to the entire data suite which consists of eight data modules:

Private equity
Hedge funds
Mezzanine
Small business investment companies
Valuation
M&A advisory
Senior lenders
Institutional real estate investors

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 [...]

The recently launched Investment Adviser Act will require all Private Equity firms and other similar entities managing assets greater than $30 million to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as of June 2009.

While both venture capital and private equity firms provide cash in exchange for equity positions in companies, the main distinction is the juncture in which the investment is made. With the exception of turnaround investments, private equity firms tend to invest in more established businesses with a history of positive, and preferably reliable, cash flow [...]

A subscription grants access to the entire data suite: private equity, hedge fund, mezzanine, small business investment companies, valuation, M&A advisory, and real estate firms.

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 [...]

Private Equity Info announces the launch of it’s database of U.S. private equity firms. The directory is geared toward middle market investment bankers, business owners, corporate executives and other M&A transaction-related professionals.
The service allows subscribers to sort private equity firms by location, acquisition criteria, transaction type and industries of investment interest.
Key to performing poweful searches, [...]