What is private equity?
Private equity investors buy, improve upon and sell businesses in an effort to profit from the cash flow the business produces and from the capital gains upon exit. Read the article here...

How many private equity firms are in the database?
There are currently 1,579 firms in the database. However, we are very selective about the firms that we choose to include. The general criteria is that the firm must be a reputable firm actively closing deals in the marketplace. As such, we intentionally omit venture capital firms, angel investors, mezzanine funds, fund of funds and other extraneous noise from the data set. This is therefore a very clean, focused database appropriate for professional use.

How often is the database updated?
We employ two methods to update the private equity firm database to ensure the data is always current and accurate.
1) As we learn of new events through press releases or from the private equity firms themselves, we reflect this in the database immediately.
2) We also have a systematic approach to continuously update the database, updating one letter of the alphabet each week. This process results in a complete overhaul of the database every 6 months on a rolling basis.

Who is this database designed for?
The target customer for the private equity database is a middle market investment banker, business intermediary or business owner wanting to sell his or her business. Customers also include M&A-related service providers such as transaction lawyers, accountants, consultants, finance-focused executive search firms, MBA candidates and the private equity firms themselves.

How many portfolio companies are in the database?
There are currently 27,557 portfolio companies in the database.

How many professionals are in the database?
We are currently tracking 12,953 senior level private equity professionals.

Do you provide email addresses for the private equity professionals?
Of the professionals we track, we have approximately 70% of their email addresses.

What if I want to perform a custom search not provided online?
Give us a call or send an email and we'll see if we can help.

Can I call for assistance if I have a question about my search?
Absolutely! Give us a ring.

Do you charge the private equity firms to be included in the database?
No. Otherwise, we would not have a complete (and unbiased) data set.

How do I suggest a firm to add to the database?
Please fill out this form to request a firm be added to the database. Private Equity Info provides private equity firms both greater and more targeted deal flow.