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Buyout GPs in Europe

Discover European private equity GPs focused on buyout strategies. From large-cap LBOs to mid-market management buyouts, these firms acquire controlling stakes in established businesses to drive operational improvements and value creation.

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5
Countries

Accursia Capital

Munich special-situations and turnaround investor founded in 2017 by Martin Scheiblegger, with a second office in Milan.…

Founded 20171 funds
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ACC Holding

ACC Holding is an owner-managed, independent private equity holding based in Hamburg that provides long-term equity capi…

Founded 20111 funds
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Trigon Equity Partners

Trigon Equity Partners is a Frankfurt-based private equity firm founded in 2010 that acquires majority stakes in German-…

Founded 20101 funds
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Altris Partners

Altris Partners is a Hamburg-based evergreen SME investment holding founded in 2019 by ex-McKinsey partners Dr. Hans-Ger…

Founded 2019
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RCP Invest

RCP Invest (RCP Group GmbH) is a Munich/Teltow-based, family-owned investment firm founded in 2014 by Ulrich Radlmayr, f…

Founded 20141 funds
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CAPCELLENCE Mittelstandspartner

CAPCELLENCE Mittelstandspartner is a Hamburg-based independent single-family-office private equity holding founded in 20…

Founded 20051 funds
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HBL InvestmentPartners

HBL InvestmentPartners is a Frankfurt-based small-mid buyout firm founded in 2018 that pools capital from successful Ger…

Founded 20181 funds
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Endurance Capital

Endurance Capital is a Munich-based private mid-market holding company founded in 2003 that invests its own equity, back…

Founded 20031 funds
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Caldec Holding

Caldec Holding is an independent Hamburg-based entrepreneurial holding company that makes long-term direct equity invest…

Founded 20091 funds
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Findos Investor

Findos Investor is an independent Munich-based small-mid-cap private equity firm founded in 2006 that acquires majority…

Founded 20064 funds
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Lafayette Mittelstand Capital

Lafayette Mittelstand Capital is a Munich-operated, Luxembourg-domiciled special-situations investor founded in 2009 tha…

Founded 20093 funds
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ATON GmbH

ATON GmbH is the Munich-based evergreen industrial holding of the Helmig family, founded in 2001 by Dr. Lutz M. Helmig a…

Founded 20011 funds
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PREMIUM Equity Partners

PREMIUM Equity Partners is a Frankfurt-based small-cap private equity firm founded in 2011 that acquires majority stakes…

Founded 20113 funds
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Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen

Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen (HQIB) is a Bad Homburg-based evergreen investment holding of the Harald Quandt fam…

Founded 20181 funds
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Droege Group

Droege Group is an independent, fully family-owned advisory and investment company founded in 1988 by Walter P. J. Droeg…

Founded 19881 funds
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QVM Privatkapital

QVM Privatkapital is an independent, owner-managed Hamburg investment firm founded in 2017 by former Lampe Privatinvest…

Founded 20171 funds
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Navigator Capital GmbH

Navigator Capital is a Dusseldorf-based owner-managed industrial holding founded in 2016 by Christian Muschick and Dr. J…

Founded 20161 funds
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Deutsche Mittelstandsholding

Deutsche Mittelstandsholding (DMH) is a Frankfurt-based evergreen holding company that provides long-term equity to smal…

Founded 20081 funds
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VTC Industriebeteiligungen

VTC (VTC Industriebeteiligungen / VTC Unternehmer GmbH) is an independent evergreen industrial holding based in Munich,…

Founded 19921 funds
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DUBAG Group

DUBAG Group is a Munich-based private equity advisory firm founded in 2009 that specializes in special-situations invest…

Founded 20093 funds
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Family Trust Investor FTI

Family Trust Investor FTI GmbH is a Munich-based, BaFin-registered manager of closed-end special AIFs (registered sub-th…

Founded 20142 funds
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Bitburger Holding

Bitburger Holding GmbH is the family-equity holding of the Simon entrepreneurial family (owners of the Bitburger brewery…

Founded 19982 funds
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Tempus Capital

Tempus Capital is an owner-managed private equity firm founded in 2008 in Frankfurt am Main by Martin Herrmann and Marco…

Founded 20081 funds
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Arcaris Management GmbH

Arcaris Management GmbH is an independent, partner-owned direct-holdings investor founded in 2013 in Dusseldorf, through…

Founded 20131 funds
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Brockhaus Technologies

Brockhaus Technologies AG is a Frankfurt-listed evergreen technology holding (formerly Brockhaus Capital Management AG,…

Founded 20171 funds
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Serafin Unternehmensgruppe

Serafin Unternehmensgruppe is a Munich-based family industrial evergreen holding founded in 2010 by Philipp Haindl, Falk…

Founded 20101 funds
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Alveus Beteiligungen

Alveus Beteiligungen is a Munich-based family-owned evergreen Mittelstand holding founded in 2012 that acquires majority…

Founded 20121 funds
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Palero

Palero (palero capital GmbH) is a Munich-based small and mid-cap special-situations investor founded in 2010 that acquir…

Founded 20104 funds
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DRS Investment

DRS Investment is a Munich-based evergreen software holding founded in 2017 by Dr. Andreas Spiegel and backed by the per…

Founded 20171 funds
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SKion GmbH

SKion GmbH is the evergreen investment holding of German entrepreneur Susanne Klatten, founded in 2006 after the sale of…

Founded 20062 funds
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AFINUM Management GmbH

AFINUM is a Munich-based mid-cap private equity house founded in 2000, investing majority stakes in profitable DACH Mitt…

Founded 20004 funds
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International Chemical Investors Group

International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) is a privately held evergreen industrial holding founded in 2004 by Dr. Ac…

Founded 20041 funds
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Aheim Capital

Aheim Capital is an owner-managed, independent Munich-based investment firm founded in 2005 in Starnberg that acquires m…

Founded 20052 funds
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DEDIQ

DEDIQ is a Munich-based entrepreneur-investor (family equity) firm founded in 2011 that invests its own long-term capita…

Founded 20111 funds
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AEQUITA

AEQUITA is a Munich-based evergreen industrial holding and family office founded in 2018 by Dr. Axel Geuer and Christoph…

Founded 20181 funds
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Cipio Partners

Cipio Partners is a Munich-headquartered growth capital and secondary-directs investment firm founded in 2003, one of th…

Founded 20032 funds
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APEX Capital

APEX Capital GmbH is a private, independent, owner-managed evergreen industrial holding founded in Berlin in 2006 by ent…

Founded 20061 funds
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ELF Capital Group

ELF Capital Group is a Frankfurt-based private credit manager providing flexible, mostly senior-secured financing (typic…

Founded 20201 funds
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INDUS Holding AG

INDUS Holding AG is a listed (SDAX, ticker INH, ISIN DE0006200108) German buy-and-hold industrial holding based in Bergi…

Founded 19891 funds
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Triton Partners

Founded 1997 by Peder Prahl; describes itself as a fully integrated European mid-market private equity and credit platfo…

€18,500Founded 19978 funds
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MTV CAPITAL IM

MTV CAPITAL IM is an independent asset management company based in Paris, specializing exclusively in commercial real es…

Founded 20121 funds
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ACCESS CAPITAL PARTNERS

Access Capital Partners, founded in 1998 and based in Paris, is an independent European private assets manager specializ…

Founded 1998
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Omada Investment Managers

Omada Investment Managers is an AMF-regulated Paris-based SGP licensed in 2024 under GP code GP-20240025 evolved from th…

Founded 2023
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Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault

Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (GIMD) is the family-owned holding company of the Dassault family established in 1929…

Founded 1929
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ETERNAM

Eternam, founded in 2011 and a subsidiary of Groupe Cyrus, is an AMF-authorized portfolio management company specializin…

Founded 2021
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Bpifrance Investissement

Bpifrance Investissement is the investment management company of Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, operating…

Founded 200113 funds
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Montyon Capital

Montyon Capital is a Paris-based private equity firm founded in 2024 by Pascal Lebard and Pierre Menard that takes major…

Founded 20241 funds
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Isai Gestion

ISAI Gestion is a French venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2009, managing approximately c550 million i…

Founded 20085 funds
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Jadel

Jadel est une société d'investissement entrepreneuriale française, créée en 2021, qui accompagne les PME ambitieuses dan…

Founded 20211 funds
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Re-Sources Capital

Re-Sources Capital is a French private equity firm founded in 2014, based in La Madeleine, specializing in supporting th…

Founded 20141 funds
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Reed Management

Reed - Societe Generale Group is a European investment firm founded in 2023 that brings together industrial expertise, t…

Founded 20231 funds
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Smalt Capital

Créée en 2000, Smalt Capital est une société française de capital-investissement basée à Marseille, spécialisée dans le…

Founded 20004 funds
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Sofival

Sofival is a French family-controlled industrial and investment holding (Blas and Lemoine families, HQ Russy-Bemont in O…

Founded 1957
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Chequers Partenaires

Chequers Partenaires SA is a private equity firm based in Paris, France, founded in 1992, specializing in investments in…

Founded 19895 funds
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KEPLER CHEUVREUX INVEST

Out-of-scope quarantine: Kepler Cheuvreux is an independent Pan-European equity broker (research, execution, fixed incom…

Founded 1998
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LT Capital

Quarantined 2026-05-19: DB record LT Capital conflated TWO distinct venture and PE firms with identical trading name. Th…

Founded 2019
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SOFIDEP

Sofidep is a public economic development organization in French Polynesia that has been investing for over 20 years in g…

Founded 19572 funds
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Vermeer Capital

Vermeer Capital is an independent Paris-based private equity firm founded in 2008 by Jean-Louis Detry. The firm speciali…

Founded 20081 funds
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Sagard

Sagard is a French private equity firm founded in 2002 as Sagard SAS, the Paris-based principal investments arm of Power…

Founded 20021 funds
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PRISTINE

Pristine is a French asset management and trust firm founded in 2016, providing fiducie and fund structuring and managem…

Founded 2024
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TELAMON

Telamon Partners is a private equity firm focused on the Greek mid-market, partnering with management teams to unlock su…

Founded 2005
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FemuQui Ventures

Femuqui Ventures is an independent portfolio management company founded in 1992, specializing in private equity investme…

4 funds
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Compagnie Financière et de Participations Roullier

Compagnie Financiere et de Participations Roullier (CFPR) is the financial holding company of Groupe Roullier, the Saint…

Founded 1978
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MIDI 2I

Créée en 2005, MIDI 2i est une société de gestion de portefeuilles immobiliers, filiale de la Caisse d'Epargne de Midi-P…

1 funds
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Ardian

Ardian is a global diversified private markets firm headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1996. It manages or advis…

€196,000Founded 199534 funds
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Tikehau Capital

Tikehau Capital is a global alternative asset management group founded in 2004 and headquartered in Paris. It manages ap…

€52,800Founded 200413 funds
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Wendel

Wendel is a French listed investment firm tracing its origins to the Wendel family iron-making heritage founded in 1704.…

€40,800Founded 20022 funds
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PAI Partners

PAI Partners is one of the leading European private equity firms, founded in 1872 and headquartered in Paris. It manages…

€33,000Founded 199812 funds
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LFPI GESTION

La Financiere Patrimoniale d'Investissement (LFPI) is a major French alternative asset manager founded 2003 with around…

€27,000Founded 20033 funds
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Kester Capital

Kester Capital LLP is a London-based lower mid-market private equity firm focused on primary buyouts in Technology and L…

Founded 20063 funds
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August Equity

August Equity is a London-based private equity firm investing in lower mid-market, service-led UK businesses through pri…

Founded 20012 funds
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Blue Coast Capital

Blue Coast Capital is the London-based investment organisation of the Lewis family, founders and owners of the River Isl…

Founded 20191 funds
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Rutland Partners

Rutland Partners LLP is a London-based private equity firm specialising in special-situations, turnaround and value buyo…

Founded 20003 funds
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Beech Tree Private Equity

Beech Tree PE LLP, trading as Beech Tree Private Equity, is a private equity firm founded in 2015 and based in Wilmslow,…

Founded 20153 funds
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LDC

LDC is the mid-market private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, founded in 1981 as Lloyds Development Capital, investi…

Founded 19811 funds
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Growth Capital Partners

Growth Capital Partners LLP is an independent lower mid-market private equity firm founded in 1999 as Close Growth Capit…

Founded 19993 funds
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Ama Capital

Ama Capital is a London-based lower mid-market private equity firm founded in 2024 by Miles Otway and Ed Ransome, both f…

Founded 20241 funds
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Pelican Capital

Pelican Capital LLP is a London-based lower-mid-market private equity firm co-investing alongside family offices in prof…

Founded 20191 funds
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Kings Park Capital

Kings Park Capital LLP is an independent lower mid-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the European leisur…

Founded 20072 funds
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TPA Capital

TPA Capital LLP is a London-based private equity firm founded in 2013 by Greg Allen. It is an evergreen permanent-capita…

Founded 20131 funds
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Charterhouse Capital Partners

Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP is one of Europe's oldest private equity firms, tracing its roots to 1934 and operatin…

Founded 19343 funds
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Mobeus Equity Partners

Mobeus Equity Partners LLP (Companies House OC320577) is a London-based independent small-cap buyout firm founded in 200…

Founded 20063 funds
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Equistone Partners Europe

Equistone Partners Europe is a London-headquartered pan-European mid-market buyout firm, independent since its 2011 mana…

Founded 19792 funds
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Terra Firma

Terra Firma is a London-based private equity firm founded by Guy Hands in 2002 through the spin-out of Nomura's Principa…

Founded 20026 funds
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Inspirit Capital

Inspirit Capital is a London-based private equity firm founded in 2019 by Will Stamp and Albert Farrant, specialising in…

Founded 20192 funds
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Perwyn

Perwyn is a London-headquartered, family-backed European private and growth equity investor founded in 2013, operating a…

Founded 20131 funds
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G Square Healthcare PE

G Square Healthcare Private Equity LLP is a London-based pan-European private equity firm founded in 2008 by Laurent Gan…

Founded 20086 funds
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Elysian Capital

Elysian Capital LLP is a London lower and mid-market private equity firm founded in 2007 by Ken Terry and Chai Patel, ba…

Founded 20073 funds
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ICG

ICG plc (Intermediate Capital Group) is a London-listed (FTSE 100) global alternative asset manager founded in 1989, man…

€103,040Founded 19897 funds
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Bridgepoint

Bridgepoint Group plc is a London-headquartered private markets firm founded in 1984 and listed on the London Stock Exch…

€86,600Founded 19849 funds
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Permira

Permira is a global private equity firm founded in 1985 that invests through flagship buyout funds and dedicated growth…

€80,000Founded 19855 funds
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Apax Partners

Apax Partners LLP is a global private equity firm headquartered in London, investing in buyout and growth deals across t…

€70,840Founded 19817 funds
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Hg

Hg is a London-headquartered private equity firm founded in 2000, focused on software and business-services buyouts acro…

€69,000Founded 20007 funds
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3i

3i Group plc is a London-listed (LSE: III, FTSE 100) international investment manager focused on mid-market private equi…

€43,056Founded 19451 funds
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BC Partners

BC Partners is a London-headquartered global alternative investment firm founded in 1986, best known for its large-cap E…

€40,000Founded 19864 funds
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Vitruvian Partners

Vitruvian Partners LLP is a London-headquartered growth-buyout private equity firm founded in 2006 by former partners of…

€18,000Founded 20065 funds
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Foresight Group

Foresight Group is a London Stock Exchange listed investment manager (LSE: FSG; manager entity Foresight Group LLP, Comp…

€15,444Founded 20017 funds
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TDR Capital

TDR Capital is a London-based pan-European private equity firm founded in 2002 by Manjit Dale and Stephen Robertson, man…

€15,000Founded 20027 funds
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MetLife

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) is the institutional asset-management arm of MetLife Inc., the New York-listed US in…

Founded 18682 funds
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ENTRUST GLOBAL

EnTrust Global SAS is a member of the EnTrust Global group, an alternative investment firm managing approximately $16.4…

€16,400Founded 2011
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