Private Equity Firms in Illinois
85 private equity firms headquartered in Illinois with tracked acquisition activity, ranked by deal count.
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128 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesChicago-based private equity investment firm (approximately $6B AUM as of 6/30/2024*) partnering with management teams to acquire and grow well-positioned mi...
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110 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
SoftwareThoma Bravo is a software-focused investment firm. It partners with investors through private equity and private credit strategies to acquire and grow softwa...
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76 tracked deals
Rosemont, Illinois
Financial ServicesWynnchurch Capital, L.P. is a middle-market private equity firm headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, with an affiliate in Canada. The f...
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66 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesFrontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm investing in lower middle-market buyout transactions in consumer, industrial, and services industries. The f...
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66 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesFounded in 1980, GTCR is a Chicago-based private equity firm that pioneered “The Leaders Strategy™,” investing in and partnering with management leaders to a...
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61 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareChicago-based private equity firm focused exclusively on leveraged buyouts in the healthcare and life sciences industries, investing in middle-market platfor...
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56 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherPritzker Private Capital (PPC) is a middle-market investment firm partnering with North American companies in manufactured products and services. It uses a l...
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55 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Industrial ServicesChicago-based private equity firm investing in lower middle-market industrial businesses. The firm partners with management to implement strategic and operat...
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52 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
ManufacturingCORE is an industrials-focused private equity firm investing in North American lower middle-market manufacturing, industrial technology, industrial services,...
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52 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareChicago-based private equity firm investing in lower-middle-market companies across Healthcare, Food & Beverage, Business Services, Industrial, and Real Esta...
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49 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherCIVC Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on middle-market buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth equity investments, investing in industr...
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41 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesGrowth Catalyst Partners (“GCP”) is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in the marketing, information, media and business services secto...
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39 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareChicago-based private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle market, growth-oriented healthcare, education, and business services companies.
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36 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesChicago-based private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of lower middle market companies, partnering with founders an...
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36 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareHughes & Company is an operating-driven private equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled services in healthcare, building long-term relationshi...
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35 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Industrial ServicesMidwest-based private equity firm focused on building leading industrial companies in the lower middle market, investing in industrial manufacturing, industr...
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34 tracked deals
Oak Brook, Illinois
Industrial ServicesNorth Branch Capital is a lower middle-market private equity firm based in Oak Brook, Illinois, founded in 2014. The firm partners with management teams in i...
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33 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherPfingsten is an operationally oriented private equity firm based in Chicago. It invests in entrepreneur-led and family-owned manufacturing, distribution, and...
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32 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesMadison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a private equity investment firm based in Chicago. Since 1992, it has raised aggregate capital and invests in partnership ...
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32 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesMonroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is an asset management firm specializing in private credit markets, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt,...
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31 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesPrivate investment firm providing junior capital financing to lower middle-market companies, typically combining subordinated debt and equity (about $5–$25 m...
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31 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherBaird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors around the world. The firm partners with ...
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31 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesConcentric Equity Partners is a Chicago-based private investment firm providing capital and strategic support to service companies pursuing rapid growth. It ...
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31 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareHealthcare private equity firm focused on lower middle market buyouts and growth equity in the U.S. and Canada. Sheridan partners with providers and provider...
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30 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesThe Vistria Group is building a new kind of private investment firm that seeks to deliver both financial returns and societal impact. It invests in essential...
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29 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesKeystone was founded in 1994 to invest partners’ personal capital in high-quality businesses and build long-term value alongside management through organic g...
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26 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesChicago-based private investment firm focused on providing capital and operational resources to lower middle market companies across business services, agrib...
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26 tracked deals
Evanston, Illinois
Business ServicesLower middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on service businesses. Partners with management teams using a proactive, research-led investment ...
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24 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesSpecialist private equity firm focused on financial services and adjacent verticals, with offices in Chicago and New York, investing in middle-market compani...
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23 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesMiddle-market private equity firm investing equity and mezzanine capital in established manufacturing, distribution, and services companies, with an emphasis...
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21 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherFood-focused middle-market private equity firm based in Chicago that invests in the food sector, emphasizing deep sector understanding and value creation thr...
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20 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Industrial ServicesShorehill Capital LLC is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on making control equity investments in North American engineered industrial products, i...
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20 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareWater Street Healthcare Partners is dedicated to building market leaders in healthcare. Its sole focus is investing in businesses to accelerate growth and im...
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18 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesPeriscope Equity is a Chicago-based private equity firm that partners with founder-owned business services companies to accelerate growth.
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16 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesMerchant bank with an advisory and investment platform built to serve business owners and strategic, long-term investors, providing long-term capital through...
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16 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesHigh Street Capital is a business-building private equity firm backed with its own personal capital. It targets differentiated companies (up to ~$15M EBITDA)...
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16 tracked deals
Evanston, Illinois
Industrial ServicesOperations-focused private equity firm founded in 2005 and based in Evanston, Illinois. Invests in middle-market manufacturing and distribution businesses us...
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15 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareCressey & Company is a private investment firm focused exclusively on investing and building leading businesses in the healthcare services and healthcare inf...
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15 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
SoftwareParkerGale is a small private equity firm that buys profitable technology companies with revenue between $10 million to $30 million. It helps teams scale thr...
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14 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareChicago-based private equity firm specializing in middle-market healthcare buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth platforms.
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14 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesChicago-based private equity firm focused on control buyouts of growing services companies.
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14 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesMcNally Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm making thesis-driven buyout investments in the lower middle market across Aerospace & Defense and Indu...
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14 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareRiverGlade Capital is a private equity firm focused on control buyouts of growth-oriented, lower middle market healthcare companies. It partners with founder...
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12 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherAkoya Capital is a Chicago-based, sector-focused private investment firm investing in the lower end of the middle market. The firm partners with founders and...
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12 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherFounded in 2017, Tilia is a Chicago-based private investment firm making middle market control investments in the evolving “farm-to-fork” segment of the glob...
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12 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesProvides global institutional clients with portfolio exposure to private equity, venture capital, and private debt investments through tailored investment pr...
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11 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Transportation & LogisticsChicago-based investment firm specializing in family-owned, middle-market businesses across the supply chain, transportation, and logistics sectors. Partners...
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10 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesPrairie Capital is a private equity firm focused on guiding founder-owned companies to become scalable platform businesses, providing resources and operation...
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9 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesChicago-based private investment firm focused on investing in lower middle market business services, value-added distribution and specialty industrial compan...
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9 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherProspect Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs in high-potential companies to build exceptional platforms for long...
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8 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Healthcare5th Century Partners (5CP) is a purpose-driven private investment firm that invests in middle-market companies within the healthcare and business services se...
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8 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesLaSalle Capital has partnered with manufacturers and service providers in the food and beverage ecosystem. It makes control equity investments in value-added...
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8 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherPrairie Capital is a private equity firm focused on guiding growth-oriented, founder-owned companies on the journey to becoming scalable platforms prepared f...
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8 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherPromus Equity Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market companies with strong management teams and compelli...
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7 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherKinzie Capital Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on operational excellence and leveraging technological innovation through key operatin...
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7 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesOrigami Capital Partners (founded in 2008) manages private capital offering structured, flexible solutions for complex capital structure, liquidity, and foll...
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6 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesLightspring Capital Partners is a private investment firm dedicated to partnering with lower middle market businesses to build value, providing first institu...
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6 tracked deals
Lake Forest, Illinois
HealthcareOperating-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare. RoundTable partners with management teams to drive growth using operating and trans...
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5 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
EducationAvathon Capital is a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market companies in the education and workforce markets. Avathon targets $20–50...
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5 tracked deals
Wilmette, Illinois
Financial ServicesSmall business private equity investment partner focused exclusively on acquiring small, profitable companies with growth potential (typically $5.0M–$30.0M r...
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5 tracked deals
Evanston, Illinois
Transportation & LogisticsBased in Evanston, Illinois, Maxwell Street is a private equity firm focused on transportation, logistics, supply chain, and route-based services businesses....
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5 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
SoftwarePerformant Capital is a Chicago-based, lower middle market private equity firm focused on investments in technology-driven companies. It invests across SaaS,...
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5 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesLower middle-market private equity firm partnering with management teams to drive growth and execute add-on consolidation strategies in service-oriented busi...
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5 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherStage Equity Partners is a healthcare real estate owner, acquiring, developing, and managing medical office buildings and surgery centers.
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5 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesSvoboda Capital Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market growth companies. It focuses on value-added distribution, busin...
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5 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
ManufacturingWestbourne Capital Partners is a private investment firm that partners with family offices to deploy capital into direct investments in private companies. It...
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5 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesXyresic is an independent sponsor founded in 2020 by private equity veterans. The firm invests in the lower middle market with a focus on creating value thro...
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
HealthcareThe Blue Venture Fund is a collaboration between Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) companies, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Sandbox. It invests in ...
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesConstellation Wealth Capital specializes in making tailored investments in well-positioned wealth management firms that want to add to their success and inde...
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesEquity Group Investments (EGI) is Sam Zell’s private investment firm. Backed by private capital, EGI is flexible and opportunistic, focusing on control inves...
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesFor over 40 years, First Analysis has supported emerging growth companies and established leaders across high-growth, technology-driven sectors through a dua...
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesGCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $91 billion in assets under management across pri...
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesGreyrock Capital Group provides mezzanine debt and equity to finance buyouts, recapitalizations and internal growth needs of middle-market companies.
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesWe partner with experienced operators and entrepreneurs to offer business owners an operational succession plan alongside a financial exit. One of our Entrep...
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4 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherS2G is a multi-stage investment firm focused on venture and growth-stage businesses across food and agriculture, oceans, and energy. The firm provides capita...
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesAdams Street Partners is a global investment firm managing private markets investment solutions, including private equity, private credit, growth capital, an...
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherPrivate investment firm focused on founder-owned, lower middle-market companies in food and related industries.
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherCharles Thayne Capital is a growth-oriented private investment firm focused on collaborating with world-class leaders to transform industries. It has a passi...
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesExpedition Capital Partners ("ECP") is a private equity investment firm focused on partnering with experienced operators to acquire and grow businesses in th...
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3 tracked deals
Nashville, Illinois
OtherKanbrick is a long-term investment partnership focused on acquiring and building consumer and industrial businesses through hands-on operational improvements...
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesLeading independent sponsor with a 20+ year track record executing complex private equity transactions. Since 2002, Nova has invested in 75+ businesses throu...
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
OtherThe Private Investments team of PSP Partners makes direct investments in established businesses as PSP Capital. As a strategic partner with a deep network an...
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Financial ServicesPrivate debt investment arm within PGIM (Prudential) providing private capital solutions to corporations and sponsors (customized private debt strategies).
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Industrial ServicesRiverspan Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm committed to helping industrial businesses find new growth vectors and build durable, long-term suc...
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3 tracked deals
Chicago, Illinois
Business ServicesPrivate holding company and long-term growth platform for Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate ("FIRE") businesses, including mortgage services and appraisal/...
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