Researched, not scraped
A researcher reads the firm’s own site and its public filings before it goes in. Anything that cannot be confirmed is left out, not guessed at.
Private Equity Directory
Know which sponsors actually buy what you're selling.
A directory of private equity firms built one firm at a time: what each one says it backs, at what size, in which markets, and how to reach it. Researched now, sold as a spreadsheet when the first regions are finished.
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Illustrative example, not a real firm
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London · Independent Lower mid-market buyout
StrategyControl buyout
Sectors3 stated
Cheque sizePublished
ContactEmail & phone
What's in a record
Enough to shortlist properly.
A name and a city is not a target list. Every firm carries what you need to judge whether it belongs on the list at all, and how to approach it if it does.
01
Who they are
Firm name, where it is headquartered, the offices it runs, and whether it is an independent sponsor, a captive arm or a listed manager.
02
What they buy
Stated strategy — buyout, growth, venture, credit, secondaries — with the sectors and the deal sizes the firm publishes for itself.
03
Where they buy it
The geographies a firm says it invests in, which is frequently not the country its letterhead is registered in.
04
How to reach them
Website, the firm email or enquiries address, switchboard number, and named partners with their titles where the firm publishes them.
Depth will be uneven, and we will publish the detail on the coverage page rather than bury it. Fields a firm does not publish are left blank, never inferred.
How it's built
Checked by hand, one firm at a time.
Most private equity lists are registry dumps with a strategy label bolted on by keyword match. This one is not, and it will be smaller because of it.
What the firm says about itself
Strategy, sector and deal size come from the firm’s own words. We do not model a mandate from a handful of deals and present it as fact.
Bought once, yours to keep
The plan is a one-time purchase — no subscription, no seat count, no renewal. Pay once, download the spreadsheet, and keep it.
What it won't tell you
The limits, stated up front.
The fastest way to judge a directory is by what it refuses to claim. Here is what this one will not.
- Fund size and dry powder
- Only where the firm or its filings disclose it. Never estimated, and never carried forward from a fund that closed years ago.
- Partner mobile numbers
- Not held. The directory records the firm’s published routes in — the enquiries address, the switchboard, the website.
- Whether they are buying right now
- Unknowable from public sources, so not claimed. A stated mandate is a statement of intent, not a live signal.
Who it's for
Built for people who need the right name.
Sell-side and capital-raising advisers
Build a sponsor list for a process without re-deriving it from memory and last year’s tombstones every time.
Founders and owners selling
See which sponsors actually buy companies your size in your sector, rather than the ten names everyone already knows.
Placement and IR teams
Map the manager landscape in a region before committing to a fundraise, including the firms too small to appear in institutional databases.
Not on sale yet
Tell us which market you need.
Research is under way and regions will be released as they are finished. Say which one matters to you and we will tell you where it stands.