PE firm’s latest portfolio company taps operating partner’s 25 years of experience

Z Capital’s Jim Zenni details the firm’s acquisitions of performance automotive-parts makers MSDP Group and ACCEL and explains its interest in the sector.

Newly formed SOLIC Capital brings a deep bench of familiar faces to turnaround portfolio companies in need of help.

Z Capital’s Jim Zenni on how falling oil prices are affecting casinos and gaming, and where he sees investment opportunities in the space.

CSQ founder Jeff Sica set sail with venture firm AITV as an advisor to find new software investors.

A discussion of how operating partners are involved in enacting change in a new portfolio company and the skills needed to prepare for an exit, with RSM’s Mauro Bonugli.

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GTCR is betting on a healthcare revolution in the coming years, assembling a management team to source deals in the sector, says managing director Dean Mihas.

Pine Brook’s Robert Glanville tells Privcap why his firm sees a great investment opportunity in alternative small business finance companies.

As one of the largest and most successful European private equity investors in the healthcare sector, Cinven has a good handle on what trends and topics that investors in the space are looking at.

RSM’s Mauro Bonugli explains who at a private equity firm should be involved in a value-creation plan for a newly acquired company.

PE firms use group purchasing programs to cut some common costs in portfolio companies. But there are differences among firms’ programs, say experts from Partners Group and The Riverside Company.

GTCR’s Dean Mihas tells Privcap about his firm’s exit of medical-devices business Devicor and how “The Leadership Strategy” was used to build the portfolio company.

An in-depth discussion among three experts about the dynamics between a private equity firm and their portfolio companies.

Arsenal Capital’s Tim Zappala, Chromaflo’s Scott Becker and RSM’s Mauro Bonugli discuss how Arsenal implemented Chromaflo’s 90-day plan and what it achieved.

Private equity may not be the first sector to spring to mind when the phrase “going green” is uttered. But some firms would like to change that.

Two big-name PE firms—KKR and The Carlyle Group—are among those to have partnered with the nonprofit advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund [EDF] to bring mutually beneficial changes (including…

Privcap speaks to Scott Hoffman about why he joined the private equity firm after a 28-year career in industrial products

After spending nearly three decades at an industrial products company, including running four global businesses, Scott Hoffman made the leap to private equity operating partner.

It was an easy decision for him to move to…

Three experts explain why sharing PE portfolio data is so challenging, and what resources are necessary to do useful things with “big data” from the asset class.