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Private Equity Intelligence

Firms, funds, people, portfolio companies and transactions from sworn filings and cited announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Reported gross assets are never fund size, regulatory AUM is never dry powder, and a deal value prints only when someone disclosed it.

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Firms / M•• F••• M••••••••• L••

M•• F••• M••••••••• L••

Buyout firmMiddle marketNew York, NYm••••••.comSEC registered investment adviser

M•• F••• M••••••••• L•• is a New York-based private equity firm that manages ~$5 billion of capital and has holdings in public and private companies across a variety of industries.

Classification

Class: Buyout firmconfirmed, confidence 85%
Basis: R6: 8 of 12 distinct vehicles are sworn Private Equity Funds; 8 reported gross assets on a filing in 2022 or later
Size band: Middle marketdefined by: proxy: $4.78bn Private Equity Fund GAV on the Form ADV filed 2024-11-27

Classification history (1)

Sep 13, 2026
Buyout firm (confirmed, 85%, cls-pe-1)
R6: 8 of 12 distinct vehicles are sworn Private Equity Funds; 8 reported gross assets on a filing in 2022 or later

Regulatory footprint (Form ADV)

Adviser type: registered investment adviser
Form ADV filings: Feb 14, 2012 to Nov 27, 2024
RAUM: $5.3Bregulatory assets under management of the adviser; not dry powder, not a fund size
PE funds, latest filing: 8
PE fund GAV, latest filing: $4.8Breported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund size
All private fund GAV: $5.3Bevery private fund type, latest filing
2024 PE fund GAV: $4.8Bsum over funds typed Private Equity Fund with a 2024 or later as-of date
PE share of funds, lifetime: 67%
Fund type mix: filed 2024-11-27, latest gav Hedge Fund $561M, Private Equity Fund $4.8B, latest counts Hedge Fund 2, Private Equity Fund 8, lifetime distinct Hedge Fund 4, Private Equity Fund 8
Employees: 22
Headquarters: New York, NY
Office address: 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, New York, NY, 10019
Business phone: 212-262-0005

Stated criteria beside observed behaviour

no observed deals yet

Stated by the firm

Sectors: not stated or not yet read
Geography: not stated or not yet read
Revenue: not stated or not yet read
EBITDA: not stated or not yet read
Enterprise value: not stated or not yet read
Equity check: not stated or not yet read
Control: not stated or not yet read
Thesis: Founded in 1996, M•• F••• M••••••••• L••, is a New York-based private investment firm that manages over $5 billion of capital and invests in deeply undervalued opportunities across a variety of industries.

Observed from deals on record

Nothing observed yet. Behaviour is computed from transactions and portfolio relationships, which have not been collected for this firm.

Funds

8 on record

Fund	Vehicle	Vintage	Reported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund size	Form D sold	Lifecycle
M•• L•••••••• P••••••• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	2020 first reported on Form ADV	$344M as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Mature
M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	2014 first reported on Form ADV	$3.5B as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Mature
M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I•• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	unknown	$714M as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Mature
M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I•• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	unknown	$144M as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Unknown
M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	unknown	$57.3M as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Unknown
M•• I••••••••• P••••••• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	unknown	$25.6M as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Unknown
M••• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	unknown	$3.5M as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Unknown
M••• L• ADV: Private Equity Fund	buyout or unlabelled	unknown	$2.3M as of Nov 27, 2024	no Form D	Unknown

Team

4 current, 2 former

Managing partner (1)

M••• R••••••• · Managing Member · since Feb 1, 2012 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

Platform (3)

M••• H••••• R•••••••• · Chief Operating Officer · since May 1, 2012 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
N••••• D••• K••• · Chief Compliance Officer · since Feb 1, 2021 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
R•• J•••••• · Chief Financial Officer · since May 1, 2003 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

2 former (kept with end dates)

H••••• •••• G•••••••• · Managing Principal, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer · Jun 1, 1996 to Jun 1, 2012 Inference
J•••• Y•••• · General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer · May 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2021 Inference

Portfolio

0 relationships, 0 platforms, 0 add-ons

No portfolio relationship collected for this firm yet. They arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, deal announcements and filings.

Transactions

0 on record

No transaction naming this firm has been collected yet. The deal tape is read from SEC filings and cited announcements.

Placement agents, lenders, advisers and co-investors

1 relationships

Placement agents (1)

U•• S••••••••• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Jan 1, 2014

LP commitments

5 disclosed

O••••• P••••• E•••••••• R••••••••• F••• in M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I•• L• $75.0M oregon.gov
O••••• P••••• E•••••••• R••••••••• F••• in M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I• L• $150M oregon.gov
M•••••••• S•••• B•••• o• I••••••••• in M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I• L• $75.0M msbi.us
N•• J••••• D••••••• o• I••••••••• in M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I•• L• $75.0M nj.gov
N•• J••••• D••••••• o• I••••••••• in M•• I••••••••• P••••••• I• L• $100M nj.gov

Events

1 most recent

Feb 14, 2012
M•• F••• M••••••••• L•• first filed Form ADV in the extract (IA)
First Form ADV filingFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

Scores and what they are made of

Freshness96 · HIGH: as of: 2026-09-20items: [{"code":"DAYS_SINCE_NEWEST_EVIDENCE","points":0.9611111111111111,"evidence":"7 method: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
model score-pe-1
Research priority57 · ELEVATED: as of: 2026-09-20items: [{"code":"SCALE_BAND","points":0.3,"evidence":"MIDDLE_MARKET"},{"code":"COMPLETEmethod: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
model score-pe-1
Investment velocity0 · LOW: as of: 2026-09-20items: []method: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
missing: no dated transactions
model score-pe-1
Acquisition appetite0 · LOW: as of: 2026-09-20items: []method: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
missing: no transactions on the graph for this firm yet
model score-pe-1
Profile completeness67 · ELEVATED: as of: 2026-09-20items: [{"code":"FIELDS_PRESENT","points":0.6666666666666666,"evidence":["website","desmethod: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
missing: portfolio, transactions, stated criteria, lenders
model score-pe-1
Fund deployment activity0 · LOW: as of: 2026-09-20items: []method: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
model score-pe-1

Across DFX

Independent Sponsor Intelligence (matched on shared crd)

Record

First observed: Sep 13, 2026
Last observed: 7 days ago
Observations: 29
Sources: 3
Open research tasks: 1

Reading this profile

Reported gross assets are what an adviser told the SEC a fund held on a date. They are not the fund’s size and not dry powder. RAUM is a regulatory measure of the adviser, not capital available to invest.

A section that says nothing has been collected means exactly that: the graph has not read that kind of record for this firm yet.

Across the graphs

M•• F••• M••••••••• L•• is the same institution as 3 records in Independent Sponsors, RIA and Wealth and Allocators.

Independent Sponsors1RIA and Wealth1Allocators1

Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and what the two were joined on. The Data Factory holds all nine graphs and the identity layer between them.

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