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G••• L••

Buyout firmLarge capChicago, ILg•••.comSEC registered investment adviser

G••• L•• is a leading private equity firm, based in Chicago, with over 40 years of deep sector expertise.

Classification
Class
Buyout firmconfirmed, confidence 85%
Basis
R6: 61 of 61 distinct vehicles are sworn Private Equity Funds; 42 reported gross assets on a filing in 2022 or later
Size band
Large capdefined by: proxy: $39.88bn Private Equity Fund GAV on the Form ADV filed 2024-03-29
Strategies
GROWTH EQUITY
Classification history (1)
  1. Sep 13, 2026
    Buyout firm (confirmed, 85%, cls-pe-1)
    R6: 61 of 61 distinct vehicles are sworn Private Equity Funds; 42 reported gross assets on a filing in 2022 or later
Regulatory footprint (Form ADV)
Adviser type
registered investment adviser
Form ADV filings
Feb 13, 2012 to Mar 29, 2024
RAUM
$40Bregulatory assets under management of the adviser; not dry powder, not a fund size
PE funds, latest filing
35
PE fund GAV, latest filing
$40Breported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund size
All private fund GAV
$40Bevery private fund type, latest filing
2024 PE fund GAV
$40Bsum over funds typed Private Equity Fund with a 2024 or later as-of date
PE share of funds, lifetime
100%
Fund type mix
filed 2024-03-29, latest gav Private Equity Fund $40B, latest counts Private Equity Fund 35, lifetime distinct Private Equity Fund 61
Employees
167
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Office address
300 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 5600, Chicago, IL, 60654-3448
Business phone
312-382-2200
Stated criteria beside observed behaviour
6 observed deals
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
not stated or not yet read
Observed from deals on record
roles
unknown 1, platform 5
period
to 2025-11-19, from 2024-10-01, undated holdings 0, dated observations 12
window
last 2025-11-19, first 2024-10-01
control
control 5, unknown 1
companies
6
geography
count 1, share 0.167, value CT, count 1, share 0.167, value NV
investments
6
seller kinds
sponsor 2, corporate parent 1
transactions
6
cadence by year
2024 other deals 1, 2025 exits 2, platforms 2, other deals 1
platform add on
add ons 0, platforms 5, add ons per platform 0
sector known for
3
disclosed value usd
n 0
sector distribution
count 2, share 0.333, value software, examples FMG Suite, Innovative Systems, count 1, share 0.167, value business services, examples Tranzact
holding period years
n 0
repeat counterparties
role sell side adviser, shared 2, entity id 299ebe64-321f-4fcf-a8c3-bca3af6ba80c, role legal adviser, shared 2, entity id a4c8f9dc-f5c0-44a6-8477-21e5f1338f16
subsector distribution
count 2, share 0.333, value vertical software, examples FMG Suite, Innovative Systems, count 1, share 0.167, value insurance agencies brokerage, examples Tranzact

6 companies on the graph (6 transactions); most in software (2); 5 platforms and 0 add-ons; observed 2024 to 2025

Funds
62 on record
FundVehicleVintageReported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund sizeGAV by yearForm D soldLifecycle
O••••• I•••••••• 2• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$2.3B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
O••••• I•••••••• 1• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$682M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• E•••••••• F••• I•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$476M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• E•••••••• F••• I•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$447M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• •••• I•••••••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$351M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• •• I•••••••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$348M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• •••• I•••••••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$104M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• •• I•••••••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2024
first reported on Form ADV
$42.8M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• C•••••••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2024
first reported on Form ADV
$27.3M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• F••• X••••• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallel2024
first reported on Form ADV
$17.9M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• C•••••••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2024
first reported on Form ADV
$15.5M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• F••• X••••• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallel2024
first reported on Form ADV
$6.8M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• C•••••••• X••• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2024
first reported on Form ADV
$2.4M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• F••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2023
first reported on Form ADV
$7.1B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DEarly deployment
G••• F••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2023
first reported on Form ADV
$4.4B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DEarly deployment
G••• F••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2023
first reported on Form ADV
$0
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• S•••••••• G••••• F••• I•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Growth fund2022
first reported on Form ADV
$1.4B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• S•••••••• G••••• F••• I•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Growth fund2022
first reported on Form ADV
$502M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DEarly deployment
G••• S•••••••• G••••• F••• I•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Growth fund2022
first reported on Form ADV
$286M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DEarly deployment
G••• S•••••••• G••••• C•••••••• I• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2022
first reported on Form ADV
$35.7M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DEarly deployment
G••• F••• X••••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2020
first reported on Form ADV
$4.1B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• F••• X••••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2020
first reported on Form ADV
$2.3B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• F••• X••••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2020
first reported on Form ADV
$2.0B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• F••• X•••• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallel2020
first reported on Form ADV
$704M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• F••• X•••• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallel2020
first reported on Form ADV
$179M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• C•••••••• X••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2020
first reported on Form ADV
$40.5M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• C•••••••• X•• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2020
first reported on Form ADV
$4.7M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• F••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2017
first reported on Form ADV
$3.3B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• F••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2017
first reported on Form ADV
$2.3B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• F••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2017
first reported on Form ADV
$1.4B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• C•••••••• X•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2017
first reported on Form ADV
$42.4M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DMature
G••• F••• X••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2014
first reported on Form ADV
$2.2B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DUnknown
G••• F••• X••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2014
first reported on Form ADV
$1.8B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DHarvest
G••• F••• X••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelled2014
first reported on Form ADV
$1.0B
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DHarvest
G••• C•••••••• X• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicle2014
first reported on Form ADV
$34.3M
as of Mar 29, 2024
no Form DHarvest
G••• F••• X•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$184M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• V••••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$165M
as of Mar 31, 2014
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• V•••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$128M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• I•••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$119M
as of Jun 24, 2019
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• X•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$54.2M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• V•••••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$27.1M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• V•• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$23.4M
as of Mar 30, 2016
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• I•••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$19.4M
as of Jun 24, 2019
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• V••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$16.6M
as of Apr 14, 2015
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• V••• A••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallelunknown$13.7M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• C•••••••• X• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicleunknown$7.9M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G•••••• T••••• C••••••• R••••• F••• V• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$7.3M
as of Nov 19, 2012
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• X•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$7.0M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• C••••••••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicleunknown$3.8M
as of Apr 14, 2015
no Form DWound down
G••• C•••••••• I••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicleunknown$2.3M
as of Jun 24, 2019
no Form DWound down
G•••••• T••••• C••••••• R••••• F••• I•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$2.3M
as of Mar 31, 2014
no Form DWound down
G••• C•••••••• I•• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicleunknown$1.7M
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• V• E•••••••• F•••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallelunknown$576,818
as of Mar 30, 2016
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• I••• A•• ••••••••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallelunknown$536,549
as of Mar 30, 2016
no Form DWound down
G••• A••••••••• V•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$360,622
as of Mar 30, 2016
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• I••• A•• ••••••••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallelunknown$324,657
as of Mar 30, 2016
no Form DWound down
G••• A••••••••• V•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
buyout or unlabelledunknown$100,000
as of Nov 19, 2012
no Form DWound down
G••• C•••••••• I•• A•• ••••••••• L•••
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicleunknown$18,322
as of Mar 30, 2016
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• X•• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallelunknown$0
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• X•• A•• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Feeder or parallelunknown$0
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• C•••••••• X•••• L•
ADV: Private Equity Fund
Co-investment vehicleunknown$0
as of Mar 30, 2023
no Form DWound down
G••• F••• X••buyout or unlabelledunknownunknownno reportingno Form DUnknown
Team
19 current, 9 former
Partner (10)
9 former (kept with end dates)
Portfolio
6 relationships, 5 platforms, 0 add-ons
CompanyRoleStatusInvestedHeldPartnerSource
F•••••••• C•••••• I•••••••••PlatformactiveNov 19, 2025
transaction announcement
10 monthsM•••••• H•••••••• (confirmed)Fact Press release wires (PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire public pages and RSS)
I••••••••• S••••••PlatformactiveAug 27, 2025
transaction announcement
1.1 yearsS•••••• J•••••• (confirmed)Fact Press release wires (PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire public pages and RSS)
F•• S••••PlatformactiveJul 29, 2025
transaction announcement
1.2 yearsM•••••• H•••••••• (confirmed)Fact Press release wires (PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire public pages and RSS)
C•••• C••••••Role unknownactiveJul 8, 2025
transaction announcement
1.2 yearsM•••••• H•••••••• (confirmed)Fact Press release wires (PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire public pages and RSS)
S•••• P•••• C•••••• L••PlatformactiveApr 23, 2025
transaction announcement
1.4 yearsC••••• E••••• R•••• (confirmed)Fact Press release wires (PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire public pages and RSS)
T•••••••PlatformactiveOct 1, 2024
transaction announcement
2.0 yearsT•• E•••••• (confirmed)Fact Press release wires (PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire public pages and RSS)
Transactions
8 on record
Placement agents, lenders, advisers and co-investors
24 relationships
Placement agents (2)
Lenders (4)
  • R•••••• 1 shared · one time · last Apr 23, 2025
  • P••• 1 shared · one time · last Apr 23, 2025
  • W•••• 1 shared · one time · last Apr 23, 2025
  • W•••••• • G••••••• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Apr 23, 2025
Financial advisers (12)
  • L•••••• I••••••••• L•• 2 shared · recurring · last Aug 27, 2025
  • H••••••• L•••• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 8, 2025
  • S••••••• 1 shared · one time · last Aug 27, 2025
  • W•••• F•••• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 8, 2025
  • H••••• W••••••• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 29, 2025
  • W•••••• B•••• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 29, 2025
  • A••••••• D•••••••• I••••••••• A•••••••• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 8, 2025
  • M••••• S•••••• • C•• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Apr 23, 2025
  • S••• • C•••••• 1 shared · one time · last Aug 27, 2025
  • B•••• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 29, 2025
  • G•••••• S•••• • C•• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Apr 23, 2025
  • C••••••••• P••••••• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Nov 19, 2025
Legal advisers (6)
  • K••••••• • E•••• L•• 2 shared · recurring · last Nov 19, 2025
  • D•••••••• • P••••••• 1 shared · one time · last Nov 19, 2025
  • D••• • C••••••• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 29, 2025
  • G•••••• 1 shared · one time · last Aug 27, 2025
  • S•••••• T•••••• • B••••••• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 29, 2025
  • L••••• • W•••••• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Apr 23, 2025
LP commitments
12 disclosed
Events
11 most recent
  1. Mar 31, 2026
    G••• L••: Private Equity Funds on Form ADV 35 (2024 extract) -> 55 (roster 2026-09-01)
  2. Mar 31, 2026
    O••••• P••••• E•••••••• R••••••••• F••• reports G••• S•••••••• G••••• Fund: $65,000,000 committed, vintage 2022, net IRR 6.4%
    Lp commitment disclosedFactO••••• P••••• E•••••••• R••••••••• F•••P••••• pension private-markets disclosures, read through the venture lane's LP report tape
  3. Mar 31, 2026
    O••••• P••••• E•••••••• R••••••••• F••• reports G••• S•••••••• G••••• II: $75,000,000 committed, vintage 2024
    Lp commitment disclosedFactO••••• P••••• E•••••••• R••••••••• F•••P••••• pension private-markets disclosures, read through the venture lane's LP report tape
  4. Dec 31, 2025
    W••••••••• S•••• I••••••••• B•••• reports G••• S•••••••• G••••• Fund I LP: $165,000,000 committed, vintage 2022, net IRR 8.2%
    Lp commitment disclosedFactW••••••••• S•••• I••••••••• B••••P••••• pension private-markets disclosures, read through the venture lane's LP report tape
  5. Nov 19, 2025
  6. Aug 27, 2025
    G••• Acquires I••••••••• S•••••• G••• acquires I••••••••• S••••••, partners with S•••• Alcott as CEO to lead the company through its next phase of growth.
  7. Jul 29, 2025
    G••• to Acquire F•• S•••• from Aurora Capital Partners
  8. Jul 8, 2025
    G••• Announces S•••••••• Investment in C•••• C••••••
  9. Apr 23, 2025
    S•••• P•••• C•••••• Joins G••• as an Investor in Ultimus Fund Solutions
  10. Oct 1, 2024
  11. Feb 13, 2012
    G••• L•• first filed Form ADV in the extract (IA)
Across the graphs

G••• L•• is the same institution as 5 records in Allocators, Venture Capital, Independent Sponsors and RIA and Wealth.

Allocators2Venture Capital1Independent Sponsors1RIA and Wealth1

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