DFX Intelligence
Placement agents
Who markets private equity fundsAbout this listAn agent appears here when a fund's adviser names it as a marketer on Form ADV (Schedule D, 7.B.(1), question 28) or when the fund's Form D names it as a sales compensation recipient. Fund vehicles are counted as filed, so a main fund, its parallel funds and its feeders count separately. “Latest generation” means the agent is named on a vehicle of the sponsor's most recent vintage or the one before it.
4,432 placement agents
| Agent | Sponsors | Repeat | Last 3 years | Latest generation | Fund vehicles | Years named | Most frequent sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VOLCOM Capital S.A. Montevideo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2017 to 2024 | Glendower Capital (1), Centerbridge Partners (1) |
Vorsprung Advisory Ltd. Berkeley Square | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | Hunter Point Capital LP (2), Freshstream Investment Partners LLP (1) |
VP Distributors, LLC Hartford, CT · CRD 3036 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2026 to 2026 | Crescent Cove (1), Crescent Cove Advisors, LP (1) |
Wafra Securities Corporation New York, NY · CRD 149666 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2009 to 2010 | Stone Point Capital (1), Blackstone (1) |
WAI Alternative Investments Ag Zuric | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2014 to 2024 | Ares (7), Abbott Capital Management LLC (2) |
Waystone Investment Management (ie) Limited Dublin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2022 to 2024 | Grain Management, LLC (1), Compass Group LLC (1) |
Wealth Management Cube Limited Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2019 to 2024 | Hamilton Lane (2), Phoenix Property Investors Limited (1) |
Wedbush Securities Inc. Los Angeles, CA · CRD 877 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2005 to 2024 | Wedbush Asset Management, LLC (2), Icapital (1) |
Wells Capital Management Singapore San Francisco, CA · CRD 165024 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2007 to 2024 | Icapital (3), Morgan Stanley (2) |
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC San Francisco, CA · CRD 10582 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1997 to 2024 | Morgan Stanley (3), Blackrock (1) |
Western International Securities Pasadena, CA · CRD 39262 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2012 to 2015 | Elco Management Company, LLC (2), GPB Capital Holdings, LLC (1) |
WestPark Capital, Inc. Los Angeles, CA · CRD 39914 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2013 to 2023 | Kelson Asset Management LLC (1), GPB Capital Holdings, LLC (1) |
Whitehall-Parker Securities Inc. San Francisco, CA · CRD 10608 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2012 to 2013 | Coachman Energy Partners LLC (2), GPB Capital Holdings, LLC (1) |
Wickenkamp Consulting Gmbh Cologne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2019 to 2024 | Star Mountain Fund Management, LLC (6), Cartesian Capital Group (1) |
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC Nashville, TN · CRD 3767 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2011 to 2025 | TVV Capital (6), Carlyle Group (2) |
Williams Trading LLC Westport, CT · CRD 43678 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2023 to 2025 | Huizenga Capital Management, LLC (1), Kopernik Global Investors, LLC (1) |
Wilmington Trust Investment Management Wilmington, DE · CRD 19396 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2019 to 2024 | Blackrock (1), Morgan Stanley (1) |
Wilmington Trust, Na Wilmington, DE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2020 to 2024 | Bbam US LP (1), Morgan Stanley (1) |
Wise Capital (middle East) Ltd. Dubai | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2010 to 2019 | HQ Capital Private Equity LLC (8), Pacific Equity Partners Pty Limited (3) |
Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. Oakdale, MN · CRD 421 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2013 to 2019 | Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (3), GPB Capital Holdings, LLC (1) |
Woori Investment & Securities Co, Ltd Seoul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2012 to 2015 | Blackstone (2), Paul Capital (2) |
Worden Capital Management LLC Garden City, NY · CRD 148366 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2019 to 2021 | Straightpath Management Inc (5), Worden Capital Advisors (1) |
World Equity Group, Inc. Schaumburg, IL · CRD 29087 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2019 to 2023 | Kelson Asset Management LLC (1), World Equity Group, Inc. (1) |
Wren Capital LLC San Fransisco, CA · CRD 150721 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2013 to 2017 | Capman (2), Headlands Capital (1) |
XP Investments US, LLC New York, NY · CRD 156691 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2021 to 2024 | Harbourvest Partners (18), Hamilton Lane (1) |
XS Investments Bv Laren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2020 to 2023 | Closed Loop Partners, LLC (2), Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC (1) |
Z Square Partners Consulting Co. Ltd. Beijing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2019 to 2024 | PSG Equity L.L.C. (10), Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. (4) |
Z Square Partners Consulting Co., Ltd. Beijing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2018 to 2025 | PSG Equity L.L.C. (10), Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. (6) |
1251 Capital Group Boston, MA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2022 to 2022 | Greenbacker Capital Management LLC (1) |
16Capital Advisors FZE Dubai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2026 to 2026 | Aacp Investments, LLC (1) |
1851 Securities, Inc Hartford, CT · CRD 153006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 to 2023 | Nassau (1) |
1Oak Capital Limited London | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2024 to 2024 | Trgp (1) |
1st Discount Brokerage, Inc. Providence, RI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2014 to 2024 | Precision Capital Advisors, LLC (2) |
21st Century Gold & Silver Del Ray Beach, FL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | Straightpath Management Inc (2) |
2m Management, LLC New York, NY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | Rp (4) |
360 ONE Inc. New York, NY · CRD 329291 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2025 to 2025 | 360 One (3) |
3p Capital Advisors Eerbeek | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2015 to 2023 | Olympus Capital Holdings Asia LLC (2) |
3sixty Capital LLP London | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 to 2018 | Raison Asset Management (1) |
4f Investment Partners Israel Ltd Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | LBC Credit Partners (7) |
4f Investment Partners Ltd Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2025 to 2025 | LBC Credit Partners (1) |
4f Investments Partners Israel Ltd Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 to 2019 | LBC Credit Partners (1) |
57 Stars LLC Arlington, VA · CRD 135202 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2024 to 2024 | Haveli Investment Management LLC (2) |
9239-1192 Quebec Inc. Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2015 to 2015 | Harbourvest Partners (1) |
A Davis Capital Freehold, NJ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | Straightpath Management Inc (2) |
A Lamont & Co Brussels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2021 to 2021 | Lumos Capital Group LLC (2) |
A Lamot & Co Brussels | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2022 to 2024 | Lumos Capital Group LLC (2) |
A Lamot & Co Brussels | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2023 to 2023 | Lumos Capital Group LLC (2) |
A Lamot & Co srl Bruxelles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2023 to 2023 | GEF Capital Partners (2) |
A. German Moscow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2016 to 2016 | Civitas Capital Management, LLC (2) |
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. St. Louis, MO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2007 to 2007 | Morgan Stanley (1) |