DFX Intelligence
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.
Placement agents
Who markets private equity funds
An 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.
3,585 placement agents
| Agent | Sponsors | Repeat | Last 3 years | Latest generation | Fund vehicles | Years named | Most frequent sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Compass Group Global Advisors Santiago | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2012 to 2024 | Cinven Capital (5), Blackstone (3), Hudson (2) |
Compass Group Global Advisors S.A. Montevideo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 2015 to 2026 | Blackstone (11), Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC (7), Lexington Partners (6) |
Connaught (uk) Limited London | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2021 to 2024 | General Atlantic Service Company, L.P. (3), Horizon Capital LLP (2), Freshstream Investment Partners LLP (1) |
Constellar Capital Partners Hong Kong Limited Central, Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2021 to 2026 | Light Street Capital Management, LLC (7), Lexington Partners (3), Hunter Point Capital LP (1) |
Credicorp Capital Asset Management S.A. Administradora General de Fondos Santiago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2016 to 2024 | Madison Dearborn Partners (3), Intermediate Capital (1), FOW Partners, LP (1) |
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC New York, NY · CRD 106012 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2012 to 2024 | York Capital Management (8), Energy & Minerals Group (8), China Renaissance Capital Investment Inc. (1) |
Crescent Grove Advisors Lake Forest, IL · CRD 170912 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2019 to 2024 | Icapital (2), Barrett Upton Capital Partners (1), Carlyle Group (1) |
Cresta Westhall LLP London · CRD 164986 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2015 to 2024 | Dbay Advisors Limited (5), Navis Capital (2), Goodhart Partners LLP (1) |
Cross Point Capital LLC Kingston, NJ · CRD 136223 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2013 to 2016 | NEW Canaan Funding Mezzanine LLC (2), Trinity Hunt Management, L.P. (1), Greyrock Capital Group (1) |
Crossbay Capital Partners New Canaan, CT | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2022 to 2024 | AE Industrial Partners, LP (4), Ccmp (3), Balance Point Capital Advisors, LLC (1) |
Curtis Point Capital Weston, MA · CRD 307399 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | Crosspoint Capital Partners, LP (2), Haveli Investment Management LLC (1), Kelso & Company, L.P. (1) |
DBS Bank (hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2022 to 2024 | Invesco (2), Lexington Partners (1), Carlyle Group (1) |
Delaware Distributors, L.P. Philadelphia, PA · CRD 14232 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2018 to 2024 | Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (13), Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (europe) Ltd (12), Green Investment Group Management Limited (1) |
Detlef Mackewicz Munchen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2021 to 2024 | Truebridge Capital Partners (8), Stepstone Group Real (4), Greenspring Associates, LLC (2) |
Deutsche Bank Ag London | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2013 to 2024 | DWS (18), Icapital (2), Blackrock (1) |
Deutsche Bank Ag, Hong Kong Branch Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2012 to 2024 | DWS (22), Blackrock (1), Icapital (1) |
Deutsche Bank Ag, London Branch London | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2012 to 2018 | DWS (16), Icapital (2), Abraaj (1) |
Deutsche Bank Ag, Singapore Branch Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2012 to 2024 | DWS (22), Icapital (2), Blackrock (1) |
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. Luxembourg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2013 to 2024 | DWS (13), Icapital (2), Blackrock (1) |
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette New York, NY | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2012 to 2014 | PAI Partners (8), The Capstreet Group, LLC (1), Towerbrook Capital Partners (1) |
EBW Capital Limited London | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 2017 to 2024 | Portfolio (14), Truebridge Capital Partners (7), Monroe Capital Management Advisors LLC (3) |
EFP Capital LLP London | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2012 to 2024 | Sway Ventures Management LLC (5), Raine Capital LLC (4), Panorama Point Partners (3) |
Enclave Capital LLC New York, NY · CRD 22732 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2020 to 2024 | Soryn Ip Capital Management (3), Nebari Partners, LLC (2), ECC Fund Manager II, LLC (2) |
Entoro Securities, LLC Houston, TX · CRD 35192 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2021 to 2024 | Sandalwood Securities, Inc. (1), Trispan (USA) LLC (1), Wave Digital Assets LLC (1) |
ERG Securities (US) LLC Norwalk, CT · CRD 121057 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2018 to 2024 | Pomona Capital (1), NEW Holland Capital, LLC (1), Longview Innovation Corp. (1) |
Evercore Gmbh Frankfurt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2023 to 2024 | Equistone (1), Norvestor (1), Preservation Capital Partners Limited (1) |
Falcom Internacional Ltda. Santiago | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2017 to 2024 | Gtcr LLC (6), Nassau (2), Antares Capital Advisers LLC (1) |
FAR Hills Group, LLC. New York, NY · CRD 32243 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2018 to 2024 | Feenix Venture Partners, LLC (2), Doubleblue Capital Management L.P. (2), Blue Water Life Science Advisors, LP (2) |
Farrell Marsh & Co. Ardmore, PA · CRD 31971 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2012 to 2024 | Arsenal Capital Management LP (10), North Castle Partners, LLC (2), Omega Fund Management, LLC (1) |
First Point Equity Capital Ltd London | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2021 to 2024 | GEF Capital Partners (1), Turning Rock Partners, L.P. (1), Lumos Capital Group LLC (1) |
Florida Atlantic Securities Corp. Miami, FL · CRD 43272 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2013 to 2024 | Eagletree Capital (8), LGK Advisors, LLC (3), Lexington Partners (1) |
Fnex Capital, LLC Indianaolis, IN · CRD 166316 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2021 to 2024 | MIC Capital Partners (2), Silverview Credit Partners LP (2), Fundamental (1) |
Four Points Capital Partners LLC Buffalo, NY · CRD 43149 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2022 to 2024 | CAZ Investments L.P. (4), Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC (1), Paladin Capital Management, LLC (1) |
Fund Genesis Limited Causeway Bay | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | CAZ Investments L.P. (4), Harbert Fund Advisors, Inc. (2), Adams Street Partners, LLC (1) |
Gatewood Advisors LLC New York, NY · CRD 171121 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2015 to 2024 | Gatewood Capital Management LLC (4), MBP Capital Management LLC (2), Revolvercap Management, L.P. (1) |
Greenstone Group Fze Dubai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2013 to 2015 | Gryphon Advisors, LLC (2), Abbott Capital Management LLC (1), Wafra Inc. (1) |
Grovepeak S.A.S. Bogata | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2020 to 2024 | Stepstone Group Real (5), Greenspring Associates, LLC (3), Dawson Partners (3) |
Halcyon Cabot Partners, Ltd. New York, NY · CRD 32664 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2012 to 2017 | Felix Advisors LLC (10), L3 Capital Advisors LLC (9), Advanced Technology Management LLC (1) |
Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC Lutherville, MD · CRD 151085 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2017 to 2024 | Goldman Sachs (7), Carlyle Group (3), Morgan Stanley (1) |
Hatteras Capital Raleigh, NC · CRD 143365 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2012 to 2024 | Hatteras (4), Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC (2), 6529 Capital LLC (1) |
Haydon Hill Advisors Ltd. London | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2016 to 2024 | Truebridge Capital Partners (4), Cartesian Capital Group (1), GCM Customized Investment Group (1) |
Hightower Advisors, LLC Chicago, IL · CRD 145323 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2017 to 2024 | Icapital (9), Morgan Stanley (2), Carlyle Group (2) |
Hightower Securities, LLC Chicago, IL · CRD 116681 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2013 to 2020 | Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (3), Croft & Bender, LP (2), Carlyle Group (1) |
HPM Partners LLC New York, NY · CRD 151559 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2015 to 2024 | Icapital (3), Carlyle Group (3), Blackstone (1) |
Inpact Switzerland Sa Geneva | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2023 to 2024 | Carlyle Group (4), Proterra Investment Partners LP (1), Orchard Global Asset (1) |
ISP Group Zurich | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2016 to 2024 | Portfolio (2), Monroe Capital Management Advisors LLC (2), Comvest (2) |
Ispartners Investment Solutions Ag Zurich · CRD 169224 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2017 to 2023 | General Atlantic Service Company, L.P. (3), Leerink Transformation Partners (2), Lexington Partners (1) |
J.P. Morgan Institutional Investments New York, NY · CRD 102920 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 2012 to 2024 | HPS Investment Partners (33), Rizvi Traverse Management, LLC (1), Loop Capital Investment Management, LLC (1) |
Kakaopay Securities Seoul | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2021 to 2024 | Bridgepoint (3), Hamilton Lane (2), Lexington Partners (1) |
Kalorama Capital, LLC Washington, DC · CRD 104155 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2014 to 2024 | Adams Street Partners, LLC (20), Acon (2), Highgear Ventures Management, LLC (1) |