Research
Working with private equity firms.
How sponsors are structured, how their strategies actually differ, and what public sources can and cannot tell you about any of it.
Sep 6, 2026
How to build a private equity buyer list that survives contact
A practical method for assembling a sponsor longlist for a sell-side process or a raise, and the four filters that remove most of the names before you waste an approach on them.
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Buyout, growth and venture — what the labels actually mean
Sponsors use the same three words for very different businesses. What separates them in practice, and why the wrong label wastes an approach before it starts.
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What a private equity firm directory can and cannot tell you
Sponsors publish more than family offices and far less than they appear to. What is genuinely knowable about a firm from public sources, and what lists estimate.
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