they should look into some private equity firms
The list includes very few venture capital firms, The following is a ranking of the largest private equity firms published in 2011. The ranking was compiled by Private Equity International, which reveals that the world's 50 largest private equity direct investment programs have raised in excess of US$325 billion since 2006.[1] A previous ranking had been published in 2007.[2]
The list includes very few venture capital firms, which tend to be smaller than their leveraged buyout counterparts; for a list of those see List of venture capital firms
Rank
Name of the firm
Headquarters
Capital Raised as of May 2012
(billions of USD)
1
TPG Capital
Fort Worth
$ 50.55
2
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
New York
$ 47.22
3
The Carlyle Group
Washington DC
$ 40.54
4
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
New York
$ 40.21
5
The Blackstone Group
New York
$ 36.42
6
Apollo Management
New York
$ 33.81
7
Bain Capital
Boston
$ 29.4
8
CVC Capital Partners
London
$ 25.07
9
First Reserve Corporation
Greenwich, CT
$ 19.06
10
Hellman & Friedman
San Francisco
$ 17.20
11
Apax Partners
London
$ 16.64
12
General Atlantic
Greenwich, CT
$ 15.10
13
Warburg Pincus
New York
$ 15.00
14
Cerberus Capital Management
New York
$ 14.90
15
Advent International
Boston
$ 14.52
16
Permira
London
$ 13.67
17
Oaktree Capital Management
Los Angeles
$ 13.05
18
Terra Firma Capital Partners
London
$ 12.25
19
Providence Equity Partners
Providence, RI
$ 12.10
20
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
New York
$ 11.40
21
Charterhouse Capital Partners
London
$ 11.27
22
Teachers' Private Capital
Toronto
$ 10.76
23
Madison Dearborn Partners
Chicago
$ 10.60
24
TA Associates
Boston
$ 10.55
25
Silver Lake Partners
Menlo Park, CA
$ 10.50
26
Lone Star Funds
Dallas
$ 10.41
27
Thomas H. Lee Partners
Boston
$ 10.10
28
Cinven
London
$ 15.07
29
Riverstone Holdings
New York
$ 9.67
30
J.C. Flowers & Co.
New York
$ 9.30
31
AXA Private Equity
Paris
$ 9.03
32
AlpInvest Partners
Amsterdam
$ 8.87
33
3i Group
London
$ 8.73
34
Nordic Capital
Stockholm
$ 8.73
35
Fortress Investment Group
New York
$ 8.68
36
EnCap Investments
Houston, TX
$ 8.47
37
Onex
Toronto
$ 8.34
38
Lindsay Goldberg
New York
$ 7.87
39
Citi Capital Advisors
New York
$ 7.80
40
Ares Management
Los Angeles
$ 10.50
41
Summit Partners
Boston, MA
$ 7.75
42
Bridgepoint Capital
London
$ 7.72
43
Marfin
Athens
$ 7.31
44
EQT Partners
Stockholm
$ 7.20
45
NGP Energy Capital Management
Dallas
$ 7.11
46
Energy Capital Partners
Short Hills, NJ
$ 6.59
47
Stone Point Capital
Greenwich, CT
$ 6.40
48
Abraaj Capital
Dubai
$ 6.20
49
Golden Gate Capital
San Francisco
$ 6.11
50
GTCR Golder Rauner
Chicago
$ 6.00