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Top Venture Capital Firms: Private equity firms

24 of 59 venture capital firms ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.

Between them, the 59 venture capital firms on this page cover partners (21), healthtech (12), growth stage (6) and partnership (6). They also list work in New York City, London, Chicago and San Francisco. 59 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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Q4 2026 edition

24 of 59 venture capital firms ranked on evidence held on 12 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each business states on its own website, which we read and date. Nobody pays to be placed.

Positions are fixed for the quarter; the next edition is due in January 2027.

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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Also in Stockholm and Miami
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, or LLCP, is a private equity firm that invests in middle-market businesses in the United States and Europe.
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Why #1: In business 40+ years · Team of 89+, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Livingbridge
Healthtech
Livingbridge is a mid-market private equity firm employing more than one hundred people in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
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Why #2: In business 25+ years · Team of 100+, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
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Whitney & Co.
Also in New York City
Whitney & Co. is the private equity firm better known as J.H. Whitney, set up in 1946 by the industrialist and philanthropist John Hay Whitney.
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Why #3: Founded 1946, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Nightingale Partners
Partners · Fintech · SaaS · Also in Sydney and London
Nightingale Partners is a private equity firm with its headquarters in Australia and offices in Sydney and Hong Kong.
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Why #4: Founded 1985 · Owner-managed, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Yorktown Partners LLC
Also in New York City
Yorktown Partners LLC makes private capital investments in the energy sector. It has done so since 1991.
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Why #5: Founded 1991, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Longmeadow Capital Partners
Partners
Longmeadow Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm based in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
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Why #6: Founded 1993, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Seaport Capital
Also in Vermont and New York City
Seaport Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1997. It buys and grows companies at the smaller end of the mid-market, with a particular interest in communications,…
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Why #7: Founded 1997, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Svoboda Capital
Mobility · Also in Chicago
Svoboda Capital is a private equity firm based in Chicago. Private equity is its only line of business, and it invests in growth-oriented companies in the lower middle market.
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Why #8 (shared): Founded 1998, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Parthenon Capital Partners
Partners · Healthtech · Also in Austin and San Francisco
Parthenon Capital Partners is a private equity firm that invests in management teams and their companies. It was founded in 1998 and works within three main sectors.
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Why #8 (shared): Founded 1998, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Wynnchurch Capital
Also in Chicago
Wynnchurch Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1999. It supplies capital and experience to middle-market companies and says it works as a partner to management teams.
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Why #10 (shared): Founded 1999 · Family business, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Penta Capital
Also in London
Penta Capital is an independently owned private equity firm. Since its launch it has concentrated only on the mid-market, taking equity stakes in successful businesses.
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Why #10 (shared): Founded 1999, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Prism Capital Corporation
Prism Capital Corporation is a private equity firm based in Chicago that is now winding down.
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Why #10 (shared): Founded 1999, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Waypoint Capital Partners
Partners · Also in Washington and Stamford
WayPoint Capital Partners started in 2001 to manage the private equity assets of a cable and satellite entrepreneur and his family.
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Why #13: Founded 2001, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Fortissimo Capital
Also in Tel Aviv
Fortissimo Capital is a private equity fund in Israel. It puts capital into technology and industrial businesses and works closely with their management on growth.
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Why #14 (shared): Founded 2004, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Linden Capital Partners
Partners · Healthtech · Legal · Also in Chicago
Linden Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago that concentrates entirely on healthcare.
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Why #14 (shared): Founded 2004, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Odyssey Investment Partners
Also in New York and York
Odyssey Investment Partners is a middle-market private equity firm with more than twenty years of history. It works with management teams and invests in companies in North America.
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Why #16 (shared): In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Argan Capital Advisors
Partnership · Industrial
Argan Capital Advisors is an independent private equity firm that buys and develops mid-market businesses in Europe.
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Why #16 (shared): In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Azimuth Capital Management
Artificial Intelligence · Also in Silicon Valley and San Francisco
Azimuth Capital Management is a private equity firm with more than twenty years of experience investing in energy.
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Why #16 (shared): In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Lee Equity Partners
Partners · Also in New York City
Lee Equity Partners is a private equity firm that specialises in financial services and healthcare services.
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Why #16 (shared): Founded 2006, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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TZP Group
Also in United States and New York City
Private equity firm investing in lower-middle-market technology, business services and consumer companies in the US and Canada
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Why #20: Founded 2007, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Merieux Equity Partners
Series A · Partners · Healthtech · Also in Paris and North America
Merieux Equity Partners is an investment firm that specialises in healthcare, life science and nutrition.
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Why #21 (shared): Founded 2009, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
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Breakwater Management LP
Partners · Also in Miami and Los Angeles
Breakwater Management LP is a private equity firm headquartered in Los Angeles.
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Why #21 (shared): Founded 2009, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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eEquity
Also in Stockholm
eEquity is a Nordic buyout investor with an office in Stockholm.
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Why #23: Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Newlook Capital
Dental · Also in Sutton and Burlington
Ontario private equity firm running industry-specialised funds in recurring-service sectors such as dental and industrial services
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Why #24: Founded 2013, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
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Top Venture Capital Firms: Private equity firms

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Livingbridge

Whitney & Co.

Nightingale Partners

Yorktown Partners LLC

Longmeadow Capital Partners

Seaport Capital

Svoboda Capital

Parthenon Capital Partners

Wynnchurch Capital

Penta Capital

Prism Capital Corporation

Waypoint Capital Partners

Fortissimo Capital

Linden Capital Partners

Odyssey Investment Partners

Argan Capital Advisors

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Lee Equity Partners

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