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Top 2017 Vintage Large Buyout Private Equity Funds

Written by Chris LeRoy, Director of Investment Research | Aug 14, 2026, 4:25:39 PM

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Top 2017 Vintage Large Buyout Private Equity Funds

CVC Capital Partners VII

Pursues control-oriented buyout investments in fundamentally sound, well-managed, and cash-generative businesses across Europe and North America, targeting a broad range of industrial and commercial sectors. The strategy applies a pan-regional approach across the manager's international network of offices, with capped exposure to opportunities outside its core European and North American focus. Investments typically target established companies with resilient cash flows and meaningful potential for operational improvement and strategic repositioning.

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Bain Capital Fund XII

Executes control buyout investments in established North American companies within the business products and services sector, applying a hands-on, operationally intensive approach to value creation. The strategy draws on integrated sector specialist teams and a dedicated portfolio operations group that works alongside management from due diligence through exit, emphasizing supply chain, digital, and talent initiatives. The approach reflects a long-tenured platform with a consistent focus on transforming mid-to-large-cap businesses through operational rather than purely financial engineering.

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Onex Partners V

Targets control buyout investments in upper-middle market companies across the United States, Canada, and Europe, spanning consumer products and services, financial services, industrials, and business services sectors. The strategy emphasizes a hands-on partnership approach with management teams, combining operational improvement initiatives, bolt-on acquisitions, and disciplined capital structuring to drive growth. Sector diversification and geographic breadth support a flexible sourcing approach across the manager's long-standing buyout platform.

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Trident VII

Pursues control and structured minority investments exclusively within the financial services sector, targeting insurance, asset and wealth management, banking, and specialty finance businesses across the United States. The strategy leverages deep sector relationships and a proactive, direct-sourcing approach built over more than two decades of dedicated financial services investing. The manager's entrepreneurial investment style and long-tenured team support a differentiated ability to source proprietary opportunities and structure creative transactions within a niche, relationship-driven segment of the buyout market.

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New Mountain Partners V

Pursues control-oriented buyout investments in middle market companies operating within carefully selected, non-cyclical growth industries, emphasizing business building over reliance on leverage or excessive risk-taking. The strategy applies a top-down, thematic approach to industry selection, proactively pursuing companies in defensive growth sectors such as healthcare, business services, and information technology with the goal of avoiding competitive auction processes. The manager's operational and strategic resources are deployed intensively after acquisition, supported by a dedicated team of operating partners and senior advisors focused on driving sustained growth and prudent use of leverage.

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