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Bregal Sagemount Recognized Among the Top 20 Global Growth Equity Private Equity Firms

Date: July 09, 2026
Category: Firm news
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The 2025 HEC Paris-Dow Jones Growth Capital Performance Ranking lists the world's Top Growth Capital firms in terms of aggregate performance based on all buyout funds raised between 2012 and 2021.

The ranking aims to answer the question: "Which Growth Capital Firm generated the best performance for their investors over the past few years?" according to Professor Oliver Gottschalg at HEC Paris Business School who has spearheaded this series of rankings. 

This year’s ranking analyzed performance data from 183 growth capital firms and 440 funds raised between 2012 and 2021, representing an aggregate equity volume of $351 billion.

Global Ranking: Top 20 (out of 183) Growth Capital Firms

Rank Firm
1. Quadrant Private Equity
2. Oria Capital
3. FTV Capital
4. KJK Capital
5. Spectrum Equity
6. Ampersand
7. Whiz Partners
8. Sprints
9. NEXT Investors
10. PENM Partners
11. Stripes
12. Lakeshore Capital
13. Primus
14.  Lead Edge Capital
15.  Clairvest
16. Bregal Sagemount
17.  Insight Partners
18. JMI Equity
19.  LLR
20. Axon Partners Group

The ranking draws on a comprehensive set of data on PE fund performance provided by Preqin and directly from PE Firms, using a unique methodology to calculate the aggregate performance of a PE firm based on different performance measures for all the funds managed by the firm. The method is able to aggregate performance across vintage years and considers relative and absolute returns.

This global distinction is a testament not only to our team but also to the founders, management teams, and portfolio companies we are fortunate to partner with. Thank you to all our partners for your continued trust and support.

Disclaimer: The 2025 HEC Paris–Dow Jones Growth Capital Performance Ranking was published on July 7, 2026 and uses data as of May 2025, covering the aggregate performance of growth capital firms across funds raised between 2012 and 2021. The ranking uses publicly available information, internally developed data and other third party sources believed to be reliable by HEC Paris, Professor Oliver Gottschalg, and Dow Jones, alongside a proprietary methodology that comprehensively assesses the aggregate performance of all funds managed by a private equity firm. Bregal Sagemount did not enter a submission for this ranking or pay a fee to be included in the ranking.

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