Footprint
INDIA
The newly-opend Mumbai office gives us a physical presence in one of the most exciting emerging markets for private equity.
Continuous improvement
+30%
In the past two years we have increased our staff to focus on deal sourcing and helping our portfolio company management teams.
History
Founded in 1984, we are one of the most experienced private equity investors worldwide. To date we have raised $24bn in private equity capital through 15 regional buyout funds and have completed over 250 transactions in 35 countries. Over the past 25 years Advent has often broken new ground in the private equity field.
Sector specialization
Understanding the operational challenges and opportunities that businesses face requires years of industry knowledge and sector experience. This is why we are a sector–focused investor. We invest in the Business and Financial Services; Healthcare; Industrial; Retail, Consumer and Leisure and Technology, Media and Telecoms sectors.
This sector understanding and insight give us a first-hand appreciation of the industry drivers, issues and trends affecting our portfolio companies. Our local and international knowledge, extensive networks of senior advisors and operating partners within each sector are valuable resources for management teams.
Investment philosophy
We are a long-term business partner for our portfolio companies, typically investing for between three and seven years. We are active and responsible owners. We work closely with management to develop value creation plans that build on the existing strengths of their businesses and provide the resources and support to empower their implementation.
Three investment profiles drive our investment activity: high growth – helping companies generate and take advantage of increases in demand; strategic repositioning – assisting diversified companies to focus on core activities; international expansion – helping companies to enter new geographic markets.
Our people
Advent employs more than 300 talented people around the world and has consulting relationships with over 70 highly experienced operating partners. Our large team allows us to deploy significant resources to our portfolio companies to support our management teams. Our level of commitment is demonstrated by our ratio of 10 private equity investment professionals per US$1bn of assets managed. Our investment professionals work across markets within their sectors, increasing our investment capability and helping to drive best practice across our portfolio.
Our investors
We manage private equity funds on behalf of more than 200 institutional investors around the globe. We have developed long-term partnerships with our investors, which include pension funds, charitable foundations and university endowment funds that appreciate a strategy of long-term value creation. Investors sometimes co-invest in our portfolio companies and provide debt financing to assist growth and restructuring initiatives.