The winners of the Private Equity Wire US Awards 2024, which recognise excellence among private equity fund managers and service providers in the US across a wide range of categories, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (9 October), at The Penn Club, New York.
Voting for the awards was conducted via an online poll of the entire Private Equity Wire userbase, with participants asked to make their choice from a short-list of firms in each category.
Pre-selection data for the awards is provided by multiple data sources, based on annualised returns over the 12 months from 1 April – 31 March, 2024.
The winners are:
Managers
Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Buyout – Hellman & Friedman (Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners XI)
Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Fund of Funds – Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Private Equity Managers 2023)
Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Growth – Wellington Management
Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Secondaries – Industry Ventures (Industry Ventures Secindary X)
Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Venture Capital – Greenoaks Capital Partners (Greenoaks Capital Opportunities Fund V)
Performance of the Year Over $500 Million: Fund of Funds – HarbourVest (HarbourVest Partners XI – Venture)
Performance of the Year – Over $500 Million: Buyout – Clearlake Capital Group (Icon Partners II)
Performance of the Year – Over $500 Million: Growth – Level Equity (Level Equity Growth Partners IV)
Performance of the Year – Over $500 Million: Secondaries – Banner Ridge Partners (Banner Ridge Secondary Fund III)
Performance of the Year – Turnaround – Atlas Holdings (Atlas Capital Resources III)
Performance of the Year – Over $500 Million: Venture Capital – Craft Ventures (Craft Ventures II)
Performance of the Year – Under $500 Million: Fund of Funds – Banner Ridge Partners (Banner Ridge DSCO Fund I)
Performance of the Year – Under $500 Million: Growth – Chicago Pacific Founders (Chicago Pacific Founders Fund II)
Performance of the Year – Under $500 Million: Secondaries – Abbott Capital Management
Performance of the Year – Under $500 Million: Venture Capital – Frist Cressey Ventures (Frist Cressey Ventures Fund II)
Performance of the Year – Under $500 Million: Buyout – Kingswood Capital Management, LP
Service Providers
Accounting and Reporting Solution of the Year – LemonEdge
Audit Firm of the Year: Middle Market – Anchin
Audit Firm of the Year: Overall – Grant Thornton
Audit Firm of the Year: Start-Ups – EisnerAmper
Cloud Services Provider of the Year – Thrive
Cyber Security Provider of the Year – S-RM
Data Management Solution of the Year – Juniper Square
Data Provider of the Year: ESG – RepRisk
Data Provider of the Year: Overall – S&P Global Market Intelligence
Deal Origination Technology of the Year – Sourcescrub
ESG Solution Provider of the Year – Novata
Fund Administrator of the Year: Large Managers – IQEQ
Fund Administrator of the Year: Private Debt – Opus Fund Services
Fund Administrator of the Year: Mid-Market & Emerging Managers – TMF Group
Fund Administrator of the Year: Technology – UMB Bank
Fund Financing Solution of the Year – Fund Finance Partners
Fundraising Solution of the Year – Altvia
Investor Relations Technology of the Year – Juniper Square
Law Firm of the Year: Fund Structuring – Proskauer Rose LLP
Law Firm of the Year: Overall – Ropes & Gray LLP
Law Firm of the Year: Transactions – Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
New Solution Provider of the Year – Termgrid
ODD Solution of the Year – Dasseti
Placement Agent of the Year – Sondhelm Partners
Portfolio Management Software of the Year – Atominvest
PR & Communications Agency of the Year – H/Advisors Abernathy
Recruitment Company of the Year – Investor Relations & Asset Raising – Jensen Partners
Regulatory & Compliance Firm of the Year – Kroll
Regulatory & Compliance Technology of the Year – Real World Compliance LLC
Risk Management Software Provider of the Year – Validus Risk Management
Secondaries Solution of the Year – Setter Capital Inc.
Secure Work-flow Management Provider of the Year – +SUBSCRIBE
Start-Up Solution of the Year – Maestro
Technology Advisory Firm of the Year – Lionpoint Group
Third Party Valuation Provider of the Year – Stout
