Credit Suisse Private Equity is a private equity firm started as The Sprout Group, formed in 1969. The firm currently manages more than $ 3 billion of private equity assets. Credit Suisse Private Equity offers investment opportunities to corporate and municipal pension funds, foundations, endowments and high net worth individuals.
Investment strategies:
Buyout: DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (New York, Los Angeles and London)
- Focus: Healthcare, Energy and Power, Media, Industrials and Financial Services
- Geographies: Mainly North America and Europe
- Investment Size: From $ 20 to $ 200 million of equity capital in $ 200 million to $ 2 billion companies.
Mezzanine: DLJ Investment Partners, invests in subordinated debt often include an equity component
- Focus: Mainly used to finance middle-market buyout transactions
- Geographies: Mainly North America
- Investment Size: From $ 25 to $75 million.
Secondary PE: has raised over $10 billion of capital commitments, completed more than 600 transactions and acquired more than 1,200 limited partnership interests
- Focus: Leveraged buyout, Mezzanine, Real estate, Venture capital, Fund of funds, Infrastructure and Distressed debt
- Geographies: Global
- Investment Size: From a single LP interest of $ 250,000.
Sector Strategies
- Partners: Global Infrastructure Partners, Mubadala Investments, Hudson Clean Energy and Ospraie Special Opportunities
- Focus: Energy, Transportation, Water / Waste, Utilities Communications, Health, accommodation and education facilities
- Geographies: Selected regions / countries
- Investment Size: Various.
Regional Strategies
- Partners: China Harvest, China Spring, Gulf and DLJ South American Partners
- Focus: Private equity and equity-related investments
- Geographies: China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Member countries of the Gulf Cooperative Council (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Yemen), South America (Argentina, Brazil and Chile).
- Investment Size: Various.
Funds of PE Funds: Customized Fund Investment Group
- Focus: Customized Separate Accounts, Private Label Strategies, Co-mingled Strategies and Structured Products
- Geographies: Global
- Investment Size: Various.
PE 3rd Party Fundraising
- Focus: PE 3rd party fundraising
- Geographies: Global
- Investment Size: From $ 300 million to $ 2 billion.
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