In our first edition of the Europe 250, we analyzed and ranked the largest and most active investors in Europe. Our ranking is based on the size of the underlying portfolio and is calculated with a proprietary Gain.pro algorithm.
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The Europe 250
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Investor
01
CVC
02
EQT
03
KKR
04
GIC
05
BlackRock
06
Permira
07
Blackstone
08
Bain Capital
09
Cinven
10
Hellman & Friedman
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European portfolio
Managed EV, €
Entries/Exits since '18
Median EBITDA, €
Fundraising since '18, €
GB
74 companies
59.1bn
66/29
113.6m
69.3bn
SE
119 companies
46.7bn
112/48
76.8m
112.5bn
US
59 companies
38.0bn
57/26
108.7m
107.0bn
SG
36 companies
36.5bn
33/6
320.4m
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US
38 companies
31.9bn
29/4
253.1m
21.5bn
GB
42 companies
30.7bn
29/10
99.9m
33.1bn
US
38 companies
26.5bn
36/11
117.2m
197.2bn
US
34 companies
25.7bn
33/11
132.4m
38.2bn
GB
9 companies
25.4bn
30/15
95.2m
22.9bn
US
25 companies
25.1bn
6/4
432.0m
38.5bn
The ranking is determined by the total managed EV of each investor, calculated by multiplying the number of European portfolio companies by the median portfolio EBITDA and a predicted EBITDA multiple derived from a proprietary valuation algorithm developed by Gain.pro. Moreover, the managed EV is adjusted when the investor primarily engages in minority investments.
Investors who have executed less than 3 investments in Europe between January 2018 and July 2023 are excluded from the ranking. The median portfolio EBITDA calculation only includes companies with a positive EBITDA, and the ranking only includes investors with more than 4 EBITDA positive investments in Europe. Therefore, this ranking is focused on traditional buyout investments vs. growth investments.
Fundraising data, investor entries and exits refer to a timeframe from January 2018 to July 2023. Fundraising data includes investors’ global strategies and is not restricted to Europe only.
