The world of private equity isn’t as private as it once was. These days, most firms have websites that spell out investment criteria, portfolio holdings and perhaps a snapshot of total funds raised or capital available for investment. However, this isn’t always the case.  If you check out TPG Capital’s website, you’ll see what I mean - no mention of capital available, investments held, or professionals with whom to contact. Not sure what the strategic value is in having a site that doesn’t provide much info, but that’s the beauty of private equity.

In any case, when comparing a website such as TPG’s to that of a similar mega-sized firm such as Apax Partners’, it’s quickly apparent the stark differences in strategy firms have as it relates to releasing info. Not only does Apax provide professional info and a search function to quickly locate, they even group certain employees by sector specialty.

Apax also provides an informative listing (quite rare) of every fund raised since inception (see below). Now if we could just tie all this to a firm’s overall performance, we might have something.

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