industry private equity founded 1998 headquarters chicago illinois united states products private equity funds leveraged buyouts total assets 470.0 million 2010 number of employees 15 2014 website www.prospect partners.com prospect partners llc is a private equity firm that invests in management led leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts of u.s. based smaller lower middle market companies generating revenues typically under 75 million . since its inception in 1998 prospect partners has raised 470 million in three institutionally supported private equity funds focused on small niche leaders . over that time prospect partners has invested nationwide in more than 135 companies in diverse manufacturing distribution and service markets including various specialty consumer business healthcare and industrial industry segments . 1 prospect partners generally invests in profitable growth ready companies led by strong management teams that continue to run the business and drive its success . as an opportunistic investor prospect partners pursues transactions in a number of ways by working with current management teams seeking a recapitalization by backing outside executives in a buyout and by co investing with independent equity sponsors . private equity situations in which the firm invests include leveraged expansions industry consolidations corporate orphans transitional sales and undermanaged companies . prospect partners seeks to build equity value in its companies over time through internal growth and or subsequent acquisitions . 1 in august 2010 prospect partners closed its third fund . 2 investors in prospect partners iii l.p include some of the nation s leading financial managers goldman sachs j.p. morgan asset management performance equity management llc the university of notre dame northern trust commonfund capital and rcp advisors . 3 references edit a b prospect partners website 1 . prospect partners closes 200m fund iii backs world data products . private equity analyst september 2 2010 . prospect partners raises 200m lower mid market fund . altassets september 8 2010 . retrieved december 29 2010 . external links edit prospect partners llc official website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title prospect partners & oldid 743337041 categories private equity firms of the united statesalternative investment management companiescompanies based in chicagounited states private equity firm stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view