Cap IQ List of PE Firms
Anonymous Monkey
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on 3/12/11 at 3:22am
[Mod Note: WSO now has a Company Database where you can filter by industry (PE) and zip code: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/wso-company-database]
So to go off Nouveau Richie's idea for lists of hedge funds, I am going to create a list of private equity frims. Post a city you are interested in and I will try to run a screen on Capital IQ. Please take into account that spring break is about to start for me, so I apologize in advance for the delay in response. I am going to start off with New York, Chicago, and LA.




Screening Criteria 1)
Screening Criteria
1) Industry Classifications: Diversified Financials (Primary)
2) Business Description: Keyword: "private equity"
3) Company Status: Operating OR Operating Subsidiary OR Operating and Operating Subs
4) Geographic Locations: New York City Area (Primary)
21Ventures, LLC
A-Venture Capital LLC
AB Trust & Investment Services Group
Abatis Capital, LLC
Ableco Finance LLC
Access Capital, Inc.
ACI Capital Co., LLC
Acqua Wellington Asset Management LLC
Activated Holdings LLC
Admiral Capital Group
Advance Capital Management, LLC
Aegis Capital Group LLC
AEP Capital LLC
AFI Partners LLC
Agora Capital LLC
AGS Capital Group, LLC
AI International Corp.
Aisling Capital
Albion Investors, LLC
Aleutian Capital Partners, LLC
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Endowment Fund
Alimansky Capital Group Inc.
ALLCO Renewable Energy Limited
Allen & Company Inc., Investment Arm
Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust - Allianz Global Investors Solutions 2015 Fund (MutualFund:AZGI.X)
Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust - Allianz Global Investors Solutions 2020 Fund (MutualFund:AGLP.X)
Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust - Allianz Global Investors Solutions 2030 Fund (MutualFund:ABLP.X)
Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust - Allianz Global Investors Solutions 2040 Fund (MutualFund:AVSD.X)
Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust - Allianz Global Investors Solutions 2050 Fund (MutualFund:ANAM.X)
Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust - Allianz Global Investors Solutions Core Allocation Fund (MutualFund:AGAD.X)
Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust - Allianz Global Investors Solutions Retirement Income Fund (MutualFund:ARAM.X)
Altaris Capital Partners, LLC
Altitude Capital Partners
Altpoint Capital Partners LLC
Altura Capital Group, LLC
Alumni Capital Network
American Energy Capital Corporation
American Industrial Partners
Ameriquest Capital Group
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Endowment Arm
Anniston Capital, Investment Arm
Apollo Management, L.P.
Aquacopia Venture Partners, LLC
Aquiline Capital Partners LLC
Aramar Capital LLC
ArcherPoint Capital Management LLC
Arias Resource Capital Management LP
Ark Investment Partners LP
Arsenal Capital Partners, Inc.
Asset Management Services LLC
Associated Partners, LP
Atalaya Capital Management LP
Aterian Investment Partners, LLC
Atkinson Capital, LLC
Attiva Capital Management, LLC
August Partners, L.P.
Avec Capital, LLC
Avista Capital Holdings, L.P.
Avondale Ventures, LLC
AxialMarket, LLC.
Axiom Capital Management Inc., Asset Management Arm
Barron Partners LP
Bassini, Playfair & Associates, L.L.C.
Batipart Axletree LLC
Baxter Bold & Company
Bear Ventures LLC
Beechtree Capital Partners Inc.
Beechtree Capital, LLC
Behrman Capital
Beige Capital
Benedetto, Gartland & Co.
Bentley Associates L.P.
Berggruen Holdings, Inc.
Besyata Corp.
BHC Interim Funding, L.P.
BHMS Investments
Black Enterprise/Greenwich Street Partners
Blackbern Partners LLC
Blackhawk Partners, Inc.
BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation (NasdaqGS:BKCC)
Blackstone Real Estate Advisors
BlackSwan Partners, LP
Blott Asset Management L.L.C
blue 9 capital
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC
BNP Paribas Private Capital Group
Boyar's Intrinsic Value Research LLC
Bravia Capital
Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC
Brera Capital Partners, L.L.C.
Brooklyn NY Holdings LLC
Brookstone Partners
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Investment Arm
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. L.L.C.
Brysam Global Partners
Buckingham Capital Partners
Butler Capital Corporation
Butler, Chapman & Co. LLC
CapGen Capital Advisors
CapitalSpring LLC
Carl Marks & Co.
Carter Management Group, LLC
Cartesian Capital Group, LLC
Carthage Capital Group
Casimir Capital L.P.
Casimir Capital L.P., Investment Arm
Castle Harlan, Inc.
Catalyst Investment Management Co., L.L.C.
Catalyst Investors
CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC
Centenium Capital Partners, L.L.C.
Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
Centinela Capital Partners, LLC
Central Park Group, LLC
Central Street Capital
Centre Partners Management LLC
Centrecourt Asset Management LLC
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
Channelstone Capital Partners, LLC
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC
Chart Capital Partners
Charterhouse Group, Inc.
Chartwell Investments
Chelsey Capital
CI Capital Partners LLC
Circle Peak Capital, L.L.C.
CIT Sponsor Finance
Clarion Capital Partners, LLC
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
Clearwater Capital Partners, LLC
Cliffside Funds
Cloverleaf Group
CM Equity Partners
CMI Capital Market Investment LLC
CoBe Capital LLC
Coda Capital Partners, L.L.C.
Cohesive Capital Partners
Collins Willmott & Co. LLC
Colonnade Financial Group, Inc.
Columbia Strategy LLC
Columbus Nova
Commonwealth Capital Partners LP
Compass Partners Asset Management LLC
Compass Partners LLC
Conduit Capital Partners, LLC
Consonance Capital
ContiInvestments LLC
Continuity Capital Partners LLC
Conus Partners, Inc.
Copernicus Learning Fund, L.P.
Cordova, Smart & Williams, LLC
Corinthian Capital Group, LLC
Cornerstone Capital Partners Inc.
Corporate Fuel Partners
Corporate Partners LLC
Corsair Capital LLC
Cortec Group
Council Tree Investors, Inc.
Court Square Capital Partners
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Investment Arm
Crescent Fund LLC
Crestview Partners, L.P.
Cross Border Enterprises LLC
Crown Advisors International Ltd
CrownBrook Capital Group
CS Equity Fund (Lux) Global New Markets
CSG Capital Partners
CSM Capital Corporation
Cue Capital
Culbro, LLC
Current Capital LLC
Danford Capital Group
Davis Securities, LLC
Deerpath Capital Management, LP
DeMarseCo, Inc.
Desai Capital Management Incorporated
Deutsche Bank AG, Investment Arm
Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management USA
Devon Value Advisers
DF King Worldwide
Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC
Diaz & Altschul Advisors, LLC
DND Capital Partners LLC
Dolphin Equity Partners, L.P.
Dominus Capital, L.P.
Dooley Associates, LLC
Dorilton Capital Advisors LLC
DTI Capital
Duane Street Capital LLC
Duncan Capital Partners LLC
E.K. Wallace, LLC
East Coast Venture Capital, Inc.
East End Capital Management, Inc.
Easton Capital Investment Group
Eastport Operating Partners
Edible Assets LLC
EG Capital Group, LLC
Egret Capital Partners LLC
Emigrant Capital Corporation
Eminent Capital Partners, LLC
Emissary Capital Group, Inc.
Energy Trust Partners
Environmental Capital Partners
Eos Management, L.P.
Epic Partners
Equifin Capital Partners
ErGo Media Capital
Eton Park Capital Management, L.P.
EuclidSR Partners
Evercore Capital Partners
Evercore Partners Inc. (NYSE:EVR)
Fagenson & Co., Inc.
Falconhead Capital, LLC
Family Equity Partners Advisory, Inc.
FdG Associates LLC
Fenway Partners
Ferry House Partners, LLC
Fife Waterfield & Co.
Filangieri Advisory Corp.
First Atlantic Capital, Ltd.
FirstMark Capital, L.L.C.
Five Arrows Capital
Five Points Partners, LLC
FlatWorld Capital LLC
Flexis Capital LLC
Ford Foundation, Endowment Fund
Foros Capital LLC
Forstmann Little & Co.
Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG)
Founders Equity Inc.
FriedbergMilstein, LLC
Frost Capital Group
Fusion Analytics Investment Partners, LLC
G.C. Andersen Partners, LLC
G.L. Ohrstrom & Co.
Galtere, Ltd.
Gardner Webster Capital Partners
GC Andersen Partners, LLC, Investment Arm
GCP Capital Partners
Gelardin Capital LLC
Generation Equity Investors, LLC
GenNx360 Capital Partners
Georgica Advisors LLC
GG Capital, LLC
Glass Private Equity Fund, L.P.
Global Emerging Markets
Global Energy Capital LLC
Global Leveraged Capital Management LLC
Global Reach Capital, LLC
Goff Management, Inc.
Goldenridge Capital LLC
Goldin Capital Management, L.P.
Golub Capital
Goode Partners LLC
Gordian Capital, LLC
Gotham Private Equity Partners, L.P.
Greenlight Private Equity
Greyfields
GSO Capital Partners LP
GTI Group LLC
Gulf International Bank Private Equity
Hale Capital Partners
Halyard Capital
Hampton/Hoerter LLC
Hanseatic Corporation
Harvest Partners, LLC
HB Equity Partners, L.P.
Headwaters Capital LLC
Health Enterprise Partners
HealthCor Management, L.P.
HealthpointCapital, LLC
High Bar Capital
High Road Capital Partners
Highmount Capital LLC
Hoffman & Co.
Holding Capital Group, Inc.
HT Capital Advisors, Investment Arm
Hudson Ferry Capital LLC
Hudson Financial Partners LLC
Hudson Square Research, Inc.
Hypatia Capital Group
I/ST Equity Partners LLC
Icon Group, LLC (The)
ICV Capital Partners, LLC
iEurope Capital LLC
Independence Holding Partners LLC
IndexAtlas Private Equity Group
Ingleside Investors, LLC
Insight Venture Partners
Inter-Atlantic Group
Intervisual Partners, LLC
Intuitive Venture Partners, LLC
IQDX Capital Management, LLC
Ironwood Management Partners II, LLC
Iroquois Capital, LP
Irving Place Capital
ITF Global Partners, Investment Arm
Ivy Partners
iZi Media Capital, LLC
J. Christopher Capital
J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
J.F. Lehman & Company
J2 Capital, LLC
Jacobs Private Equity LLC
Jacobson Family Investments, Inc.
Jacobson Partners
Jade Capital
Jefferies Capital Partners
Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF)
JEGI Capital, L.L.C.
JEN Partners, LLC
Jesselson Capital
JF Capital Advisors, Investment Arm
Jina Ventures Inc.
JLL Partners
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)
JPMP Capital, LLC
Juno Investments LLC
Jupiter Partners LLC
Kaplan Ventures
Kelso & Company
Kidron Corporate Advisors LLC, Investment Arm
Kinderhook Industries
Knights Group
Kodiak Capital Group LLC
Kohlberg Capital Corporation (NasdaqGS:KCAP)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE:KKR)
Konanda Pharma Partners
KPS Capital Partners, LP
Krusen Capital Management, LLC
Kubera Partners, LLC
Kurron Capital LLC
Lambda Funds
Lazard Alternative Investments LLC
Leeds Equity Partners
Lehman Brothers, Private Equity Division
Level Equity
Leveraged Credit Management, Inc.
Lexington Partners Inc.
Liber Capital
Liberty Partners
Lighthouse Funds, LLC
Lightyear Capital LLC
Lincolnshire Management, Inc.
Lindsay Goldberg
Links Capital Group
Linley Capital
Lion Chemical Capital, LLC
Little Bear Investments LLC
Livingston Securities LLC
Loeb Enterprises, LLC
M.D. Sass Investors Services, Inc.
M.E. Zukerman & Co.
Madison Investment Partners, Inc.
Mahler & Emerson, Inc.
Mantra Capital, LLC
Marco Polo Partners
MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC
Maxcor, Inc.
MB Research Advisors LLC
MBF Capital Corporation, Inc.
McDuff Capital
McFadden Brothers LP
Meadow Partners LLC
Mercantile Capital Group LLC
Mercantile Capital Partners
Merchants Capital Partners
Mercurio Capital Partners
Mercury Capital, Inc.
Meriwether Capital, L.L.C.
Merlin Nexus
Metropolitan Equity Partners LLC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Endowment
Metropolitan Venture Partners
MIC Capital, LLC
MidOcean Partners
Milbank Roy Private Equity
Miles Howland & Co. LLC
Millennium India Acquisition Company Inc. (NasdaqCM:SMCG)
Millennium Technology Ventures
Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC
Mission Capital Advisors, LLC
Mistral Equity Partners LLC
Moelis Capital Partners LLC
Momentum Media Capital
Monomoy Capital Partners
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)
Moriah Capital L.P.
Morning Street Capital, Inc.
Mount Kellett Capital Management
MSD Capital, L.P.
MTN Capital Partners LLC
MTS Health Investors, LLC
Murdock Opportunity G.P., L.P.
Murphy & Partners, LP
Musa Capital Advisors, Ltd
Mutual of New York Life Insurance Co.
NatWest USA Capital Corporation
NBC Corp.
Needham Capital Partners
New Bridge Global Investments
New Century Holdings Inc.
New Heights Capital, Inc.
New Leaf Venture Partners
New Mountain Capital, LLC
New York City Retirement Systems
New York Private Equity
Newbury Capital Partners, LLC
NewOak Capital LLC
NewWorld Capital Group, LLC
Nexos Capital Partners, LLC
Nirgu Corporation
North Peak Capital LLC
Norvin Properties
Noson Lawen Partners
Oasis Capital Partners, Inc., Investment Arm
Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC
Olympus Capital Holdings Asia
One Rock Capital Partners, LLC
Onestone LLC
Opus Group Financial
OrbiMed Advisors, L.L.C.
Oris Capital Partners
Ounavarra Capital LLC
Ovation Capital Partners
P2 Capital Partners, LLC
Palladium Equity Partners, LLC
PanAmerican Capital
Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management, Inc.
Paragon Capital LP
Paragon Capital Partners, LLC
Paramount BioCapital Asset Management, Inc.
Pardus Capital Management L.P.
PARK 49
Park Avenue Equity Partners, L.P.
Parkview Ventures LLC
Patriarch Partners, LLC
Peerstone Research, Inc.
Pegasus Blue Star Fund
Pergament Advisors, LLC
Perry Capital, LLC
Persistency Capital, LLC
Pfizer Inc., Pension Arm
Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC
Platform Asset Management, LLC
Platform Equity, LLC
Pluris Valuation Advisors, LLC
Point Lookout Capital Partners
Pomona Capital
Porticoes Capital Corp.
Post Capital Partners LLC
Pouschine Cook Capital Management, LLC
Praesidian Capital
Private Equity Investors, Inc.
Prodos Capital Management LLC
Prospect Capital Corporation (NasdaqGS:PSEC)
Protostar Partners LLC
Provender Capital Group
Quad Partners
Quadrangle Group LLC
Quantum Capital
Quarry Capital Management, LLC
Ravelin Capital Group, LLC
RB Milestone Group, LLC
Red Diamond Capital, Inc.
Redborn Capital Partners, LLC
Regent Capital Partners
Reliant Star Capital, Inc.
RFJM Partners, LLC
Rho Capital Partners, Inc.
Ripplewood Investments L.L.C.
Riveria Investment Group
Riverside Capital
Riverstone Holdings LLC
RMA Capital Partners LLC
Rockefeller University Endowment
Rosemont Solebury Capital Management LLC
RoseTech Ventures, LLC
Roushan Khandaker Group, Inc.
Royalty Holdings LLC
S Squared Technology, LLC
Sagamore Capital
Sagamore Capital, LLC
Sage Capital Growth
Sagent Advisors Inc.
Santa Cruz Capital
Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR)
Saratoga Partners
Scharf Brothers
Schonfeld Securities LLC, Investment Arm
Schroder Series Trust - Schroder Multi-Asset Growth Portfolio (MutualFund:SALA.X)
Scorpion Capital Partners L.P.
Scrimshaw Capital Management LLC
Searchlight Capital Partners
SeaView Capital Advisors, LLC
Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C.
Shattan Mendel Enterprises LLC
Shaykin & Co. L.L.C.
Sherborne & Company Incorporated
Sherborne Investors Management LP
Shore Points Capital
Sidhant Capital LLC
Sigma Capital Partners, LLC
Signal Equity Partners
Signet Healthcare Partners
Silverfern Co-Investment Partners
Silverline Capital Partners, LLC
Sixpoint Partners, LLC
SJ Partners, LLC
SK Capital Partners
SkyBridge Capital, LLC
Smooth Engine, Inc.
Snow Phipps Group, LLC
Solaia Capital Advisors
Solera Capital, L.L.C.
Soros Fund Management LLC
Sound Harbor Partners
Southgate Alternative Investments
Special Situations Group Private Equity
Spectrum Group Management LLC
Spencer Clarke LLC
Spencer Trask Specialty Group
Spinner Asset Management, LLC
Spire Capital Partners, LLC
SPP Capital Partners LLC
Spring Mountain Capital, LP
SpringTree Global Investors, LLC
Stanford Investment Group, Inc.
Steel Pier Capital LLC
Sterling Stamos Capital Management, L.P.
StoneCastle Partners, LLC
StoneWater Capital LLC
Stonington Partners, Inc.
Strategic Food Capital Partners LP
Stripes Group
Sunday Group
Sunrise Capital Partners, LP
Sunrise Equity Partners, L.P.
Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, LLC
Sutton Capital Associates, Inc.
SV Investment Partners
SVT Capital LLC
T Squared Capital LLC
TAG Associates LLC
Taglich Private Equity LLC
Tailwind Capital
Telsey Advisory Group LLC
Tenex Capital Management
Terrapin Partners, LLC
Teten Advisors, LLC
TH Lee Putnam Ventures
The Argentum Group
The Beekman Group, LLC
The Birkhill Group
The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX)
The Cypress Group
The Dellacorte Group
The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation
The GlenRock Group, LLC
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)
The Griffin Private Equity Group
The Invus Group, LLC
The Jordan Company, L.P.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.
The Riverside Company
The Silverfern Group, Inc.
The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C.
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
Three Cities Research, Inc.
Three Fields Capital
Three Kings Capital LLC
Tiedemann Investment Group
Tiger Global Management LLC
Tompkins Capital Group
TPG-Axon Capital Management, L.P.
Transformation Ventures
Treetops Capital
Trevi Health Ventures LP
Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, LLC
Triangle Capital LLC
Trilantic Capital Management LLC
Trimaran Capital Partners
Trinity Equity Investors, LLC
Trophy Point Capital, LLC
TWF Management Company, LLC
TZP Group
U.S. Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund Inc.
UBS Capital Americas
Uni-World Capital, L.P.
Unilever U.S. Inc., Pension Arm
Union Capital Corporation
Utendahl Capital Partners, Investment Arm
Value Added Capital, L.L.C.
Vanquish Acquisition Partners LLC
Vanterra Capital Ltd.
VCFA Group
Vencon Management, Inc.
Verdero Capital, LLC
Veritas Capital
Verizon Asset Management Corp.
Veronis Suhler Stevenson
Vertex Capital LLC
Verus International
Vestar Capital Partners
Viscogliosi Brothers LLC
Volcano Capital
Vulcan Capital Management, Inc.
W Capital Partners
Waller Capital Corporation
Wand Partners Inc.
Warburg Pincus LLC
Wasserstein & Co., LP
Weatherly Financial Group, LLC
Weeden Foundation, Endowment Fund
Welch Capital Partners, LLC
Wellfleet Partners, Inc.
Wellspring Capital Management LLC
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Westrock Venture Group
Wharton Equity Partners, LLC
William D. Witter, Inc.
Williams, Jones & Associates, LLC
Willowridge Partners, Inc.
WillowTree Impact Investors
Wincove Capital
Windward Capital Partners
Wolfson Group
Xerion Capital Partners LLC
Xmark Asset Management, LLC
XT Capital Partners, LLC
Y.M.C.A. Retirement Fund
Yorktown Partners, L.L.C.
Zanett Asset Management
ZelnickMedia LLC
Zephyr Management, L.P.
Zesiger Capital Group LLC
ZS Fund L.P.
AEA Investors LP
AIG Global Investment Corp. (United States)
Amper Investment Banking
Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group
Ares Capital Corporation (NasdaqGS:ARCC)
Arlon Capital Partners
Ascent Private Equity, LLC
Atlantic Trust Advisors, Inc.
Auda Private Equity, LLC
BAML Capital Partners
Barclays Capital, Private Wealth Management
Basis Investment Group LLC
Bessemer Investment Management LLC
Bessemer Trust Company, N.A.
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
BNY Mellon-Alcentra Mezzanine Partners
Brookside Equity Partners
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Asset Management Arm
Bryant Park Capital, Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Capital Z Investment Partners
Capital Z Partners
Carl Marks Merchant Partners LLC
Carl Marks Opportunity Fund
Centenium Capital Partners, L.L.C._Private Equity
Centre Lane Partners, LLC
CGI Private Equity LP LLC
Churchill Financial LLC
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Citicorp Venture Capital
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Citigroup Private Equity
Columbus Nova Private Equity Partners
Columbus Nova Special Opportunities Fund
Constellation Ventures
Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
CSFB Private Equity
Deutsche Asset Management Inc.
Dimensional Music Publishing, LLC
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
Enhanced Equity Fund, L.P.
Eos Credit Opportunities
Eos Partners, L.P.
Fieldstone Capital Group, LLC
Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC
Gleacher & Co.
Glocap Advisors LLC
Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group
Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management
Gotham Private Equity Partners, L.P., Advisory Arm
Guggenheim Capital Markets, LLC
Guggenheim Investment Management LLC
Hale Global
Hapoalim Securities U.S.A., Inc.
HealthpointCapital, LLC, Research Division
HFP Capital Markets LLC
HSBC Capital (USA) Inc.
ING Clarion Partners, LLC
InvestBio, Inc.
Investcorp Bank BSC, Private Equity
Investcorp Technology Partners
Investor Growth Capital
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC
JAM Equity Partners, LLC
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services
Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management Inc.
Lazard Asset Management LLC
Lazard Group LLC
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Lehman Brothers Real Estate Capital
MARIC Capital
Metalmark Capital
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Asset Management Arm
Mizuho Corporate Strategic Investments USA Inc.
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Inc.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Morgan Stanley Private Equity
MVision Private Equity Advisers USA LLC
New York Life Capital Partners, LLC
New York Life Investment Management LLC
Nomura Holding America, Inc.
Northaven Management Co., Private Equity Arm
Old Lane, LP
Paul Capital Healthcare
Pinebridge Capital Partners, Inc.
PineBridge Global Investments LLC
PineBridge Investments LLC
Provident Group Ltd.
Quadrangle Capital Partners
Rapid Ratings Pty Ltd.
Regions Business Capital Corporation
Resource Financial Institutions Group, Inc.
Robeco Investment Management Inc.
Rockefeller Financial
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (fund placement group)
Sandler Capital Management, Private Equity
SecondMarket, Inc.
SJ Partners, Investment Banking Services
Sprout Group
SS&C Fund Services
Steelpoint Capital Partners, LP
Sterling Equities, Investment Arm
Sustainable Development Investments
The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group
Third Avenue Management, LLC
Tinicum Capital Partners
Tokio Marine Asset Management (USA) Ltd.
U.S. Trust New York Asset Management Division
UBS Wealth Management USA, Asset Management Arm
Utendahl Capital Partners LP
Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc.
Wafra Partners
WL Ross and Co. LLC
Screening Criteria 1)
Screening Criteria
1) Industry Classifications: Diversified Financials (Primary)
2) Business Description: Keyword: "private equity"
3) Company Status: Operating OR Operating Subsidiary OR Operating and Operating Subs
4) Geographic Locations: Chicago Area (Primary)
AA Capital Partners
Access Value Investors LLC
Acuity Capital Partners, LLC
Adams LaSalle Realty
Adams Street Partners, LLC
Advanced Equities Financial Corp.
Advocate Asset Management, LLC
Aldine Capital Partners, Inc.
Alpha Capital Partners, Ltd.
Anderson Pacific Corporation
Arbor Private Investment Company
Ark Capital Management
Ascent Equity Capital, Inc.
Aspire Capital Partners, LLC
Baird Private Equity Group
Bank One Capital Markets, Inc.
Becker, Burke Associates Incorporated
Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company
Benford Capital Partners, LLC
Blue River Partners Management, L.L.C.
Bolder Capital, LLC
Brumlik Howton Partners, LLC
Burke America
Caisson Capital Partners
Calder Capital Partners
Caldera Capital Partners, LLC
Cardinal Growth, L.P.
Chicago Growth Partners
Chicago Venture Partners, L.P.
CHS Capital
CIVC Partners, L.P.
CM Acquisitions LLC
Cognitive Capital Partners
Continental Investors LLC
Cook Associates, Inc.
Cornerstone Capital Holdings, LLC
Cressey & Company LP
Crossroads Capital Partners LLC
Dixon Midland Company LLC
DN Partners LLC, Investment Arm
Draupnir LLC
Dunrath Capital, Inc.
Ellipse Capital LLC
Environmental & Information Technology Private Equity Fund
Equity Group Investments, LLC
Equity International
Expedition Capital Partners LLC
First Analysis Corporation
First Continental Trading, Asset Management
Flexpoint Ford, LLC
Foundation Growth Investments LLC
Frontenac Company
Gaslight Equity Group, LLC
GE Antares Capital
Geneva Glen Capital, LLC
Glencoe Food Group
Goense & Company LLC
Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (NasdaqGS:GBDC)
Granite Creek Partners, LLC
Granite Hall Partners, Inc.
GrowthPath Capital, LLC
Gryffindor Capital Partners, L.L.C.
GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
Guggenheim Aviation Partners
Healthstrat Capital Advisors, LLC, Investment Arm
High Street Capital
Hispania Capital Partners, LLC
Judges' Retirement System of Illinois
Lake Capital
Lake Pacific Partners, LLC
LaSalle Capital Group, L.P.
Lincoln Park Capital
Linden LLC
Lodging Capital Partners, LLC
Longreach Capital, LLC
Loyola University of Chicago Endowment
LSC Healthcare Partners
Lurie Investment Fund, LLC
Madison Capital Partners
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Madison Equity Associates, LLC
Maranon Capital, L.P.
Marksman Venture Partners, LLC
Marquette Associates, Inc.
Matthew Pritzker Company
McNally Capital, LLC
Merit Capital Partners
Mesirow Financial Private Equity
MFC Capital Funding, Inc.
Midwest Mezzanine Funds
Monroe Capital LLC
Mosaix Ventures
Muller & Monroe Asset Management, LLC
Navigant Consulting Inc., Certain Corporate Finance Assets
New Trier Partners, LLC
Nicolet Capital Investors, LLC
North American Funds LLC
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Endowment Fund
Omni-Reed Group Inc.
Onyx Capital Ventures, L.L.C.
Oxford Capital Group, LLC
P.A.G. Capital Partners, LLC
Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management, Inc.
Pennington Partners & Co.
Pfingsten Partners, L.L.C.
Prairie Capital, L.P.
Prism Capital Corporation
Private Equity Growth Advisors, LLC
Prospect Partners, LLC
Rail World, Inc.
RCP Advisors, LLC
Richland, Gordon & Company
Rock Gate Partners, LLC
Roseworth Capital LLC
Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Endowment
Sapphire Industrial Group, LLC
SE Capital, LLC
Shore Capital Partners, LLC
SilkRoad Equity LLC
SRS Investments, LLC
Summit Line Capital, LLC
Svoboda Capital Partners LLC
Synergy Financial Partners, LLC
Synetro Group, L.L.C.
Talon Asset Management, LLC
The Banc Funds Company, L.L.C.
The Edgewater Funds
The Endeavor Companies, LLC
The Heico Companies LLC
The Pritzker Group
Thoma Bravo, LLC
Thoma Cressey Bravo
Thomas Blaige & Company LLC
Thurston Group, LLC
Titan Equity Partners, LLC
TMB Industries
Transaction Risk Solutions, Inc.
Transwestern Investment Company, L.L.C.
Twin Bridge Capital Partners
UIB Capital Inc
University of Chicago Endowment
Valor Equity Partners L.P.
Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC
Walton Street Capital, L.L.C.
Water Street Healthcare Partners
Water Tower Capital, Investment Arm
Waterton Associates L.L.C.
Waud Capital Partners, L.L.C.
West Family Investments
WexTrust Capital, LLC
White Cap Private Equity Management, LLC
William Blair & Company, L.L.C.
William Harris Investors, Inc.
Willis Stein & Partners, L.L.C.
Wind Point Partners
Winona Capital Management, LLC
WMG Capital
WP Global Partners, Inc.
Baird Capital Partners
Baird Venture Partners
Banc of America Capital Access Funds
CC Industries, Inc.
CIT Rail Resources
Citadel Limited Partnership
Concentric Equity Partners, L.P.
Credit Suisse Securities LLC – Holt
Glencoe Capital, LLC
Hewitt EnnisKnupp
LaSalle Bank National Association, Asset Management Arm
Madison Capital Funding LLC
Northern Trust Global Investments
Oxford Capital Group, LLC, Private Equity
PPM America Capital Partners, LLC
Prudential Capital Group, L.P.
Stout Risius Ross Advisors, LLC
Valor Home Health Care, LLC
WHI Capital Partners
Screening Criteria 1)
Screening Criteria
1) Industry Classifications: Diversified Financials (Primary)
2) Business Description: Keyword: "private equity"
3) Company Status: Operating OR Operating Subsidiary OR Operating and Operating Subs
4) Geographic Locations: Anaheim Area (Primary) OR Los Angeles Area (Primary)
Admiralty Partners, Inc.
AdultVest, Inc.
Allied Business Intermediary International, Inc.
Andell Holdings, LLC
Angeleno Group, LLC
Anova Capital Management
Ares Management LLC
Arque Orion Winter Skies, Ltd.
Atlantic Pearl Investments, Inc.
Atlas Capital Group
Atlas Private Equity Group
Ault Glazer & Co Investment Management
Aurora Capital Group
Aurora Resurgence Management Partners LLC
Avante Mezzanine, Inc.
Avery Capital Partners LLC
Balmoral Advisors LLC
Berkshire Sonoma Capital, LLC
Berylian Private Equity & Finance, LLC
Big Rock Partners, LLC
Bison Capital Asset Management, LLC
Black Canyon Capital LLC
Blue Horizon Capital, LLC
Brener International Group LLC
Brentwood Associates
Brightwell Capital Partners, LLC
Broadstream Capital Partners, LLC
Browndorf PEM, LLC
California Institute of Technology Endowment
Caltius Capital Management
Cambria Investment Management, Inc.
Cardinal Americas
Carlin Capital Partners
Century Park Capital Partners, Inc.
Cinemedia
Clarey Capital
Clarity Partners, LP
ClearLight Partners LLC
Cliffwater LLC
Combined Of Overseas Capital, Inc.
Comstock Partners LLC
Convergence Capital Partners, LLC
Corridor Capital, LLC
Craton Equity Partners
Creo Capital Partners, LLC
Crescent Financial Partners, Inc.
Crosse Partners
Crystal Cove Capital, LLC
Delta Global Advisors, Inc.
DHW Capital Inc.
Diamond Creek Capital
Duke Equity Limited
Edison International, Pension Arm
eFund Capital Management, LLC
Europlay Capital Advisors, LLC
Evercore Investment Corp.
Evolution Capital
Fairmont Capital, Inc.
First Beverage Capital
Forrest, Binkley & Brown
Fort Ashford Funds, LLC
Frandeli Group LLC
Freeman Spogli & Co.
Fulcrum Capital Group, LLC
Gemini Partners Inc., Investment Arm
Genero Capital Partners LLC
GKM Newport
Glenmount, LLC
Glickman Capital
Great American Group, Inc. (OTCBB:GAMR)
Gulf Capital Partners
Hancock Park Associates
HandsOn Ventures, LLC
High Street Holdings, Inc.
Hollencrest Securities, LLC
Hughes Investment Management Company
I-Bankers Securities Inc.
IBS Capital Holdings, LLC
Imperial Capital Group, Inc.
Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC
Jacobs Capital Group, LLC
Joel R. Mogy Investment Counsel Inc.
JonesTrading Institutional Services, LLC
JP Capital Partners, LLC
Jupiter Holdings, L.L.C.
Kamm, Theodore & Co.
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.
KCB Management
Kline Hawkes & Co.
L.A. Investment Capital, Investment Arm
Labrador Capital
Lambert Media Group
Laurel Crown Partners, LLC
Laurel Grove Capital, LLC
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Levy Affiliated Holdings, LLC
Links Capital Partners
London Pacific & Partners, Inc. (OTCPK:LDPP)
Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System
Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension System
Lovell Minnick Partners, LLC
M2 Technology Partners, LLC
Manatt Venture Fund
Markstone Capital Group LLC
Marlin Equity Partners, LLC
Marwit Capital
Mayfair Associates, LLC
McCall Springer LLC
MDB Capital Group LLC
MDB Capital Investment Arm
Meruelo Capital Partners
MezzCap Partners, LLC
Mojo Partners, LLC
Momentum Venture Management, LLC
Montgomery & Co., LLC
Nautilus Renewables LLC
Newstone Capital Partners, LLC
Nogales Investors Management, LLC
Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
Ocean Park Advisors, LLC
Omninet Capital, LLC
OpenGate Capital
Orange County Employees Retirement System
Pacific AMG
Pacific Capital Group Inc.
Pacific Onset Capital, LLC
Pacific Venture Group
Paladin Capital LLC
Paladin Realty Partners LLC
Parallax Capital Partners, LLC
Pasadena Capital Partners LLC
Pathway Capital Management, LLC
Pegasus Capital Group
PEMGROUP
Pendleton Capital, LLC
Platinum Equity, LLC
Providential Capital Management Limited
Quarterdeck Equity Partners, Inc.
QuestStar Capital Partners
QuestStar Capital Partners, Investment Arm
Red Mountain Capital Partners LLC
Revolution Capital Group, LLC
Richard Vander Kaay & Associates Inc.
Ridgestone Corporation
Riordan, Lewis & Haden
Rivenrock Capital, LLC
Rolling Oaks Enterprises, L.L.C.
Rustic Canyon Partners
RW Capital Partners, LLC
Saban Capital Group, Inc.
Sage Capital Partners, L.P.
Saybrook Capital LLC
Seidler Equity Partners
Shackleton Equity Partners LLC
Shamrock Capital Advisors
Sherwood-Meridian Company LLC, Investment Arm
Skyview Capital LLC
Solis Capital Partners, LLC
Sports Business Ventures, LLC
SR Capital Partners, LLC
St. Cloud Capital, LLC
Sterling Atlantic Partners
Stone Canyon Venture Partners, LP
StoneCreek Capital, Inc.
SummitView Group
SunAmerica Ventures
Sunset Holdings International, Ltd.
TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners, L.L.C.
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
TGV Partners
The Courtney Group, Investment Arm
The Gores Group LLC
The People Fund, LLC
The Quercus Trust
The Yucaipa Companies, LLC
Theorem Capital, LLC
Transom Capital Group
Trenchant Ventures, LLC
Triton Pacific Capital Partners, LLC
Triyar Companies LLC
Tucker Partners
Unique Investment Corporation
US Capital Partners LLC
US Renewables Group, LLC
Vance Street Capital LLC
Vicente Capital Partners
Vintage Fund Management, LLC
Walt Disney Co., Pension Arm
WEDBUSH
Westar Capital LLC
William E. Simon & Sons, L.L.C.
Windjammer Capital Investors LLC
Ares Private Equity Group
Arque & Co. Incorporated
BDO Capital Advisors, LLC
Capital Group International Inc.
Cerberus California Inc.
Clearlake Capital Group, LLC
Colony Capital, LLC
Concert Capital Partners
E*Capital Corporation
Energy Capital Investments LLC
GFI Energy Ventures LLC
Imperial Capital, LLC
KBS Realty Advisors, LLC
Lexington Ventures, L.L.C.
MIG Real Estate
Ocean Park Advisors, LLC - Advisory Services
Signature Capital Advisers, LLC
The Foothill Group Inc.
Wedbush Capital Partners
Wedbush Securities Inc., Asset Management Arm
COuld you do london please?
COuld you do london please?
and thanks for all the
and thanks for all the posting, very useful!
If you could do Warsaw id be
If you could do Warsaw id be very grateful.
Screening Criteria 1)
Screening Criteria
1) Industry Classifications: Diversified Financials (Primary)
2) Business Description: Keyword: "private equity"
3) Company Status: Operating OR Operating Subsidiary OR Operating and Operating Subs
4) Geographic Locations: Greater London (Primary)
3i Group plc (LSE:III)
Abbey National plc, Private Equity Portfolio
Acanthus Advisers LLP
Actis Capital, LLP
Addworth plc
Adeste Management Services Limited
Albion Ventures LLP
Alchemy Partners LLP
Aletheia Partners
Allianz Specialized Investments Limited
Almeida Capital Ltd.
Alta Berkeley Venture Partners
Ambrian Capital plc (AIM:AMBR)
Amplio Group
AnaCap Financial Partners LLP
Apax Partners Worldwide LLP
AR Investment Partners
Arle Capital Partners LLP
Augusta & Co. plc
Avanti Capital plc (AIM:AVA)
B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC (AIM:BPM)
Balmoral Capital Limited
Barclays Natural Resource Investments
Barclays Private Equity Ltd.
BC Partners
Blue Star Capital plc (AIM:BLU)
BP Investment Management Limited
Bridges Community Ventures Ltd.
Cabot Square Capital
Capital Ideas plc
Capital Trust Ltd
Capitau
Carta Capital Limited
Change Capital Partners LLP
Chartis Research
Cherwell Capital plc
China Growth Opportunities Limited (AIM:CGOP)
Close Brothers Group plc (LSE:CBG)
Cognetas LLP
Collins Stewart plc (LSE:CLST)
Constellation Associates LLC
Crosby Asset Management Inc. (AIM:CSB)
Dawnay, Day & Co., Limited
Electra Private Equity Plc (LSE:ELTA)
Environmental Technologies Fund LP
EPIC Private Equity LLP
Euromax Capital Limited
European Islamic Investment Bank Plc (AIM:EIIB)
Eurovestech Plc (AIM:EVT)
Evolve Capital Plc (AIM:EVOL)
F&C Asset Management plc (LSE:FCAM)
Ferranti Capital Limited
Fresh Capital Group
GMT Communications Partners LLP
Greenpark Capital Ltd.
Grovepoint Capital LLP
Hanover Investors Limited
Helios Investment Partners LLP
Henderson private equity Investment Trust plc (LSE:HPEQ)
HgCapital
Höegh Capital Partners Limited
HSBC Specialist Investments, Global Real Estate and Infrastructure Private Equity Fund Mgmt Business
IBIS Capital Ltd., Investment Arm
Ingenious Ventures
Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LSE:ICP)
J O Hambro Capital Management Group Limited
Kaupthing Principal Investments
Lion Capital LLP
London Borough of Newham Pension Fund
Manzanita Capital
Matrix Income & Growth 4 VCT plc (LSE:MIG4)
Mercantile Group (UK) Ltd.
Merchant Equity Partners
Merchant House Group PLC (AIM:MHG)
Merchant Securities Group plc (AIM:MERC)
Mid Europa Partners LLP
Montagu Private Equity Limited
MR Capital
Nectar Capital
Newtonmore Advisors Ltd
Oakley Capital Limited
Opus Corporate Finance LLP
Oraca Ltd.
Pampa Capital Management, LLP
Parallel Private Equity LLP
Parallel Ventures Holdings Ltd.
Phoenix Equity Partners
Pi Capital
Piper Private Equity Limited
Plane Tree Capital LLP
Private Equity Capital LLP
Promethean plc (AIM:PTH)
RIT Capital Partners plc (LSE:RCP)
Rosetta Capital Limited
Royal Bank Equity Finance
Rubikon Partners
SCF Capital Inc.
Schroder Private Equity Funds plc
Schroders plc (LSE:SDR)
Seraphim Capital
Shore Capital Group Ltd. (AIM:SGR)
Smedvig Capital Limited
Solidus Partners LLP
Sothic Capital Management LLP
Sovereign Capital Partners LLP
Spencer House Capital Management LLP
St Helen's Private Equity Plc
Stellican Ltd.
SVG Capital Plc (LSE:SVI)
SVS Securities PLC
Talisman Global Asset Management Limited
Tempo Capital Partners LLP
Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited
The Bancroft Group, LP
The Income & Growth VCT plc (LSE:IGV)
The Oakwood Group
The Tice Corporation
Tianguis Limited
Tower Gate Capital Limited
UBS Capital
Veronis Suhler Stevenson International Limited
Volvere plc (AIM:VLE)
Wellcome Trust, Investment Division
Westhall Capital Limited
Wharfedale Capital LLP
WorldTel Limited
Ares Capital Europe
Ashmore Investment Management Limited
Audley Capital Advisors LLP
Aviva Investors Global Services Limited
AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd.
Baird Capital Partners Europe
Bregal Capital LLP
Cazenove Capital Management Limited
Chenavari Financial Advisors Limited
Citi Venture Capital International
City Capital Corporation Limited
City Capital Corporation Limited, Research Division
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
European Capital Ltd.
FinVentures Ltd.
GMP Securities Europe LLP
Goldman Sachs European Special Situations Group
Helix Associates Limited
Henderson Global Investors Limited
Hermes Pensions Management Limited
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
HSBC Private Equity (UK)
Infrastructure Investors Ltd.
Insight Investment Funds Management Ltd
Investec plc (LSE:INVP)
Jefferies International Limited
KPMG Corporate Finance United Kingdom
M&G Securities Limited
Matrix Private Equity Partners LLP
mergermarket Ltd.
Metlife Investments Ltd
Nomura International plc
Octopus Ventures Ltd.
Pramerica Real Estate Investors Ltd.
Private Trading Systems Plc (DB:3PR)
RP&C International, Investment arm
Rutland Partners LLP
Sloane Robinson Private Equity LLP
SVG Advisers Limited
UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
Wit Soundview Europe
WJ Hopper & Co. (Fund Placement Group)
Screening Criteria 1)
Screening Criteria
1) Industry Classifications: Diversified Financials (Primary)
2) Business Description: Keyword: "private equity"
3) Company Status: Operating OR Operating Subsidiary OR Operating and Operating Subs
4) Geographic Locations: Poland (Primary) (Warsaw was not available, sorry)
Abris Capital Partners
Akj Management SA
Avallon MBO SA
BB Investment Sp. z o.o.
BIO-MED Investors S.A. (WSE:BMV)
DFP Doradztwo Finansowe SA (WSE:DFP)
Dom Inwestycyjny Bre Bank Sa, Private Equity
E-Energo S.A. (WSE:EEN)
Emerging Ventures Ltd.
Enterprise Investors
ICENTIS Capital Sp. z o.o.
ICENTIS Spólka z o.o. Corporate Solutions S.K.A.
Innova Capital Sp. z o.o.
Invista SA (WSE:INV)
IPI Capital S.A.
Krokus Private Equity Sp. z o.o.
MCI Management SA (WSE:MCI)
National Capital Fund SA
Pekao Fundusz Kapitalowy Sp. z o.o
Penton Partners
Resource Partners Sp. z o.o.
Secus Asset Management S.A.
Secus Asset Management S.A., Private Equity Arm
SGAM Alternative Investments Private Equity (Corilius Poland)
Silesia Capital Fund S.A.
Tar Heel Capital
Warsaw Equity Holding sp. z o.o.
Wroclawski Dom Maklerski S.A. (WSE:WDM)
BBI Capital S.A.
Kulczyk Holding S.A.
Thanks, Great stuff. I know
Thanks, Great stuff. I know this is for PE firms but is there any way you could do a similar thread on trading firms in
NY - Chicago - London - Amsterdam?
Jeddah,Saudi Arabia Riyadh,
Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Please and thank you :)
Greed is Good.
Philadelphia. Thanks
Philadelphia. Thanks
Atlanta, GA Virginia Beach,
Atlanta, GA
Virginia Beach, VA
Respect!
Gun Control Discussion
SF/Menlo Thank you
SF/Menlo
Thank you
Boston Thanks
Boston
Thanks
"yeah, thats right" High-Five
München, Germany. Berlin,
München, Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
Düsseldorf, Germany
Mannheim, Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany
Heidelberg, Germany
Latin America.
Thank you in advance.
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. - Tacitus
Dr. Nick Riviera: Hey, don't worry. You don't have to make up stories here. Save that for court!
VanillaThunder12 wrote: So to
There is no option for
Same for the UAE Screening
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Thank you very much for the
Greed is Good.
Minneapolis Area? Thanks!
Germany is weird; they do it
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Hong Kong, China Shenzhen,
Thanks a lot!, Do you know
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. - Tacitus
Dr. Nick Riviera: Hey, don't worry. You don't have to make up stories here. Save that for court!
VanillaThunder12 wrote: So to
Would like to request Mumbai,
Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.
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China is weird like Germany.
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India is similar to Germany
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I'm sure these lists aren't
Could you also run this for
San Diego, California.
Excellent work, very good
"That State which separates it's scholars from it's warriors will have it's thinking done by cowards, and it's fighting done by fools."
- Thucydides, from The Peloponnesian Wars.