Is TA a MF?
Just curious if TA is considered a mega fund. Don’t see their name come up often and curious as to why. Their latest fund is larger than Bain and on par with Warburg, two firms that are always talked about as mega funds.
I mean for what purposes are ya asking ? If it will impress that girl from Hinge ?
They do “growth buyout” and are a super solid shop (though associates are basically sourcers which can be controversial ), but hard to give more flavor without knowing more about what you’re really trying to get at lol
Hi, I’m the girl from hinge.
Can confirm unless it’s a MF, not interested.
More along the lines of if you take a job there will your experience be considered on par with traditional mega fund experience? Whether it be when searching for your next finance gig or MBA applications. Is it considered the same caliber of experience?
No you are cold sourcing as an associate and VP. You get very little deal execution experience at TA at those levels.
No you are cold sourcing as an associate and VP. You get very little deal execution experience at TA at those levels.
They are not, but why even bother if they are or are not? Unless you have an offer, it shouldn't matter
No
MF is about the scale of deals they do, not the fund size. So no.
You are asking it sounds like if it is considered as sexy (to finance people) as BX/APO/KKR/Bain/CG/TPG. Answer: no
Context: if someone were to create a more recent tier list of PE shops by sexiness (again to finance people) TA would prob be in tiers 1B-1D with firms like EQT, CVC, probably below all the top US firms like the three aforementioned and also MDP/HF/CDR/LGP/Veritas/GTCR types.
Context L2: TA has the sourcing caveat which is viewed as unsexy
Critical point: socially, no one cares about anything related to this kind of consideration (alternatively, if a material % of your social circle cares about this kind of consideration, that may be a separate problem)
eqt and cvc below mdp is so far off
Yeah fair that’s the issue with tier lists — takes a decent amount of work and time to actually make one that survives from all angles
genuinely confused by TA - great performance, probably a ton of learning reps. comp is probably pretty good and culture doesn't seem too bad.
but they seem to have a lot of churn at the associate level? looking at the Boston hc team and Boston tech team alone, nobody but one associate from the 2023 associate class remaining across both these groups. been pondering pe vs ge, and maybe this is a ta specific issue, but wondering if heavy sourcing model as an associate is really just a mid experience.
Your assumption of culture is wrong. It's very tough on Associates (particularly with the sourcing requirement)
Second this, culture is notoriously grindy for junior levels, and notoriously political / fiefdom-y at senior levels (although that's relatively common at senior levels elsewhere too)
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