Main Capital Partners (Boston) Info
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had information on this PE shop based in Boston. They do tech and software investing and seems interesting as they are based in the netherlands. If anyone had any info on culture, comp, investments, and anything else it would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
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Pretty bad reputation in Europe amongst companies, they’ve done som really weird things to targets
Like what?
One example from the top of my head is that they recently persuaded a company in EU (I think Netherlands) to let Main acquire them, everything went smoothly until the day after they signed. Then from out of nowhere Main told them that they were no longer considered a platform investment but an add-on to another new company and that they would be merged into that organization(which makes a pretty dam big difference). This has of course gotten out and it terrifies other entrepreneurs.
They are also known for being very ‘big private equity corporate’ towards their portfolio companies, which doesn’t fly well at all in the SaaS LMM niche.
Long story short,I’ve heard from multiple companies myself that they would never consider Main as a buyer due to the above and more.
They are really a LMM focused on software, think 20-50M EV. Expect heavy sourcing and investing in unsophisticated/ bootstrapped companies.
In Europe they have good returns with a few assets being home runs, and the rest of the portfolio being okay.
Thanks for the info, any info on Boston office or culture? Seems like they only have 7 ppl, but in europe they seem relativley big
Would you consider them a value-oriented SaaS PE fund? Seems like a small check size relative to the fund size.
This is Main 5 years ago. They raised 2.5bn in 2024. 20-50m EV is now add-on size for them.
I disagree.
My fund targets very small companies and we encounter Main all the time in Europe, last encounter was for a company with EV of EUR 25m. Platform
Anyne in the interview process for their Analyst Role?
Bump also any color on their case (said 2 hours including presentation so maybe no model?)
About to do a 1st round interview for them, how was the interview process for you, assuming you already interviewed
any insight on comp? Specifically at the analyst level
Main Capital, PE Analyst, $75K to $90K base salary plus strong bonus, Boston MA (on-site)
Bonus was maybe 15 -25%, but dont quite remember
Do you know how this compares to Europe? I've read on a few other posts that comp isnt great
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