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Based on the most helpful WSO content, here are some insights on private equity firms that hire analysts out of undergrad, particularly those with prior investment banking and private equity internships:

  1. Blackstone - Known to hire undergraduates directly into private equity.
  2. Silverlake - Recently started hiring undergraduates.
  3. Warburg Pincus - Has formal undergrad recruiting and took four full-time analysts for the first time.
  4. KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Has taken undergrad interns.
  5. Carlyle - Has taken interns and converted at least one to full-time.
  6. Parthenon - In San Francisco, recruited undergrads for the first time.
  7. General Atlantic - Has formal undergrad recruiting.

While Pelican and SCF Partners are not specifically mentioned in the provided knowledge base, the firms listed above are known to recruit undergraduates with relevant internships.

Sources: Do private equity firms hire undergrads?, Private Equity firms that recruit undergrads?, https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/private-equity/private-equity-private-investment-divisions-minneapolis-stpaul?customgpt=1, What PE firms hire straight out of undergrad ?, How Do I Get Into Private Equity?

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