Private Equity in DMV Area

Currently an IB analyst looking to move on from banking based in DC. I've got a decent sense for some of the larger names (Carlyle, Arlington Capital, etc.) but would appreciate any insight into other MM / LMM firms that may go under the radar that are based in the DMV. I currently don't do any ADG work and would like to avoid it if possible, but so many firms have that as a speciality it seems like I'm running out of options.

Thanks!

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See: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/private-equity/pe-exit-ops-in-dc

Buyout

  • Carlyle
  • Arlington Capital Partners
  • Halifax
  • Enlightenment Capital
  • Rotunda Capital
  • Hull Street Energy
  • Access Holdings
  • Northlane Capital
  • Gladstone

Multilateral (a bit of everything)

  • IFC
  • U.S. Development Finance Corporation

Growth

  • JMI Equity
  • Revolution Growth
  • Arborview
  • Savano

Venture

  • NEA
  • Revolution Ventures
  • Rise of the Rest (Revolution Seed)
  • Construct Capital
  • SineWave Ventures
  • Zeal Capital
  • Accion
  • Resilience
  • Capital One Ventures
  • Nextera Ventures

LPs / Advisory

  • Cambridge Associates
  • Strategic Investment Group
  • Brown Advisory
  • Greenspring Associates (now part of StepStone)
  • Accolade
  • RockCreek
  • Georgetown University
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Nature Conservancy
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • National Geographic
  • World Bank
  • Smithsonian
  • Red Cross
  • Lockheed Martin
  • AARP
  • World Resources Institute
  • Brookings Institute
  • Railroad Retirement Board
  • DC Retirement Board
  • University of Maryland Foundation
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Spider Management (University of Richmond, in Richmond)
  • UVIMCO (UVA, in Charlottesville)

General Asset Management

  • T. Rowe Price
  • BlackRock (though I think the DC office is probably just lobbyists)
 

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