Top West Coast PE Funds

Hey ya'll,

This is a continuation to my previous post (link here). Happy to report that I did not work a 6th Saturday in a row. Took some time to watch batman, get brunch, and responded to some of the HH emails in my inbox. Most HH's wanted a top 3 so I listed SF, LA, NYC (just in case lol) in that order. Planning on taking some time off in the next month or so to visit some old friends out west, and get a solid feel for things in person before the recruitment cycle concludes and I have to make a decision. 

Was curious on some input on some of the better funds out West. Looked on the forum for this topic but a lot of threads are several years old and it's a rapidly evolving industry. I know a lot of the NYC funds have satellite offices there but it's hard to tell which are serious offices and which are 5 Partners and 2 accountants in a glorified WeWork. Open to UMM, MFs, and GE so fire away with ideas. As long as the role isn't Apollo or something that psychologically castrates me more than I already have in my time thus far at GS. Trying to keep it light hearted but in all serious, appreciate all the helpful advice and feedback thus far. Have a few ideas in mind, TPG Growth, Ares, Silverlake, Golden Gate, TA, etc...Really just hoping to get a large list of names, and I'll take the time to scrub and research afterwards to find proper fit. 

Thanks again 

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SF

MF: Silver Lake, Vista, KKR TMT, TPG/TPG Growth, H&F, TB, Carlyle TMT

UMM: Francisco, AKKR, Genstar, Evergreen Coast, Permira, Golden Gate, TA, GI Partners

MM: FFL, Gryphon, Serent, HGGC, Sumeru, Symphony Technology

LA

MF: APO, Ares, Oaktree (more credit than PE)

UMM: LGP, Marlin, Clearlake, Platinum Equity

MM: LL, Shamrock, Brentwood, Aurora

 

SF MF Buyout

KKR (TMT, Consumer Retail, Industrials), CVC (Consumer / Tech Buyout), TPG (IDMC, Business Services, Industrials, Consumer, Software + Enterprise Tech), Permira (Tech Buyout + Growth), Silver Lake Menlo, Thoma Bravo (believe Growth and some of flagship / Discover sits in SF), a couple folks at Vista (though this is a smaller satellite office, similar to Carlyle Tech), H&F (Generalist), Advent (Tech Buyout + Growth in Palo Alto), Blackstone PE (Tech focus), Warburg Pincus (smaller office, mostly focused on tech)

 

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