
Trilantic North America
Description
Trilantic North America is a prominent private equity firm based in New York City, specializing in control and significant minority investments within the middle market. The firm focuses on partnering with management teams to drive growth and create value in their portfolio companies. Their investment strategy is centered on identifying established businesses with strong fundamentals and opportunities for operational improvement and strategic expansion.
Trilantic North America primarily targets companies across three core sectors: Business Services, Consumer, and Energy. Within these sectors, they seek out businesses that demonstrate defensible market positions, attractive growth prospects, and strong management teams. The firm typically makes equity investments ranging from $50 million to $300 million per transaction, targeting companies with enterprise values generally between $100 million and $1 billion. This flexible approach allows them to engage in a variety of deal structures, including buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth equity investments.
The firm has a substantial capital base to execute its investment strategy. For instance, Trilantic Capital Partners VI, L.P., their latest fund, successfully closed in 2022 with commitments totaling $2.75 billion. This significant capital pool underscores their capacity to make substantial investments and support the long-term growth initiatives of their portfolio companies. Trilantic North America's disciplined investment process, combined with its operational expertise, aims to generate strong returns for its investors by fostering sustainable growth and enhancing the strategic value of its portfolio businesses.
Investor Profile
Trilantic North America has backed more than 38 startups, with 1 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 32 rounds, about 84% of its total and boasts 10 exits across its portfolio.
Investment Focus Highlights
- Concentrates on Private Equity, Seed, Post Ipo Equity rounds (top funding stages).
- Majority of deals are located in United States, Canada.
- Strong thematic focus on Energy, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing.
- Led 1 rounds in the past year.
- Typical check size: $50M – $300M.
Stage Focus
- Private Equity (82%)
- Seed (11%)
- Post Ipo Equity (3%)
- Secondary Market (3%)
- Series Unknown (3%)
Country Focus
- United States (97%)
- Canada (3%)
Industry Focus
- Energy
- Oil And Gas
- Manufacturing
- Renewable Energy
- Natural Resources
- Energy Storage
- Solar
- Health Care
- E-commerce
- Retail
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