Private Equity Investors, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in fund of funds and secondary acquisitions in secondary indirect investments. Within direct, it prefers to invest in mature and late ventures. For fund of funds investments, it seeks to invest in venture capital, growth equity, private equity, leveraged buyout & mezzanine funds and manages funds-of-funds that invest in venture capital, growth equity, and buyout funds at the time of their origination. It seeks to purchase limited partnership interests, portfolios of direct private holdings, fund restructurings, financial institutions or corporate spin-outs, and all the assets of a fund or fund of funds. Within the secondary transactions that the firm makes to general partners of mature funds and fund of funds, it provides fund or fund of funds wind down, asset purchase, tender offers, and restructuring solutions. Within the secondary transactions, the firm provides cash purchase, purchase of non strategic holdings, and restructuring to corporate venture programs. The firm also provides liquidity to limited partners of private equity funds and to investors with portfolios of direct holdings. It prefers to invest in logistics and retail, communications, and healthcare. It invests in funds investing in broadly diversified sectors including biotechnology, consumer or retail, financial, healthcare, industrial, materials, media or communications, and technology. It seeks investments across the United States and overseas while investing in other funds. It seeks to make investments in interest with asset value between $1 million and $25 million. The firm typically acquires limited partnership interests in transactions with values ranging between $1 million and $100 million, but typically looks at transactions with less than $50 million in value and $30 million in net asset value. It invests between $1 million & $30 million. Private Equity Investors, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; and Tokyo, Japan.

Phoenix Equity Partners is a London-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2001, with an additional office in Manchester. It specializes in mid-market investments across various sectors in the UK, focusing on management buyouts, growth capital, and expansion transactions. The firm typically invests between $16 million and $80 million in private medium-sized companies with enterprise values ranging from $16 million to $345.5 million. Phoenix targets sectors including education, healthcare, industrials, consumer products, financial services, and business services, among others. The firm aims to acquire significant stakes in its portfolio companies and generally seeks a board seat to actively participate in management. Phoenix prefers to hold its investments for three to five years, providing follow-on capital to support growth initiatives and strategic acquisitions.