MidOcean Partners started by buying a $1.8 billion private-equity business from Deutsche Bank. Two decades later, its three-part platform shows how a focused middle-market investor can become a capital shop without trying to become everything to everyone.
Audax Group turned the unglamorous work of joining smaller businesses into an institutional playbook. More than 1,500 add-ons later, the Boston firm now spans control equity, private credit and bespoke mid-hold capital.