PE/VC investors

Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) investors are the catalysts of innovation and growth in the business world. PE firms primarily target established companies, seeking to optimize operations and unlock value through strategic investments and management expertise. They focus on long-term growth and profitability, often preparing businesses for a future sale or IPO. VC investors, by contrast, are the adventurers of finance, injecting capital into high-potential startups and early-stage companies. They embrace risk for the possibility of outsized returns, often becoming invaluable advisors. Both investor types not only bring capital but also strategic guidance, industry connections, and market insights, propelling their portfolio companies towards success.

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Clayton Associates Clayton Associates
Clayton Associates is the McWhorter family office <br /> based in Nashville, TN. Founded in 1996, the firm has been built on its extensive operating experience and relationships to partner with entrepreneurs and help build successful businesses.
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Clayton Dubilier & Rice Clayton Dubilier & Rice
Founded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses. We work collaboratively with corporate and family business sellers on transactions to maximize value. We believe many corporations, CEOs and entrepreneurs select CD&R as their partner because of our reputation for trustworthiness and operational leadership. We practice investing as a craft, relying on a dedicated and cohesive team with a shared sense of purpose and values. Our investment approach blends skilled investment judgment with extensive experience driving growth and operating excellence.
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation Clean Energy Finance Corporation
The CEFC has a unique role to increase investment in Australia’s transition to lower emissions. We invest to lead the market, operating with commercial rigour to address some of Australia’s toughest emissions challenges - in agriculture, energy generation and storage, infrastructure, property, transport and waste. We’re also proud to back Australia’s cleantech entrepreneurs through the Clean Energy Innovation Fund. In investing $10 billion on behalf of the Australian Government, we work to deliver a positive return for taxpayers across our portfolio. <br />
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Clear Eight Capital Clear Eight Capital
Clear Eight Capital is a Geneva-based independent financial services company active in wealth management, family office and private equity. Targeted at private clients placing special focus on high quality services, fee transparency and investment expertise, Clear Eight Capital offers the long-standing experience of seasoned professionals, combining strong local anchorage with wide international exposure, especially in China.
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Clearco Clearco
Clearco is the capital partner that thinks like a founder. We provide fast, flexible, and founder-first funding designed to scale with your momentum, not slow it down. With over $3 billion deployed to 10,000+ brands, Clearco is the only platform offering both Cash Advance and Invoice Funding in one place. Our performance-driven model delivers competitive terms, capped weekly repayments, and access to capital in as little as 24 hours. There’s no dilution, no personal guarantees, and no friction. Whether you're securing inventory, funding ads, or launching your next big product, Clearco helps you move faster with confidence.
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Clearlake Capital Clearlake Capital
Clearlake Capital Group is a global investment firm managing integrated platforms spanning private equity, liquid and private credit, and other related strategies. Founded in 2006, the firm has more than $90 billion of assets under management and has led or co-led over 500 investments globally. With deep knowledge and operational expertise across the technology, industrials, and consumer sectors, Clearlake seeks to partner with experienced management teams, providing patient, long-term capital and aiming to drive value through its active hands-on operating approach, O.P.S.® (Operations, People, Strategy). Headquartered in Santa Monica, Clearlake maintains a global footprint with offices in Dallas, New York, London, Dublin, Luxembourg, Abu Dhabi, Tokyo, and Singapore. For more information, please visit Clearlake.com.
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ClearSky ClearSky
ClearSky is a venture capital/growth equity group that has been operating since 2012 with teams in Florida, New York, Boston and San Francisco. ClearSky is currently investing through two lines of funds: ClearSky Power & Technology and ClearSky Security. ClearSky Power & Technology funds invest in innovative companies providing technology and services to enterprise customers, with a special focus on the power sector. ClearSky Security funds invest in companies that offer transformative solutions for cybersecurity, industrial security and critical infrastructure security.
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Clearspring Capital Partners Clearspring Capital Partners
Clearspring Capital Partners is a leading Canadian mid-market private equity firm that invests in and acquires medium-sized companies through buyouts, growth and acquisition financings, going private transactions, industry consolidations, restructurings, recapitalizations and other types of transactions. Clearspring Capital Partners has been in the private-equity business since 2002. In that time we have closed three funds, which raised nearly $600 million. Clearspring Capital Partners will focus on the Canadian private equity mid-market and will seek to invest between $20 million and $50 million in companies that: - Operate in established, stable industries; - Have developed, or have the potential to develop, strong market positions; - Have created, or have the potential to create, a sustainable, customer-focused competitive advantage; - Are run by seasoned, high-quality and aligned management teams; and - Have significant opportunities to grow organically or by acquisition.
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ClearVue Partners ClearVue Partners
ClearVue Partners is a private equity firm focused on the consumer sector of China, investing in fast growing companies that are informed by data, and powered by technology. We invest along the consumer megatrend themes of modernization & new retail, lifestyle, health & wellness, and the digital consumer. ClearVue Partners targets early growth and growth stage investments in promising local companies, develops top-tier brands and businesses and enables market entry for leading international companies into China. Our team has a unique combination of investment and senior operations experience from the US and Greater China with an advisory group of recognized business pioneers in the consumer industry. We believe in operational value add for our portfolio investments, and bring global and multi-national best practices and relationships to rapidly growing companies in China.
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Clearwater Capital Partners Clearwater Capital Partners
Clearwater Capital Partners provides investors with access to a full spectrum of Asian credit investment opportunities including direct lending, secondary credit and special situations. Since inception, the Firm has made more than 350 investments totaling over $6.5 billion, across sectors and geographies, both onshore and offshore, and built some of the largest dedicated lending platforms throughout the region. <br /> <br /> Clearwater has built an on-the-ground presence in Asia through locally staffed offices and companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, Seoul and Chongqing. The breadth of the targeted investment market and Clearwater's established and experienced presence make it possible for the firm to source, develop and capture value in diverse opportunities, particularly targeting to the senior part of the capital structure.
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