The firm was founded in 2002 by Ronald Dickerman, Madison’s President, with the idea of building a global investment platform focused on providing liquidity to real estate owners and investors who otherwise had few options for facilitating early exits from their illiquid real estate ownership positions or monetizing embedded equity. Today, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Amsterdam and a full team of professionals dedicated to the sourcing, underwriting, acquisition, asset management and investor relations, Madison has become a global leader in providing equity capital in a diverse range of real estate transactions involving class A properties and portfolios. Madison focuses on capital partner replacements, equity monetizations and recapitalizations of class A properties and portfolios located throughout the US, UK and Western Europe as well as investments in public/private companies owning similar quality properties. Since inception, Madison has raised over $8 billion in capital commitments from more than 175 institutional investors around the world.

American Industrial Partners (“AIP”) is an operationally-oriented middle market private equity firm that is distinctively focused on buying and improving industrial businesses with operations in the U.S., Canada, and other developed markets. The AIP team has deep roots in the industrial economy and has been active in private equity investing across three economic cycles. AIP has completed over 125 platform and add-on acquisitions and invests in all forms of corporate divestitures, management buyouts, recapitalizations, and going-private transactions of established businesses.

PPM America, Inc. (PPM) is a client-focused investment manager. PPM has the experience and resources to provide our clients with investment solutions across markets, including fixed income, private equity and commercial real estate. However, like a smaller shop, PPM remains nimble, investment-led and responsive to the opportunities that our teams discover together. Our mission is to deliver specific client solutions and service to investors around the world with the goal of meeting investors’ unique investment objectives. In addition, PPM employees are committed to building our community and supporting local nonprofits that strengthen families and increase economic opportunities.

DCM is a venture capital firm with over $4 billion under management. Since 1996, we have invested in more than 300 technology companies across the U.S. and Asia. With offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo, DCM empowers our entrepreneurs with hands-on operational guidance and a global network of business and financial resources.

MML is an international mid-market private equity investor focused on investing alongside strong management teams and working in partnership with them to deliver their bold expansion plans. Over the last 30 years, we have successfully invested in 150 businesses from our 4 global offices, with €2.7 billion of assets currently under management across our Value-Added Infrastructure, Partnership Capital, and Enterprise strategies. At MML, we create value from original thinking, designing deals which enable management teams to take the next step on their journey. We focus on a small number of investments where the business case is strong and the chemistry with people is right, and as an independent firm, our Partners take personal responsibility for our part in your success. In our experience, open minds mean better deals, so we take a fresh approach to every single investment, designing them to perfectly fit people, their unique businesses and personal aspirations. For our investors, our tailored ethos provides access to a unique set of investment opportunities, delivering strong equity returns whilst protecting investor capital.

JLL Partners is a middle market private equity firm with over three decades of experience transforming businesses in the healthcare, specialty industrials, and business services sectors. The firm is dedicated to partnering with companies that it can help build into market leaders through a combination of strategic mergers and acquisitions, organic growth initiatives, and operational enhancements. The JLL Partners team is comprised of seasoned investment professionals and operating partners who are focused on driving long-term value creation across its portfolio. Since its founding in 1988, JLL Partners has committed over $5.8 billion of equity capital across eight private equity funds, with over 55 platform investments and more than 210 add-on acquisitions.

Arsenal is a specialized private equity firm with what it believes are market-leading franchises in the healthcare and industrial sectors. Through deep immersion in our markets, we seek to discern needs and trends and craft technology- and innovation-rich strategies. Together with our management teams, we build high-growth, highly advantaged businesses that win in the market.

Lightyear Capital is a New York-based private equity firm that partners with growing companies at the nexus of financial services and technology, healthcare, and business services. For over 20 years, Lightyear has worked closely with management and leveraged its industry expertise, network of advisors, and operating resources to accelerate growth and build market leading businesses. As of December 31, 2023, the firm had assets under management of $5.0 billion.

W Capital Partners is a private equity firm that provides secondary liquidity to shareholders in private businesses and growth capital for those companies. With $2 billion of capital and investments in more than 90 leading growth equity and buyout stage businesses, W Capital is a leading provider of secondary market liquidity to private equity firms, venture capital firms, financial institutions, mezzanine lenders, corporations and founding shareholders for minority equity positions in private companies. W Capital’s target sectors include financial services, business services, Internet, technology, media, consumer, industrial and healthcare.

Centre Lane Partners is a private investment firm that invests in the equity and debt of middle market companies in North America. We employ a flexible strategy that approaches complex situations with a solutions orientation. We have an experienced, collaborative and diverse team, and seek to partner with strong management teams that can benefit from patient, long-term capital and our operational, financial and strategic expertise and support. In our Private Equity business, we look to acquire majority ownership of middle market companies and partner with strong management teams that we support through our CLP Value Creation Framework (CLP-VCF). The companies we invest in are generally specialists within their segments and have identifiable value drivers that we can harness to optimize and grow the business. We are active across a broad range of transaction types including buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate carve-outs and restructurings. In our Private Credit business, we provide creative, flexible debt financings to middle market businesses. We look to support management teams, equity owners, businesses and other stakeholders through appropriately structured financings for a variety of capital needs relating to refinancings, recapitalizations, organic growth objectives and strategic priorities. We are active across a wide range of transaction types and typically invest in the following sectors: consumer, business / financial services, healthcare / healthcare services, industrial / industrial services and technology / media / software.