Advent International

Advent's philosophy is one of active partnership globally. As a business owner and partner, we aim to make a constructive contribution to our portfolio companies and leave them strongly positioned for the future. As an employer, we try to offer our people satisfying and rewarding careers.

Our Values

Common values shape the distinctive culture of our organization. Trust and respect are its cornerstones.

We believe that it is our responsibility as a partnership to be accountable for the business as a whole and are committed to open debate and collaboration across the firm.

We uphold the highest ethical standards in our business dealings. We work together and share responsibility as one team. All major decisions are based on analytical study, open debate and consensus conclusions.

We try to keep success and failure in perspective and recognize that there is always more to do and more to learn. We have built a reputation for fairness, honesty and partnership with a strong sense of our history and tradition, yet we are also progressive and innovative.

By adhering to these values individually and collectively, we have won the respect and long-term partnership of many of the most prestigious organizations in the world.

Investment Philosophy
Advent's investment philosophy is centred on value creation driven through an active ownership approach. We help build successful companies for the future.
We were founded with the specific brief of investing internationally. We focus on building long term value in partnership with our portfolio companies through revenue growth, acquisitions and profit improvement, not financial engineering.
We are as industrially minded as we are financially minded. Many of our professionals have consulting or operational backgrounds. The benefit is that we are able to deploy well-rounded teams with deep sector knowledge to the development of our portfolio companies.

Our operational partnership is enhanced by over 60 highly experienced industry specific operating partners, who provide insight and a wealth of hands on experience to our portfolio companies and deal teams.

We operate as an integrated global partnership, with a culture of close collaboration and communication between all local offices and sector teams.
Management through partnershipAdvent International is run by its partners, who meet regularly to discuss strategic and operational issues. Many of the firm's partners have been with Advent since the earliest days of their careers and they have helped shape the firm into the collegiate and global business that we are today.
Regional investment advisory committees
We have regional investment advisory committees to review potential investment opportunities and oversee existing portfolio companies. These committees are made up of experienced partners from the specific region and a partner from another region to provide continuity and consistency accross the process globally.
We have found that by keeping the investment decision making at regional and local level, both the depth and quality of our decision making is improved.

Through our three regional buyout programmes, Advent International invests in mid-market and upper-mid-market businesses in both established and rapidly developing markets around the world.
While all our funds are underpinned by our sector focus and active approach to creating earnings improvements, each fund reflects its unique regional characteristics.

Region	Programme / most recent fund	focus
Western Europe/ North America	GPE /GPE VI (April 2008)	Upper-mid-market buyouts focused on growth opportunities, cross-border transactions and strategic repositioning.
Latin America	LAPEF /LAPEF V (April 2010)	Growth buyouts of cash-generative service businesses.
Central & Eastern Europe	ACEE / ACEE IV (April 2008)	Buyouts and growth opportunities.

Advent International manages private equity investments on behalf of more than 200 institutional investors around the globe. These include leading public and corporate pension funds, financial institutions, universities and foundations.
Our world-class investor base can offer portfolio companies significant financial and non-financial benefits. Limited partners may invest directly in a business alongside Advent or provide debt financing to support its growth.

Advent's investor base* 

 
*Reflects investors in Advent’s GPE, LAPEF, ACEE programmes.

In 1984, Peter Brooke, a pioneer behind the evolution of today's private equity industry founded Advent International.
What differentiated us from the outset was that we were established with the specific brief of investing internationally. 
Reflecting our trailblazing heritage, our 27-year history is punctuated by multiple industry ‘firsts’ and accolades across all the territories in which we invest.
Today we are an international partnership focussing on mid- and upper-mid-market buyouts. We have both scale and depth accross our sector teams. Our global network and strong pioneering and partnership culture is as evident today as it was over 27 years ago.


Advent International has been investing in the business services sector for 17 years and has partnered with over 60 businesses.

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Advent International has been investing in the healthcare sector for 20 years and has funded over 25 investments worldwide. 

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In today's increasingly competitive marketplace a global footprint and outlook are critical to a company's success.
Advent's international network is both broad and deep, making us uniquely qualified to help our

Advent International has been active in the industrial sector for over 20 years and has invested in over 70 companies globally. Our investment experience has been highly diverse and we maintain in-depth connections, access and knowledge across this broad sector. Selected current investments include:  Selected exited investments include: Advent International has been investing consistently in the retail sector for over 20 years. We have funded over 20 investments worldwide with a particular focus on high-growth sub-sectors outperforming the general market conditions. Selected current investments include: Selected exited investments include: Advent International has been investing in the information technology and software sector for nearly 20 years. We have completed over 100 investments worldwide providing us with strong industry contacts and a broad perspective on this diverse industry. Selected current investments include: Selected exited investments include:

portfolio companies progress domestically; evaluate and establish relationships in new markets;or provide access to our global financial markets. We work in close partnership across our whole network to facilitate and deliver these benefits.

Our significant experience in integrating the international, regional, and local aspects of private equity enables us to introduce or further develop industrial best-practice alongside local business practices and requirements.

 Advent International is one of the longest established private equity firms in Central Europe and a widely acknowledged pioneer of private equity in this region. 

We invest in all of the region’s major economies, including the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey.  We also invest in more rapidly developing economies, including Ukraine.

Underscoring our global heritage, Advent has invested in over 600 companies in 41 countries across four continents, encompassing both established and rapidly developing markets. Our deals are marked by being in sector, leveraging our international footprint and having a high-degree of Advent involvement.

We help companies in many different situations, including international expansion (internationalisation of domestic businesses or expansion of existing international players); strategic repositioning (refocusing on core competencies); or managing high-growth (assisting entrepreneurial businesses to respond to fast-paced market or organisational growth).

High growth sub-sector Financial Services   Driving organic growth at DolEx Exit follows aggressive expansion of U.S. money transmitter serving the Hispanic market		International expansion Media   Extending market leadership at Sportfive International expansion and cross-border cooperation builds market leader in European sports rights		Strategic repositioning Industrial   Creating a Polish market leader in exterior insulation. Creating a Polish market leader in exterior insulation.

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