Sourcing

Partnership Funds: Demonstrated Access to Premier Private Equity Managers

Mesirow Financial Private Equity investment professionals have developed a deep network of relationships with leading private equity firms, resulting in investment access to top-tier venture capital/growth equity, leveraged buyout and special situation partnerships. Given the wide dispersion of investment returns among private equity funds and the unique persistence of strong performance by top-tier private equity managers across time periods, Mesirow Financial Private Equity believes that securing access to the partnerships sponsored by top-performing private equity managers is a critical factor in constructing successful private equity partnership portfolios. The Firm maintains a forward-looking watch list of private equity managers and engages in relationship-building and due diligence well in advance of a target manager's fundraising process. In addition, the Firm cultivates new general partner relationships through its direct investment activity. As a direct investor and a member of portfolio company boards of directors, the Firm has the opportunity to work closely and build relationships with the participating general partners in an investment syndicate. These carefully managed relationships historically have yielded success in gaining investment access to top-performing private equity managers.

Direct Funds: Proven Sourcing Capability

Mesirow Financial Private Equity believes that its relationships with high-quality private equity firms create a unique investment sourcing advantage for its direct investment funds. As a valued limited partner in over 110 private equity partnerships, the Firm maintains active relationships with over 60 general partners in the U.S. and Europe. Through regular dialogue with key general partner relationships, Mesirow Financial Private Equity investment professionals work to systematically and proactively source attractive new co-investment opportunities. Given the Firm's significant investment experience gained over two decades in the private equity industry, Mesirow Financial Private Equity is regarded by general partners as an attractive co-investment partner. Additionally, through partnership monitoring activities, Mesirow Financial Private Equity investment professionals identify portfolio drivers from the thousands of portfolio companies underlying its partnership funds, and seek to selectively participate in a subset of potential follow-on financing opportunities.

*Past Performance is not indicative of future results.