LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5, 2025/ PRNewswire/– Platinum Equity validated today the current conclusion of capital raising for Platinum Equity Little Cap Fund II, L.P., its most current fund concentrated on financial investment chances in the lower middle market. The fund surpassed its target of $ 1.75 billion and closed with $ 2.28 billion in dedications.
It utilizes Platinum Equity’s extremely specialized M&A&O ®(* )technique that incorporates financial investment knowledge with deep functional abilities and is being released by the company’s devoted lower middle market financial investment group, which was developed more than a years earlier to concentrate on the area as the company’s flagship funds moved upstream into bigger offers.” We have actually constructed an effective lower-middle market franchise that makes use of 3 years of experience and permits us to produce worth throughout the complete spectrum of financial investment chances,” stated Platinum Equity Chairman and CEO
Tom Gores, who established the company in 1995. “The group has deep roots and incredible momentum, and the frustrating reaction to our most current fund is a testimony to that.” The company’s lower middle market group consists of more than
40 M&& A and Operations experts throughout The United States And Canada and Europe The group focuses on deals including creator- or family-owned services, intricate business divestures, public-to-private shifts, and acquisitions from a varied series of personal sellers. Current acquisitions consist of home device supplier R&B Wholesale Distributors, Italian pesto maker Polli, and HVAC/R suppliers Worldwide and MARS. Little Cap II marked Platinum Equity’s 2nd effective capital raise in back-to-back years. The flagship Platinum Equity Capital Partners VI closed in 2024 with
$ 12.4 billion in capital dedications. The company has actually raised more than $ 47 billion in equity dedications from institutional financiers considering that releasing its funds company more than twenty years earlier. Simpson Thacher & & Bartlett LLP is Platinum’s fund counsel and legal consultant for Little Cap II.
About Platinum Equity
Established in 1995 by
Tom Gores, Platinum Equity is a worldwide financial investment company with roughly $ 50 billion of possessions under management and a portfolio of roughly 60 running business that serve clients around the globe. Platinum Equity focuses on mergers, acquisitions and operations– a trademarked technique it calls M&A&O ®— obtaining and running business in a broad series of company markets, consisting of production, circulation, transport and logistics, devices leasing, metals services, media and home entertainment, innovation, telecoms and other markets. Over the previous thirty years Platinum Equity has actually finished more than 500 acquisitions. Contact:
Dan Whelan
dwhelan@platinumequity.com
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