Global Private Equity
In the lower-middle-market, it’s rare to find an investor that can bring global resources to bear, has the flexibility to deliver truly bespoke capital solutions customized to your needs and has a culture built around partnering with founders to help build their business for success. This is who we are.
Our Investment Criteria
The following four key pillars underpin our investment strategy:
Exclusively B2B Technology & Services, with business models/or serving end markets we know well
Founder-focused, where our reputation for being a reliable, straightforward and honest partner resonates
Geographic growth ambition, where we can leverage Baird's brand and relationships to support companies' growth
Flexible capital approach, with the ability to invest $25-80m into minority growth equity and majority buyouts.
Working With Us
Our Investment Themes
We invest in B2B Technology & Services businesses across a broad range of sectors, underpinned by long-term macro drivers, where our experience and networks can further accelerate growth. Some of these areas of particular interest to us are:
Pharma Services
As the global pharmaceutical and biotech market continues to grow, so does its reliance on outsourced services. Now more than ever, pharma businesses are heavily reliant on their outsourcing partners to do business.
Sustainability
We’ve noted the confluence of challenges created by aging infrastructure, climate change, population migration, energy transition and resource scarcity and the need for innovative solutions to meet these issues.
Tech Services & Software
The tech services and software landscape is evolving rapidly with developments in areas such as AI, automation, and data driving significant technological change. This is creating opportunities for specialized tech enabled solutions to drive transformation and manage the increasingly complex risk landscape.
Recent Investments
Learn more about the team’s investments in our portfolio.
