| hide<br>[Private equity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity "Private equity") and [venture capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital "Venture capital") |
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| Investment types | - [Buyout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyout "Buyout") <br>  - [Leveraged](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_buyout "Leveraged buyout")<br>  - [Growth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_buyout "Growth buyout")<br>- [Venture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital "Venture capital")<br>- [Mezzanine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzanine_capital "Mezzanine capital")<br>- [Growth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_capital "Growth capital")<br>- [Secondaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_secondary_market "Private equity secondary market")<br>- [Equity co-investment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_co-investment "Equity co-investment")<br>- [NAV lending](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAV_lending "NAV lending") |
| [History](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_private_equity_and_venture_capital "History of private equity and venture capital") | - [Early history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_private_equity "Early history of private equity")<br>- [1980s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_in_the_1980s "Private equity in the 1980s")<br>- [1990s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_in_the_1990s "Private equity in the 1990s")<br>- [2000s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_in_the_2000s "Private equity in the 2000s")<br>- [2010s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_in_the_2010s "Private equity in the 2010s")<br>- [2020s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_in_the_2020s "Private equity in the 2020s") |
| Terms and <br>concepts | | [Buyout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_buyout "Leveraged buyout") | - [Financial sponsor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_sponsor "Financial sponsor")<br>- [Management buyout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_buyout "Management buyout")<br>- [Divisional buyout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisional_buyout "Divisional buyout")<br>- [Buy–sell agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy%E2%80%93sell_agreement "Buy–sell agreement")<br>- [Leveraged recapitalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_recapitalization "Leveraged recapitalization")<br>- [Dividend recapitalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividend_recapitalization "Dividend recapitalization") |
| [Venture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital "Venture capital") | - [Angel investor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investor "Angel investor")<br>- [Business incubator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_incubator "Business incubator")<br>- [Post-money valuation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-money_valuation "Post-money valuation")<br>- [Pre-money valuation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-money_valuation "Pre-money valuation")<br>- [SAFE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_agreement_for_future_equity "Simple agreement for future equity")<br>- [Seed money](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_money "Seed money")<br>- [Series A round](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round "Series A round")<br>- [Startup company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company "Startup company") <br>  - [stealth startup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_startup "Stealth startup")<br>- [Venture capital financing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital_financing "Venture capital financing")<br>- [Venture debt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_debt "Venture debt")<br>- [Venture round](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_round "Venture round") |
| Structure | - [Private equity firms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_firm "Private equity firm") and [funds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_fund "Private equity fund")<br>- [Limited partnership](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_partnership "Limited partnership")<br>- [Limited liability company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability_company "Limited liability company")<br>- [Carried interest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carried_interest "Carried interest")<br>- [Management fee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_fee "Management fee")<br>- [Pledge fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_fund "Pledge fund")<br>- [Publicly traded private equity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicly_traded_private_equity "Publicly traded private equity") <br>  - [Business Development Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Development_Company "Business Development Company")<br>  - [Venture capital trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital_trust "Venture capital trust")<br>- [Private investment in public equity (PIPE)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_investment_in_public_equity "Private investment in public equity")<br>- [SPAC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_company "Special-purpose acquisition company") | |
| Investors | - [Corporations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_venture_capital "Corporate venture capital")<br>- [Impact investing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_investing "Impact investing")<br>- [Institutional investors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_investor "Institutional investor")<br>- [Pension funds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pension_fund "Pension fund")<br>- [Insurance companies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance#Insurance_companies "Insurance")<br>- [Fund of funds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fund_of_funds "Fund of funds")<br>- [Endowments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_endowment "Financial endowment")<br>- [Foundations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_foundation "Private foundation")<br>- [Investment banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_banking "Investment banking")<br>- [Merchant banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_bank "Merchant bank")<br>- [Commercial banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_bank "Commercial bank")<br>- [High-net-worth individuals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-net-worth_individual "High-net-worth individual")<br>- [Family offices](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_office "Family office")<br>- [Sovereign wealth funds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_wealth_fund "Sovereign wealth fund")<br>- [Crowdfunding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding "Crowdfunding") |
| Related <br>financial terms | - [AUM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assets_under_management "Assets under management")<br>- [Cap table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_table "Capitalization table")<br>- [Capital call](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_call "Capital call")<br>- [Capital commitment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_commitment "Capital commitment")<br>- [Capital structure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_structure "Capital structure")<br>- [Distribution waterfall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_waterfall "Distribution waterfall")<br>- [EBITDA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnings_before_interest,_taxes,_depreciation_and_amortization "Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization")<br>- [Envy ratio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy_ratio "Envy ratio")<br>- [High-yield debt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-yield_debt "High-yield debt")<br>- [IPO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering "Initial public offering")<br>- [IRR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_rate_of_return "Internal rate of return")<br>- [Leverage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_(finance) "Leverage (finance)")<br>- [Liquidation preference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidation_preference "Liquidation preference")<br>- [M&A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions "Mergers and acquisitions")<br>- [PME](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Market_Equivalent "Public Market Equivalent")<br>- [Taxation of private equity and hedge funds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_of_private_equity_and_hedge_funds "Taxation of private equity and hedge funds")<br>- [Undercapitalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercapitalization "Undercapitalization")<br>- [Vintage year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_year "Vintage year") |
| - [List of private equity firms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_equity_firms "List of private equity firms")<br>- [List of venture capital firms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_venture_capital_firms "List of venture capital firms") |