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Top 25 Platform acquisition firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 8,658 company matches for platform acquisition firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 85,810 professional contacts across them, including 35,164 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for platform acquisition firms worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 29, 2026. Country and city lists for platform acquisition firms follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest platform acquisition firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,615 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “IAC builds companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 1,301 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “H.I.G.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 1,025 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working in partnership with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 881 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 839 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 732 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 642 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “JV Driver Investments Inc.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 613 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Established in the U.S.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 577 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1995 by Tom Gores, Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with approximately ~$48 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 60 operating…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 513 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 485 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 469 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “We identify the hidden value in companies that are often in challenging or complex situations, but have a strong core offering.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 447 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Riverside Company is a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private capital options for business owners and employees at the smaller end of the middle…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 447 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Hillhouse Investment is a long-term investor focused on partnering with quality business leaders to help them grow their organizations globally.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 432 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Orkla ASA is a leading industrial investment company.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 397 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “L Catterton is a market-leading consumer-focused investment firm, managing approximately $39 billion of equity capital across three multi-product platforms: private equity…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 385 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 378 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 369 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1993, IDG Capital is a leading private equity investment firm headquartered in Hong Kong, recognized for its global vision and long-standing market presence.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 360 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “bloom.CAPITAL is an operationally-focused private equity firm that invests in small to mid-market companies in the industrial sector.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 355 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Novacap est un investisseur nord-américain d’envergure et l’une des sociétés d’investissement privé les plus expérimentées au Canada.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 329 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “PAI Partners is a leading private equity firm.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 328 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “AURELIUS is a global alternative investor, distinguished and widely recognised for its operational approach.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 327 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with an office in Nashville, is an investor in lower-middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 315 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Nordic Capital is a leading international private equity investor and subsector specialist dedicated to building stronger, more sustainable businesses through operational…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “platform acquisition firms”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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Platform acquisition firms worldwide at a glance
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How this list was built
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- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for platform acquisition firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “platform acquisition firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 35,164 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Record context
- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Platform acquisition firms by location
53 lists · largest firstEvery Platform acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United States3,959
- Platform acquisition firms based in Canada408
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom367
- Platform acquisition firms based in Germany175
- Platform acquisition firms based in Australia118
- Platform acquisition firms based in the Netherlands111
- Platform acquisition firms based in Brazil110
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United Arab Emirates104
- Platform acquisition firms based in France101
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sweden99
- Platform acquisition firms based in Italy72
- Platform acquisition firms based in India71
- Platform acquisition firms based in Singapore68
- Platform acquisition firms based in South Africa68
- Platform acquisition firms based in Spain60
- Platform acquisition firms based in Switzerland56
- Platform acquisition firms based in Belgium42
- Platform acquisition firms based in Hong Kong38
- Platform acquisition firms based in Norway36
- Platform acquisition firms based in Mexico29
Cities
- Platform acquisition firms based in New York, United States566
- Platform acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom243
- Platform acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States201
- Platform acquisition firms based in Dallas, United States174
- Platform acquisition firms based in Toronto, Canada173
- Platform acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States148
- Platform acquisition firms based in Austin, United States123
- Platform acquisition firms based in Boston, United States109
- Platform acquisition firms based in Houston, United States109
- Platform acquisition firms based in Miami, United States95
- Platform acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States90
- Platform acquisition firms based in Atlanta, United States84
- Platform acquisition firms based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates68
- Platform acquisition firms based in Denver, United States67
- Platform acquisition firms based in Singapore, Singapore62
- Platform acquisition firms based in Paris, France59
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil58
- Platform acquisition firms based in Stockholm, Sweden54
- Platform acquisition firms based in Vancouver, Canada54
- Platform acquisition firms based in Charlotte, United States52
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sydney, Australia45
- Platform acquisition firms based in Montreal, Canada38
- Platform acquisition firms based in Tampa, United States33
- Platform acquisition firms based in Calgary, Canada32
- Platform acquisition firms based in Newport Beach, United States30
- Platform acquisition firms based in Birmingham, United States29
- Platform acquisition firms based in Nashville, United States29
- Platform acquisition firms based in Beverly Hills, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Philadelphia, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Washington, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Cleveland, United States27
- Platform acquisition firms based in Minneapolis, United States26
- Platform acquisition firms based in Seattle, United States25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “platform acquisition firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many platform acquisition firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 8,658 company matches for platform acquisition firms worldwide as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
IAC tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most platform acquisition firms?
The United States leads with 3,959 companies, followed by Canada (408) and the United Kingdom (367). Every platform acquisition firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most platform acquisition firms?
New York leads with 566 company records, followed by London (247) and Chicago (201).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 35,164 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 8,658 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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Top 25 platform acquisition firms worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 8,658 matching company records for platform acquisition firms worldwide, with 85,810 tracked contacts and 35,164 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
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Top 25 platform acquisition firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | New York, NY, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,615 contacts → |
“IAC builds companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | HQ: Miami, FL, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Miami, FL, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,301 contacts → |
“H.I.G.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Boston, MA, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,025 contacts → |
“Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working in partnership with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Boston, MA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 881 contacts → |
“TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | HQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Austin, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 839 contacts → |
“Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Bending Spoonsbndspn.com HQ: Milan, ItalyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milan, Italy | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 732 contacts → |
“At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | HQ: Leduc, AB, CanadaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Leduc, AB, Canada | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 642 contacts → |
“JV Driver Investments Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 613 contacts → |
“Established in the U.S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | HQ: Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Beverly Hills, CA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 577 contacts → |
“Founded in 1995 by Tom Gores, Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with approximately ~$48 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 60 operating…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Boston, MA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 513 contacts → |
“PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Mississauga, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Mississauga, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 485 contacts → |
“Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: Not recorded | London, United Kingdom | Not recorded | Exact match | 469 contacts → |
“We identify the hidden value in companies that are often in challenging or complex situations, but have a strong core offering.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | HQ: New York City, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York City, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 447 contacts → |
“The Riverside Company is a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private capital options for business owners and employees at the smaller end of the middle…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | HQ: New York, SingaporeReported employees: 201-500 | New York, Singapore | 201-500 | Exact match | 447 contacts → |
“Hillhouse Investment is a long-term investor focused on partnering with quality business leaders to help them grow their organizations globally.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | HQ: Oslo, NorwayReported employees: 10001+ | Oslo, Norway | 10001+ | Exact match | 432 contacts → |
“Orkla ASA is a leading industrial investment company.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Greenwich, CT, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | Greenwich, CT, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 397 contacts → |
“L Catterton is a market-leading consumer-focused investment firm, managing approximately $39 billion of equity capital across three multi-product platforms: private equity…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 385 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | HQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Markham, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | HQ: Hong KongReported employees: 201-500 | Hong Kong | 201-500 | Exact match | 369 contacts → |
“Founded in 1993, IDG Capital is a leading private equity investment firm headquartered in Hong Kong, recognized for its global vision and long-standing market presence.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | HQ: SingaporeReported employees: Not recorded | Singapore | Not recorded | Exact match | 360 contacts → |
“bloom.CAPITAL is an operationally-focused private equity firm that invests in small to mid-market companies in the industrial sector.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | HQ: Brossard, QC, CanadaReported employees: 51-200 | Brossard, QC, Canada | 51-200 | Exact match | 355 contacts → |
“Novacap est un investisseur nord-américain d’envergure et l’une des sociétés d’investissement privé les plus expérimentées au Canada.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 201-500 | Paris, France | 201-500 | Exact match | 329 contacts → |
“PAI Partners is a leading private equity firm.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 328 contacts → |
“AURELIUS is a global alternative investor, distinguished and widely recognised for its operational approach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Chicago, IL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 327 contacts → |
“Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with an office in Nashville, is an investor in lower-middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | HQ: Stockholm, SwedenReported employees: 201-500 | Stockholm, Sweden | 201-500 | Exact match | 315 contacts → |
“Nordic Capital is a leading international private equity investor and subsector specialist dedicated to building stronger, more sustainable businesses through operational…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Platform acquisition firms: dataset insights
September 29, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
8,648 records in the displayed employee bands.
10 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 8,658 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Platform acquisition firms by location
53 lists · largest firstEvery Platform acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United States3,959
- Platform acquisition firms based in Canada408
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom367
- Platform acquisition firms based in Germany175
- Platform acquisition firms based in Australia118
- Platform acquisition firms based in the Netherlands111
- Platform acquisition firms based in Brazil110
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United Arab Emirates104
- Platform acquisition firms based in France101
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sweden99
- Platform acquisition firms based in Italy72
- Platform acquisition firms based in India71
- Platform acquisition firms based in Singapore68
- Platform acquisition firms based in South Africa68
- Platform acquisition firms based in Spain60
- Platform acquisition firms based in Switzerland56
- Platform acquisition firms based in Belgium42
- Platform acquisition firms based in Hong Kong38
- Platform acquisition firms based in Norway36
- Platform acquisition firms based in Mexico29
Cities
- Platform acquisition firms based in New York, United States566
- Platform acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom243
- Platform acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States201
- Platform acquisition firms based in Dallas, United States174
- Platform acquisition firms based in Toronto, Canada173
- Platform acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States148
- Platform acquisition firms based in Austin, United States123
- Platform acquisition firms based in Boston, United States109
- Platform acquisition firms based in Houston, United States109
- Platform acquisition firms based in Miami, United States95
- Platform acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States90
- Platform acquisition firms based in Atlanta, United States84
- Platform acquisition firms based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates68
- Platform acquisition firms based in Denver, United States67
- Platform acquisition firms based in Singapore, Singapore62
- Platform acquisition firms based in Paris, France59
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil58
- Platform acquisition firms based in Stockholm, Sweden54
- Platform acquisition firms based in Vancouver, Canada54
- Platform acquisition firms based in Charlotte, United States52
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sydney, Australia45
- Platform acquisition firms based in Montreal, Canada38
- Platform acquisition firms based in Tampa, United States33
- Platform acquisition firms based in Calgary, Canada32
- Platform acquisition firms based in Newport Beach, United States30
- Platform acquisition firms based in Birmingham, United States29
- Platform acquisition firms based in Nashville, United States29
- Platform acquisition firms based in Beverly Hills, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Philadelphia, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Washington, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Cleveland, United States27
- Platform acquisition firms based in Minneapolis, United States26
- Platform acquisition firms based in Seattle, United States25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for platform acquisition firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many platform acquisition firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 8,658 matching company records, 85,810 tracked contacts and 35,164 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 29, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 platform acquisition firms worldwide. Snapshot: September 29, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/platform-acquisition-firms.
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Top 25 platform acquisition firms worldwide
RevenueBase records 8,658 matching company records for platform acquisition firms worldwide, with 85,810 tracked contacts and 35,164 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
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Top 25 platform acquisition firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | New York, NY, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,615 contacts → |
“IAC builds companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | HQ: Miami, FL, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Miami, FL, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,301 contacts → |
“H.I.G.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Boston, MA, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,025 contacts → |
“Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working in partnership with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Boston, MA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 881 contacts → |
“TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | HQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Austin, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 839 contacts → |
“Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Bending Spoonsbndspn.com HQ: Milan, ItalyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milan, Italy | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 732 contacts → |
“At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | HQ: Leduc, AB, CanadaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Leduc, AB, Canada | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 642 contacts → |
“JV Driver Investments Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 613 contacts → |
“Established in the U.S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | HQ: Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Beverly Hills, CA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 577 contacts → |
“Founded in 1995 by Tom Gores, Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with approximately ~$48 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 60 operating…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Boston, MA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 513 contacts → |
“PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Mississauga, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Mississauga, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 485 contacts → |
“Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: Not recorded | London, United Kingdom | Not recorded | Exact match | 469 contacts → |
“We identify the hidden value in companies that are often in challenging or complex situations, but have a strong core offering.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | HQ: New York City, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York City, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 447 contacts → |
“The Riverside Company is a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private capital options for business owners and employees at the smaller end of the middle…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | HQ: New York, SingaporeReported employees: 201-500 | New York, Singapore | 201-500 | Exact match | 447 contacts → |
“Hillhouse Investment is a long-term investor focused on partnering with quality business leaders to help them grow their organizations globally.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | HQ: Oslo, NorwayReported employees: 10001+ | Oslo, Norway | 10001+ | Exact match | 432 contacts → |
“Orkla ASA is a leading industrial investment company.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Greenwich, CT, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | Greenwich, CT, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 397 contacts → |
“L Catterton is a market-leading consumer-focused investment firm, managing approximately $39 billion of equity capital across three multi-product platforms: private equity…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 385 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | HQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Markham, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | HQ: Hong KongReported employees: 201-500 | Hong Kong | 201-500 | Exact match | 369 contacts → |
“Founded in 1993, IDG Capital is a leading private equity investment firm headquartered in Hong Kong, recognized for its global vision and long-standing market presence.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | HQ: SingaporeReported employees: Not recorded | Singapore | Not recorded | Exact match | 360 contacts → |
“bloom.CAPITAL is an operationally-focused private equity firm that invests in small to mid-market companies in the industrial sector.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | HQ: Brossard, QC, CanadaReported employees: 51-200 | Brossard, QC, Canada | 51-200 | Exact match | 355 contacts → |
“Novacap est un investisseur nord-américain d’envergure et l’une des sociétés d’investissement privé les plus expérimentées au Canada.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 201-500 | Paris, France | 201-500 | Exact match | 329 contacts → |
“PAI Partners is a leading private equity firm.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 328 contacts → |
“AURELIUS is a global alternative investor, distinguished and widely recognised for its operational approach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Chicago, IL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 327 contacts → |
“Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with an office in Nashville, is an investor in lower-middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | HQ: Stockholm, SwedenReported employees: 201-500 | Stockholm, Sweden | 201-500 | Exact match | 315 contacts → |
“Nordic Capital is a leading international private equity investor and subsector specialist dedicated to building stronger, more sustainable businesses through operational…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Platform acquisition firms: dataset insights
September 29, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
8,648 records in the displayed employee bands.
10 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 8,658 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
Publisher-reported method study
The published RevenueBase SmartSearch benchmark
86% good or better at Exact
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. It reports 86% of Exact matches judged good or better, and 77% for a 240-pair sample of one- or two-word categories. This evaluates the method across study queries rather than auditing this individual list.
Read the study and full methodology ↗RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Platform acquisition firms by location
53 lists · largest firstEvery Platform acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United States3,959
- Platform acquisition firms based in Canada408
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom367
- Platform acquisition firms based in Germany175
- Platform acquisition firms based in Australia118
- Platform acquisition firms based in the Netherlands111
- Platform acquisition firms based in Brazil110
- Platform acquisition firms based in the United Arab Emirates104
- Platform acquisition firms based in France101
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sweden99
- Platform acquisition firms based in Italy72
- Platform acquisition firms based in India71
- Platform acquisition firms based in Singapore68
- Platform acquisition firms based in South Africa68
- Platform acquisition firms based in Spain60
- Platform acquisition firms based in Switzerland56
- Platform acquisition firms based in Belgium42
- Platform acquisition firms based in Hong Kong38
- Platform acquisition firms based in Norway36
- Platform acquisition firms based in Mexico29
Cities
- Platform acquisition firms based in New York, United States566
- Platform acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom243
- Platform acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States201
- Platform acquisition firms based in Dallas, United States174
- Platform acquisition firms based in Toronto, Canada173
- Platform acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States148
- Platform acquisition firms based in Austin, United States123
- Platform acquisition firms based in Boston, United States109
- Platform acquisition firms based in Houston, United States109
- Platform acquisition firms based in Miami, United States95
- Platform acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States90
- Platform acquisition firms based in Atlanta, United States84
- Platform acquisition firms based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates68
- Platform acquisition firms based in Denver, United States67
- Platform acquisition firms based in Singapore, Singapore62
- Platform acquisition firms based in Paris, France59
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil58
- Platform acquisition firms based in Stockholm, Sweden54
- Platform acquisition firms based in Vancouver, Canada54
- Platform acquisition firms based in Charlotte, United States52
- Platform acquisition firms based in Sydney, Australia45
- Platform acquisition firms based in Montreal, Canada38
- Platform acquisition firms based in Tampa, United States33
- Platform acquisition firms based in Calgary, Canada32
- Platform acquisition firms based in Newport Beach, United States30
- Platform acquisition firms based in Birmingham, United States29
- Platform acquisition firms based in Nashville, United States29
- Platform acquisition firms based in Beverly Hills, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Philadelphia, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Washington, United States28
- Platform acquisition firms based in Cleveland, United States27
- Platform acquisition firms based in Minneapolis, United States26
- Platform acquisition firms based in Seattle, United States25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for platform acquisition firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many platform acquisition firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 8,658 matching company records, 85,810 tracked contacts and 35,164 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 29, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 platform acquisition firms worldwide. Snapshot: September 29, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/platform-acquisition-firms.
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