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Top 25 Distressed equity firms based in New York, United States

Name: Distressed equity firms based in New York, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 176 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 176 distressed equity firms headquartered in New York, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,873 professional contacts across them, including 1,245 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers distressed equity firms headquartered in New York, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

176Companies

2,873Contacts tracked

1,245Verified emails

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The 25 largest distressed equity firms based in New York, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 176 distressed equity firms based in New York, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to distressed equity firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Cd&r	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	385 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	LSI	Partial evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	337 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Purchasing claims and interests in distressed situations” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Avenue Capital Group	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	218 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Avenue Capital Group, founded in 1995 by Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner, is primarily focused on making opportunistic credit and other special situations investments across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Star Mountain Capital	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	172 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bringing large market expertise to smaller companies, Star Mountain’s philosophies include a data-driven and systematic approach to investing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Kennedy Lewis Investment Management LLC	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	131 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kennedy Lewis Investment Management is an opportunistic credit manager focusing on event-driven situations in which a catalyst may unlock investment value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Midocean Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	117 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We build value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Tenex Capital Management	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	78 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tenex Capital Management is a private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Stellex Capital Management	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stellex Capital Management LP is a private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies in North America and Europe through its offices in New York and London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Eagletree Capital	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EagleTree Capital, LP is the investment manager of the EagleTree Partners’ investment funds with $4.4 billion of assets under management (as of December 31, 2025).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Centre Lane Partners, LLC	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Centre Lane Partners is a private investment firm that invests in the equity and debt of middle market companies in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Patriarch Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Patriarch Partners, LLC, is a holding company with investments in more than 75 companies across 14 industry sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Getzler Henrich & Associates	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Getzler Henrich & Associates partners with healthy and underperforming middle-market companies to navigate uncertainty and improve operations through a full array of turnaround…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Silverpeak	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Silverpeak is an alternative investment management firm exclusively focused on investing across the real estate and energy sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	OWL Creek Asset Management	Indirect evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over two decades, Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Trian Fund Management, L.P	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Trian is a leading investment company with decades of experience bringing an entrepreneurial spirit, deep operational expertise, and an ownership mentality across its public and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Argo Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Argo Partners is an investment firm that specializes in purchasing potential future cash flows of distressed, often bankrupt, entities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Kinderhook Industries	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2003, Kinderhook Industries, LLC is a private investment firm that manages over $5 billion of committed capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Carl Marks & CO	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1925, Carl Marks & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Truarc Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TruArc Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in Specialty Manufacturing and Business Services companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	MHR Fund Management LLC	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1996, MHR Fund Management LLC, is a New York-based investment firm that manages ~$5 billion of capital and invests in misunderstood and undervalued companies and assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Serengeti Asset Management	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Serengeti was formed in September 2007 by Jody LaNasa as a value-driven, opportunistic investment firm specializing in opportunities where assets are hard to source and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Mizzen Capital	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mizzen Capital primarily invests debt into U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Caspian Capital LP	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Caspian Capital LP is a New York Investment Adviser focused on performing, stressed, and distressed corporate credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Orangewood Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2015, Orangewood Partners is a New York-based private investment firm with a long-term approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Astara Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Astara, formed in 2020, is an integrated team of investors and operators whose individual members have worked together for years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: distressed equity firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names distressed equity firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of distressed equity firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name distressed equity firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Distressed equity firms based in New York, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

43.3%Verified-email coverage

16.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

100.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for New York, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for New York, over 176 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among distressed equity firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in New York, United States whose own description of what they do matches “distressed equity firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names distressed equity firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among distressed equity firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New York are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
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 listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,245 across the full list. 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 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Distressed equity firms by metro in the United States

Distressed equity firms in New York176
Distressed equity firms in Chicago56
Distressed equity firms in Los Angeles46
Distressed equity firms in Dallas39
Distressed equity firms in Houston34

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names distressed equity firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many distressed equity firms are there based in New York, United States?

RevenueBase identified 176 distressed equity firms headquartered in New York, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Cd&r, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most distressed equity firms?

New York leads with 176 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (56) and Los Angeles (46).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,245 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 176 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

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 Smart Search, 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.