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Top 25 Emerging markets private equity firms based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 618 emerging markets private equity firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 19,574 professional contacts across them, including 9,899 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers emerging markets private equity firms headquartered in the 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 28, 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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
618Companies
19,574Contacts tracked
9,899Verified emails
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The 25 largest emerging markets private equity firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 618 emerging markets private equity firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to emerging markets private 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.
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1Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,0002,940 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nuveen is a global investment leader, managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA, our parent company and one of the world’s largest…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Strong evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,0002,515 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,0002,068 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1984, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,0001,979 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TPG (Nasdaq: TPG) is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $306 billion of assets under management and investment and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Indirect evidenceMiami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,0001,301 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“H.I.G.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,0001,290 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Warburg Pincus LLC is the pioneer of global growth investing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,000820 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“General Atlantic is a leading global investor with more than four and a half decades of experience providing capital and strategic support to over 830 companies throughout its…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Partial evidenceNew York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500447 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500367 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Adams Street Partners is a global investment firm managing a comprehensive suite of private markets investment solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Indirect evidenceArlington, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500223 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sands Capital is an active, long-term investor in leading innovative growth businesses, globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200165 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Siguler Guff is a multi-strategy private markets investment firm which, together with its affiliates, has approximately $18.4 billion of assets under management as of December 31…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50138 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Kingfish is a different kind of private equity firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200134 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TRG Management LP (“TRG” or the “Firm”), also known as The Rohatyn Group, was founded by Nicolas Rohatyn in 2002.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200132 contacts →

Strong evidence

“KPS Capital Partners, LP is the manager of KPS Special Situations Funds, a family of private equity funds with approximately $19.1 billion of assets under management (as of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Indirect evidenceManhattan Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200121 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“K1 is a leading investment firm focusing on high-growth enterprise software companies globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Partial evidenceChicago, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200118 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Valor Equity Partners is an operational growth investment firm focused on non-control and control investments in high growth companies across various stages of development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Strong evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20091 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ACON Investments is a private equity investment firm led by a cohesive team that has been investing together for over 25 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Strong evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20085 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) is a global impact private equity manager focused on providing growth capital and operational support to small and medium-sized…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Strong evidenceWest Palm Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20084 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Gramercy is a global emerging markets alternatives investment manager with offices in Greenwich, West Palm Beach, London, Buenos Aires, Miami, and Mexico City, and dedicated…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Strong evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20064 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ZCG is a leading, privately held global firm comprised of private markets asset management, business consulting services, and technology development and solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Indirect evidenceBaltimore, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5063 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Knollwood Investment Advisory is a global investment firm located outside of Baltimore, Maryland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kuramo Capital Management, LLC is an independent investment management firm that provides targeted global investment management services to institutional investors, focused on…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5051 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 28, 2026
24Strong evidenceBaton Rouge, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5049 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Bernhard Capital Partners (BCP) is a private equity management firm founded in 2013 with a focus on services and infrastructure.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20049 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Emerging markets private equity firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
50.6%Verified-email coverage
31.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
20.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
373
11-50
178
51-200
41
201-500
7
501-1,000
8
1,001-5,000
6
10001+
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 618 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 emerging markets private 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “emerging markets private 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 emerging markets private 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 emerging markets private equity firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 9,899 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 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Emerging markets private equity firms by metro

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 emerging markets private 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 emerging markets private equity firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 618 emerging markets private equity firms headquartered in the 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?

Nuveen, A Tiaa Company, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most emerging markets private equity firms?

New York leads with 127 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (23) and San Francisco (19).

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 9,899 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 618 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 28, 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.