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Top 25 Private equity portfolio companies based in Houston, United States
RevenueBase identified 152 private equity portfolio companies headquartered in Houston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,485 professional contacts across them, including 756 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (913 companies); Houston has 152.
This list covers private equity portfolio companies headquartered in Houston, 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 14, 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.
The 25 largest private equity portfolio companies based in Houston, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1998, Quantum Capital Group is a leading provider of private equity, credit, and venture capital to the global energy and energy transition industry, having managed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 144 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Formed in 2005, Lime Rock Resources acquires, operates, and improves lower-risk oil and gas properties in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) is a leading provider of long-term, flexible capital solutions to established lower middle market companies, supporting American businesses that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1982, The Sterling Group, is a private equity investment firm that targets controlling interests in basic manufacturing, industrial services and distribution companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1997, ZT Corporate is a private investment firm with a portfolio in healthcare services and automotive dealerships.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1989, SCF Partners (“SCF”) provides equity capital and strategic growth assistance to build leading energy service and equipment companies that operate throughout the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1998, Lime Rock Partners is a creative, value-adding, and long-term investor of growth capital in global energy companies in the exploration & production, energy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trek One Capital is a family office backed private investment firm focused on lower and middle market acquisitions and strategic investments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1990, Capstreet invests in lower middle market business services companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2006, Platform Partners LLC is a Houston-based private investment firm that partners with founders and executives of companies with enterprise values typically between…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yellowstone Capital Partners, LLC is based in Houston and New York.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “JDH Capital is a private investment firm based in Houston, TX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Lilium Group LLC (“Lilium”) is a Houston-based private equity fund manager focused on middle market investments in the transportation and industrials sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in Genesis Park uses operational expertise, discipline and patience to build value for portfolio companies and investors, regardless of prevailing market conditions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Post Oak Energy Capital is a Houston-based private equity firm primarily focused on making domestic investments in the upstream, midstream and oilfield services sectors of the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We empower companies to unearth their potential, build lasting value and break apart from the crowd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dauntless Capital Partners invests in businesses across select industries where strategic capital and operational excellence can drive exceptional growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2005, Tulcan is a Houston-based family operating investment partnership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Jumana is a private investment firm specializing in partnerships with entrepreneur lead companies that are looking to transform into enduring businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thesis Capital is an investment partnership that enables visionary entrepreneurs, operators, and family-owned businesses to become industry leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JSJ Investments is a Texas-based family office with a 20-year history of investing in promising businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bayou City Energy (BCE) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 to focus on making investments in the North American upstream oil and gas sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “LDR Partners LP ("LDR") is a Houston-based private equity firm focused on control investments in lower middle-market industrial manufacturing businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “VC5 Partners is a holding company that invests in, manages, and provides support for entrepreneurs with a vision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: private equity portfolio companies. 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 private equity portfolio companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity portfolio companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity portfolio companies. 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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Private equity portfolio companies based in Houston, United States at a glance
As of Sep 14, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Houston, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Houston, over 152 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 private equity portfolio companies, 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 Houston, United States whose own description of what they do matches “private equity portfolio companies”. 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 private equity portfolio companies), 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 private equity portfolio companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Houston 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, 756 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 14, 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.
Private equity portfolio companies by metro in the United States
- Private equity portfolio companies in New York913
- Private equity portfolio companies in Chicago289
- Private equity portfolio companies in San Francisco230
- Private equity portfolio companies in Dallas229
- Private equity portfolio companies in Los Angeles213
- Private equity portfolio companies in Boston180
- Private equity portfolio companies in Austin151
- Private equity portfolio companies in Miami148
- Private equity portfolio companies in Atlanta124
- Private equity portfolio companies in Denver92
- Private equity portfolio companies in Charlotte71
- Private equity portfolio companies in Washington70
- Private equity portfolio companies in San Diego52
- Private equity portfolio companies in Tampa46
- Private equity portfolio companies in Nashville42
- Private equity portfolio companies in Seattle42
- Private equity portfolio companies in Cleveland40
- Private equity portfolio companies in Minneapolis40
- Private equity portfolio companies in Birmingham39
- Private equity portfolio companies in Newport Beach39
- Private equity portfolio companies in Philadelphia39
- Private equity portfolio companies in Menlo Park38
- Private equity portfolio companies in New York City38
- Private equity portfolio companies in Beverly Hills37
- Private equity portfolio companies in Palo Alto37
- Private equity portfolio companies in Salt Lake City33
- Private equity portfolio companies in Scottsdale33
- Private equity portfolio companies in Phoenix31
- Private equity portfolio companies in Santa Monica29
- Private equity portfolio companies in Boca Raton27
- Private equity portfolio companies in Fort Lauderdale26
- Private equity portfolio companies in West Palm Beach25
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 private equity portfolio companies, 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 private equity portfolio companies are there based in Houston, United States?
RevenueBase identified 152 private equity portfolio companies headquartered in Houston, 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?
Quantum Capital Group, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in the United States has the most private equity portfolio companies?
New York leads the United States with 913 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (289) and San Francisco (230). Houston has 152.
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 756 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 152 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 14, 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.
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