Advent International Corporation · Boston, MA United States

Buyout firm Advent International invests in middle-market companies in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Japan. It focuses on the business and financial services, health care, industrial, consumer, technology, and communications sectors. Portfolio companies in North America and Western Europe use the company's infusions of capital (up to $1.25 billion) for international expansion, restructuring, or to fuel growth. Advent International finances companies in developing markets like Central Europe, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina to the tune of $50 million to $200 million per transaction. In 2008 it closed its sixth North American and Western European private equity fund, worth more than $10 billion. To read the full description, subscribe now.