Advent international corporation

Advent International Corporation is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in growth buyout, acquisitions, mid and upper mid market buyouts, management buyouts, turnaround, buyins, company succession, international expansion, strategic repositioning. The firm seeks to invest in business and financial services, retail, leisure, consumer, technology, media, telecom, healthcare, energy, pharmaceuticals, mining, oil and gas, and industrial sectors. It prefers to invest in companies based in Western Europe with a focus on United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain; Central Europe focusing on Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine; Latin America investing primarily in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Central America, and Argentina; Asia Pacific/ South Asia focusing on Japan, China, and India; Nordic Region; and North America. In China the firm prefers to invest in the chemicals, healthcare, retail, consumer, and leisure sectors. The firm typically invests between 100 million ($149.49 million) and 500 million ($747.46 million) in companies with enterprise value between 200 million ($253.91 million) and 2000 million ($2539.1 million) and revenues between 200 million ($266.54 million) and 2 billion ($2665.4 million). Within developing market buyout, it typically, makes equity investments between $20 million and $60 million in companies with enterprise value between $20 million and $250 million. For venture capital investments, the firm seeks to make equity investment between $5 million and $20 million. It prefers to exit an investment between three years and five years either through a trade sale to another company, through flotation or IPO's, or acquisition by another private equity firm. The firm primarily seeks a majority stake in its portfolio companies. However, it also considers minority stake. The firm uses third party debt financing as well as equity to finance its investments. Advent International Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered at Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.