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2020 Private Equity Investment

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The AIC released new data showing how much the private equity industry invested across America in 2020 and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, private equity invested:

$561.3 Billion in 4,335 companies

  • $53.9 billion was invested in 2,108 small businesses
  • 71% of the 2020 investments were under $100 million

Top 2020 Investments Include:

  • Dilligent, New York, NY
  • Briggs and Stratton, Wauwatosa, WI
  • Sustainable Power Group, Salt Lake City, UT
  • 1-800-Contacts, Orem, UT
  • Verily Life Sciences, San Francisco, CA

Industry Investment By Sector:

  • Business to Business – 1,493 Investments
  • Information Technology – 867 Investments
  • Healthcare – 735 Investments
  • Consumer – 603 Investments
  • Financial Services – 386 Investments
  • Energy – 155 Investments
  • Materials and Resources – 96 Investments