Watch and Learn
Private equity is investing across America, supporting jobs, and strengthening retirements. Watch these stories to learn more about how private equity specifically benefits local businesses and communities.
Investing in Small Businesses
In honor of National Small Business Week, listen to real entrepreneurs share how private equity provides opportunity and growth through investment and expertise.
Sunshine Beverages is a fast-growing energy drink manufacturer aiming to redefine the market with healthier, natural ingredients. Private equity has helped the company grow its distribution network, establish key grocery chain partnerships, and continue to deliver on its promise of great taste, no artificial flavors, and lower sugar.
When RVshare partnered with private equity through Tridion Partners, the company capitalized on the investment by bolstering staff and scaling its business through strategic marketing campaigns.
The Pad offers a unique lodging experience for outdoor enthusiasts. This boutique hotel sought out a private equity investment to develop a 36-room lodge that accommodates every traveler’s budget, featuring a bar, rooftop, and business center.
Improving Healthcare
“Private equity was critical to helping Helix accomplish its mission. Having the capital to be able to expand the lab in the early days of the COVID pandemic enabled us to achieve our goals,” said Ed MacBean, Director of Business Development at Warburg Pincus-backed Helix.
Headlands Research is an innovative network of clinical trial sites. This private equity-backed company is profoundly changing the clinical trial process to emphasize scientific rigor, quality data, and diversity among patient populations.
Signify Health partnered with private equity firm New Mountain Capital to expedite and expand COVID-19 testing capabilities with the White House’s COVID task force.
Increasing Sustainability
In 2020 alone, private equity invested more than $11 billion dollars into renewable and sustainable projects. We have a critical role to play in our energy transition and moving our economy toward a more sustainable direction.
Private equity has been a critical partner for businesses investing in sustainable energy projects, both large and small. Watch the following video to learn about how the industry is investing in a renewable future.
AIC President and CEO Drew Maloney speaks with Inframark CEO Stephane Bouvier and Link Logistics CEO Luke Petherbridge about ways their businesses have prioritized sustainability and how private equity helps them achieve these goals.
Supporting Retirement
Private equity secures retirement for millions of American public servants – with record-breaking returns. PE outperforms the stock market, real estate, and every other investment.
Craig Husting, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) for the Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri, discusses how the pension’s private equity investments have generated billions of dollars for Missouri education employees.
The CIO of the Illinois State Board of Investment discusses the critical role that private equity investments play in a diversified portfolio for any public pension fund.