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  • Growing With Private Equity

    Our successful investments are built on growth - we strive to make companies bigger and better.

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    Our Approach To Private Equity

    Riverside takes a buy-and-build approach, investing in companies that we believe display industry leadership, a history of profitability and clear expansion opportunities. We apply strategic and operational resources to foster growth, partnering with strong management teams to help companies achieve long-term success.

  • The Riverside Company is proud to mark 30 years in Private Equity

    Riverside 30th Anniversary 1988 - 2018

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    TRC 30 Year Anniversary

    30 Years and Still Growing

    The Riverside Company is proud to mark 30 years of buying and building outstanding companies. In 30 years Riverside has completed over 520 transactions, and currently manages over $7 billion in assets. From 1 employee in 1988 to over 200 today across the globe, Riverside continues to lead and grow.

  • Riverside Credit Solutions

    Debt Financing For High-Quality Middle Market Firms

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    Riverside Credit Solutions

    Riverside Credit Solutions (RCS), a member of The Riverside Company’s family of funds, provides flexible cash flow-based financing solutions to both private equity sponsored and non-sponsored companies in the smaller end of the middle market.

    Our streamlined investment process from a single point of contact coupled with our industry focus and capital markets expertise drive efficient deal execution.

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  • Focus on Small Deals

    Riverside is the only global private equity firm focused exclusively on the smaller end of the middle market.

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    Focus on Small Deals

    Small Is All We Do

    The Riverside Company has grown and adapted in countless ways since 1988, but one thing has remained the same: Small is all we do.

    Riverside focuses exclusively on the smaller end of the middle market.

    Through more than 300 investments, Riverside has honed our approach to sourcing what we believe are the best opportunities and driving growth, bringing unparalleled talent and resources to investing at the smaller end of the middle market. Riverside’s focus, experience and capabilities are all geared to create value.

  • Riverside Acceleration Capital

    Dynamic Growth Capital for Software Companies

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    Riverside Acceleration Capital

    Riverside Acceleration Capital partners with innovative enterprise software companies, providing capital to accelerate growth through sales investment, product evolution, and expansion into new markets.

    We provide flexible capital that helps software companies accelerate into their next growth phase, a network and support to maintain a solid foundation for that growth, and follow-on equity capital to facilitate rapid expansion.

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Who We Are

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in growing businesses valued at up to $400 million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has made more than 600 investments. The firm’s international private equity and structured capital portfolios include more than 90 companies.

Global Riverside News

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December 20, 2018
Riverside Adds Jackson Safety® and Wilson® Safety Brands to SureWerx
December 11, 2018
Latest Riverside Exit Sounds Great
December 03, 2018
H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company Soars with Latest Exit
November 19, 2018
The Riverside Company’s Latest Exit a Natural Success
November 16, 2018
Tooth Be Told: The Riverside Company Makes Clean Exit

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