Private Equity Firms

RaiseHunt lists 7,421 private equity firms.

6,365 of the 7,421 firms list at least one portfolio company, 38,567 known investments between them.

32,437 people working at them have a profile here, each with their role at the firm and whether an email address is on file.

The largest concentrations are in New York, London and Chicago.

Most list Late-Stage and Seed among their stages.

Every firm page shows whether an email address is on file, and the named contacts at that firm. The addresses themselves, along with AI matching and outreach, are in the RaiseHunt app.

Yes. The directory and every firm page are free to read. Matching your own startup against them requires an account.

Investor type mostly tells you where the money comes from and how the decision gets made, which in turn shapes cheque size, speed, and how much say the firm expects afterwards. It is worth matching type to the stage you are at before matching on sector.

More than the description on its website. The companies a firm has already backed show the stage it really invests at, the kinds of business model it understands, and whether it has funded anything close to what you are building. Read the portfolio before you read the pitch page.

Often, though not far outside. Sector tags describe where a firm concentrates rather than a rule it follows, and companies that sit between two categories get funded all the time. The stronger signal is whether the firm has backed a business with a similar shape, whatever label it carried.

Far more than feels comfortable. Response rates on cold outreach are low even when the fit is good, so a short list of perfect names tends to stall. Build a long list, sort it by how well each firm matches what you are building, and work down it in batches rather than sending everything at once.

A short deck, a one-paragraph description of what you do and who it is for, and a clear number for how much you are raising. Partners read the first two lines before they decide whether to open the deck, so those lines matter more than the rest of the document.

It helps, mostly because it moves your email out of a crowded inbox. It is not a requirement. A cold message that shows you understand what the firm has already backed, and why your company fits that pattern, gets read more often than a vague introduction from a distant contact.