The 2023 Top Private Equity Innovator Awards recipients were selected through a rigorous assessment in consultation with leading limited partners, investment bankers, and other thought leaders in the private equity ecosystem. BluWave partners with more than 500 leading private equity firms and has a one-of-a-kind perspective that enables it to uniquely understand best practices and innovation in private equity.
The private equity firms considered for this recognition were assessed across the following criteria*:
Proactive due diligence practices
Transformative value creation
Embracement of ESG
Modern private equity firm operations
Below is a list of this year’s Top Private Equity Innovators.
*BluWave, LP has not received investment capital from and holds no ownership interest in the PE firms evaluated or recognized under the PE Innovator awards program. BluWave received no compensation from any of the PE firms in connection with this awards program. However, BluWave may otherwise provide services to the PE firms and/or portfolio companies, but BluWave confirms that its assessment of the PE firms was independent of any such service arrangements. Top 2% in the PE industry is based on BluWave’s review of the more than 5,000 PE firms in the U.S. and Canada from which 69 PE firms were selected as award recipients.