Private Equity Marketplace

1. Exclusive senior level PE networking cocktail reception hosted by Wharton Private Equity Partners for MDs, partners & principals of exhibiting PE firms.

2. DealSource – schedule brief private one-on-one meetings with our 25+ investment banks! Participate in the Marketplace and receive first priority for our 60 coveted DealSource slots.

3. DealMakers’ Private Equity Dinner – an invitation only dinner at an outstanding Philadelphia restaurant where you'll connect with key private equity and investment banking dealmakers.

4. Less dilution..our PE Marketplace (aka Capital Connection) is limited in size!

5. Of course all the rest: golf outing, top-notch welcome reception, world-class keynotes, informative and timely breakout sessions and workshops from our industry’s leading experts.

2009 Private Equity Marketplace Exhibitors

Exhibit at one of the nation's most productive dealsourcing events - M&A East 2009.

The fourth quarter of 2009 will be a pivotal time for dealmaking as many look forward to the potential for increased deal activity.

Meet 90 private equity firms with over $125 billion in capital to deploy into middle market deals. Don't miss the opportunity to fill your deal pipeline this Fall at M&A East!

The Private Equity Marketplace is sold out of exhibit tables, but is open to ALL M&A East attendees to meet our private equity firms and make new connections! If you are interested in being added to our wait list please email Stephanie McAlaine, ACG Philadelphia Executive Director at smcalaine@acg.org.

Look who's exhibiting!

AEA Investors Small Business Fund LP
Alliance Holdings, Inc.
Altus Capital Partners
Argosy Capital
Audax Group
BB&T Capital Partners
Behrman Capital
Bertram Capital
Berwind Corporation
Boathouse Capital
Brockway Moran &
Partners, Inc.
Calvert Street Capital Partners
CapitalWorks, LLC
Capital Partners
Castanea Partners
CMS Mezzanine
D. E. Shaw & Co.
Deerpath Capital
Management, LP
Dorilton Capital
Encore Consumer Capital
Edison Venture Fund
Entrepreneur Partners, L.P.
Environmental Capital Partners
Eos Partners
Eureka Growth Capital
Excellere Partners
Founders Equity, Inc.
G.L. Ohrstrom & Co.
Gatehouse Holdings, LLC
Gen Cap America, Inc.
Golub Capital
Graham Partners, Inc.
H.I.G. Capital
Hancock Capital Management, LLC
Harbour Group
Harren Equity Partners
Heritage Partners
High Road Capital Partners
High Street Capital
Hunt Special Situations
Group, L.P.
Huron Capital Partners, LLC
Inverness Graham Investments
Jaguar Capital Partners
Key Principal Partners Corp.
Kirtland Capital Partners
KRG Capital Partners
Lake Capital
Larsen MacColl Partners, L.P.
LBC Credit Partners, Inc.
Lineage Capital LLC
Linsalata Capital Partners
LLM Capital Partners LLC
LLR Partners
Merit Capital Partners
Meriwether Capital L.L.C.
Milestone Partners
MLG Defense Holdings, LLC
NewSpring Capital
Parallel Investment Partners
PNC Equity Partners
PNC Mezzanine Capital
Polaris Venture Partners
Pouschine Cook Capital
Mgmt., LLC
Primus Capital Funds
Prospect Partners, LLC
Quilvest Private Equity
RAF Industries, Inc.
Red Diamond Capital, Inc.
River Associates Investments, LLC
Riverside Partners
Saw Mill Capital LLC
Sentinel Capital Partners
Serent Capital
SFW Capital Partners
Smith Whiley & Company
Spring Capital Partners, LP
Sterling Investment Partners
Striker Partners
Superior Capital Partners LLC
Svoboda Capital Partners LLC
The Brookside Group
The Compass Group
The Halifax Group
The Jordan Company, L.P.
The Riverside Company
TSG Consumer Partners
Valor Equity Partners
Versa Capital Management, Inc.
W. P. Carey & Co. LLC
Wafra Partners LLC
Weston Presidio
Wind River Holdings, LP

Were you one of the 1,200 dealmakers at M&A East?

Here's what they've said...

"Most productive day of the year, as I catch up with all of my Mid-Atlantic deal contacts in one day and make many new ones...a must-go event"
-Private Equity Exhibitor

“M&A East is a hotbed of deal-generating activity for us, we're going to embrace it and hope it continues. We've closed 2 deals as a result!”
- Private Equity Attendee

"Philadelphia's DealSource meetings were the single most efficient use of my time in prospecting for deals."
- Investment Banking Firm