Hiring at public PE firms slows, reflecting market slump

Employee rosters at nine publicly traded private equity firms continued to grow in 2023, but at a slower pace than the previous year, according to an analysis of 10-K filings by Private Equity Career News.

The nine companies added 1,813 employees last year, to reach 20,146 total, for a 10 percent increase. By contrast, in 2022 those same nine companies recorded a 19 percent increase in combined employee count, as reported for a story last year. Participating companies do not typically break out organic hiring versus employees added via acquisition.

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Big Moves: Gold Leaf Farming, Patria Investments, The Riverside Company

The following Big Move! items appeared in the May 3 free edition of Private Equity Career News.

Alice Catalano (pictured) joins Modesto, California-based farmland investment company Gold Leaf Farming as head of investor relations and capital formation, according to her Linkedin profile. Catalano most recently served as managing director of investor relations at AmCap Incorporated.

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Riverside tech team launches new firm; to maintain ties

The founding partner of the technology capital solutions platform at The Riverside  Company has joined with at least two colleagues to launch a venture capital and growth equity firm, Private Equity Career News has learned.

Led by Managing Partner Michael Chou (pictured), San Francisco-based Trimer Capital plans to make venture capital and growth equity investments in technology, software and tech-enabled companies, according to a Form ADV brochure filed in late March. (Update: Trimer Capital also filed its first Form D on August 1.)

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Riverside Company seeks VP to join Boston credit team: Sponsored

The Riverside Companyowner and steward to more than 100 companies located around the worldseeks a vice president to join its Boston-based credit arm. More details follow:

The Firm: Founded in 1988, Riverside Company sponsors buy-and-builds from 15 offices in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Its more than 300 employees pursue deals in business services, consumer brands, education, healthcare, software, and specialty manufacturing.

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The Riverside Company is hiring a director of research: sponsored

Prolific lower-mid-market investor The Riverside Company seeks a director of research to work alongside its investment and origination teams. Here’s more about the position:

The Firm: Founded in 1988, Riverside sponsors buy-and-builds in the lower middle market in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The firm has more than $14 billion in AUM. Its more than 200 employees pursue deals in business services, consumer brands, education, healthcare, software, and specialty manufacturing. Its nine fund families include ones earmarked for lower-mid-market buyouts, micro-cap deals and non-control investments.

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The Riverside Company seeks partner for SaaS investment team: Sponsored

Prolific lower-mid-market investor The Riverside Company seeks a partner to join its Riverside Acceleration Capital team, which provides growth capital to B2B software companies. Here’s more about the position:

The Strategy: The Riverside Acceleration Capital team makes two kinds of investments in B2B software companies. RAC Royalty provides expansion capital in the form of non-dilutive, royalty investments. It backs companies that typically generate at least $2 million in recurring revenue from a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, business model. RAC Equity makes minority, preferred equity investments in larger, fast-growing SaaS companies generating revenue of $5 million to $50 million.

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Riverside Company’s Adam Miller launches full-service talent firm

Adam Miller is making a big bet on the growing importance of talent acquisition, talent development, organizational HR structure, diversity, and leadership training to private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

"HR has never had as many demands put on it as a function in the industry as it does now," said Miller (pictured) in an interview this week. Among those demands, he pointed to pressure from limited partners to hire more women and minorities, from employees to offer more flexibility to working parents, and from executives to stay competitive in the race for talent to manage both their own firms and their portfolio companies.

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The Riverside Company hires 40 people per year–mainly at junior level

The Riverside Company has been one of my favorite firms ever since I interviewed a co-founder for a profile in The Private Equity Analyst newsletter over a decade ago. That the firm invites me to its annual media breakfast has further endeared them to me. We reporters appreciate free food.

I recently caught up with the director of global talent management at The Riverside Company, Adam Miller. We talked about the firm's hiring plans, training opportunities, and what kind of employees tend to fit in there.

Below are highlights:

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