TA Associates
Private Equity Est. 1968
≈USD 47.8B
Est. FUM
Sum of 8 funds raised 2014–2023; larger than the total stated by Wikipedia
- Type
- Private Equity
- HQ
- Boston, MA, United States
- Founded
- 1968
- Focus
- Business Services · Consumer · Financial Services · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Technology
About
TA Associates is one of the world's oldest and most successful mid-market private equity firms. TA has five decades of demonstrated success helping to scale growth companies around the world across five core industries - Business Services, Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technology. TA invests in both minority and majority transactions - our capital is commonly used to provide liquidity to shareholders, working capital, acquisitions or growth. TA partners with owners and management teams to build outstanding businesses. It focuses on profitable businesses with strong management teams and proprietary products and services. We take a long-term approach, and provide flexible financial structures that are driven by your objectives.
Strategies
Buyout
Growth Equity
Focused strategy
Investment Focus
Across the firm
Sources
Profile sources
- openvc.app — Business Services, Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology
Investment Criteria
Investment size
USD 10M - USD 500M
Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.
Investment Stages
Stages
Growth
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States Hong Kong India United Kingdom
Coverage
Global Regions
North America Asia Europe
Coverage is a guide only.
Location
Office Presence
4 countries
United States Hong Kong India United Kingdom
5 known offices
Boston, MA, United States (HQ)
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Mumbai, MH, India
England, United Kingdom
Menlo Park, CA, United States
Fundraising
TA Associates TA XV
2023
USD 16.5B
source TA Associates TA Debt Fund V
2022
USD 1.1B
source TA Associates TA XIV
2021
USD 12.5B
source TA Associates TA Select Opportunities Fund II
2021
USD 1.5B
source TA Associates TA XIII
2019
USD 8.5B
source TA Associates TA Select Opportunities Fund
2019
USD 1B
source TA Associates TA XII
2016
USD 5.3B
source TA Associates TA Atlantic and Pacific VII
2014
USD 1.4B
source Related M&A transactions
Transactions where this investor is a matched buyer or seller.
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